Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2011

Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format. She predicted that the usability of Read2Go will encourage Bookshare members to read more books in the DAISY audio format.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. Plus, it will especially help countries with less-developed libraries and services for people with disabilities by making it easier to tap large collections (like Bookshare) in other countries. Article 2(c).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. Bookshare titles range from vocational to research to teacher-recommended reading. The majority of our members are U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. Our new work in the coming years is based on a simple premise: Everything born digital should be born accessible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

When nonprofits started to experiment with digital marketing in 1990s and early 2000s, the few tools that were available were expensive and limited in their functionality. Today, the number of low-cost, well-built digital marketing tools is incredible! Ideal for small nonprofits with limited funds for digital marketing.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives. Imagine you were in the 90’s and gave out CDs with your podcast audio episodes and then tried to figure out who actually listened to them.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Last night, we held our Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Party here at TechSoup headquarters in San Francisco. We screened highlights from the more than 100 video, image, and GoldMail submissions and celebrated the great work nonprofits and libraries are doing to tell their unique and important stories.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). and we needed more help.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video. I would class this as TVI (nearly identical) plus additional provisions creating a similar exception for schools, libraries and archives. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). This was recently presented by the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Someday we want to collect audio and video, too, but we’d need a pretty serious operating budget to do that and at least one full-time employee. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

Cut the cord with discounted Sennheiser OfficeRunner wireless headsets , now available to eligible nonprofits and public libraries at TechSoup. They feature a 400-foot range, 12 hour battery life, and 64-bit digital signal encryption which keeps calls private. ” Compare Audio Conferencing Tools Available from TechSoup.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Earlier this week I was invited to speak on an on-line conference by the Friends of Benetech, an independent support group for our Bookshare.org digital library for people with print disabilities. They have a neat technology for an on-line audio and text chat room.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library. Nonprofits and libraries need not worry excessively about technical quality, as chat participants were in agreement that content mattered most.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), The larger aim of the organization is to support a digital commons that promotes the sharing and innovative "building upon" of creative works. Take advantage of all of TechSoup's best digital storytelling resources.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. Libraries have also experimented with replacing terminals with smaller footprint Raspberry Pi computers. Peripherals.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2013

For example, don't assume everyone knows the acronym for your library or organization. Video production tools have a lot to offer in terms of animations, transitions, audio settings and much more. Atomic Training is proud to be a part of this year's Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

YouTube also has its own audio library offerd free of charge. There are many sites that offer free, royalty-free music for videos, in all sorts of genres, that generate all sorts of moods. A few I can recommend: Mixkit: [link]. Free Music Archive: [link]. When you log into your YouTube account, you can search for it there!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

StoryCorps provides a free, downloadable Do-It-Yourself Instruction Guide , as well as an Education Toolkit to use in a classroom or library, and a Community Service Toolkit to use in, "veteran’s hospitals, senior centers, homeless shelters, and other community centers." I also like their Great Question List.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

The best advice is to take a tip from libraries and museums and curate all that information. For example, sharing multimedia content like audio might not present well across some curation tools; in some cases you may need more than one tool. On Digital Collection Curation - LibGuides at Pennsylvania Digital Collections.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

You’ve certainly seen pieces praising the benefits of digital marketing and lamenting the shortcomings of direct mail (or vice versa). 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. Create a content library.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Evernote app - This free app allows you to save notes and ideas as an audio recording, picture, notes and to do lists. Sophia Guevara is the Chair of the Consortium of Foundation Libraries, and is a new member of the NTEN:Change editorial committee for 2013.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As people become digitally connected, they gain access fundraise from empathetic individuals around the world. Just last month, Google launched Tez , an “audio QR” payment solution for mobile phone users in India. Subscribe to get the best content from the Learn Library once a month.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 30, 2016

John Haydon is one of the most sought-after digital marketing experts for nonprofits and charities. Check the video and audio quality. For example, the New York Public Library broadcasted a special story time in front of City Hall. He has helped hundreds of nonprofits achieve their best marketing and fundraising results.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2015

If you're creating a video, a podcast, an online training, or any other project that might benefit from adding some sweet tunes, the Free Music Archive (FMA) offers more than 80,000 free, completely legal-to-use audio downloads. Here's how to get the most out of this free resource. A Little About Us.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 21, 2006

If you're not print-disabled, you can stroll into your favorite bookstore or library, browse the shelves, pick a title you like, open it up, and jump right in. To get that book in large-print or as an audio book somebody else (the publisher, in most instances) had to decide to make the book available in alternative formats.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

I was able to tour the facilities, which included at least three digital recording studios using the DAISY software for human narrated books. Narrators were recording digital audio books in both English and Hindi while I was there.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Find the free audio recording and presentation of the event here. Darian talked about lots of things, very broadly: Why mobile presents a huge opportunity for any nonprofit or public library. TechSoup Article: Mobile for Nonprofits and Libraries. Welcome to TechSoup’s Mobile Impact Webinar Series 2014. Product Donations.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Visit TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Challenge for more great resources on creating effective videos for your organization. An external microphone can drastically improve audio quality. Kyle Henri Andrei is a research assistant at Idealware and is a recent graduate of communications at Indiana State University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications?

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 1, 2021

Effective grant management software comes with a few key features: document library, calendar tools, and reporting capabilities. While virtual events have become a staple of nonprofit this past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person events also rely on having the most effective digital management tools.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Slack Platform overview: Slack is a messaging platform that enables employees to send and receive multimedia messages, including regular chats as well as audio and video clips. Top feature: Adobe users have access to a robust asset library of over 195 million royalty-free Adobe Stock collection photos, videos, and music.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

E-books, therefore, make access to information an affordable reality, as more and more people, including students, have a device in their pocket capable of operating as an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to Braille note-takers that can store thousands of e-books in digital Braille.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2011

This post was authored by Matthew Maine, computer support technician at the Butler Area Public Library in Pennsylvania, and originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries Blog. Technological advances are forcing constant changes in libraries. what is commonly referred to as “digital signage. ” With digital.

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