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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A passionate technology-for-good advocate, Gerardo has made major contributions to Benetech’s social mission since he joined us over four years ago. He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

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The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. Thanks again!

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

WIPO Headquarters The event this last week at WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland, was the ninth meeting of the Stakeholder’s Platform, which was set up about the time the original Treaty draft was introduced. The Stakeholders Platform and the TIGAR project were time-limited and needed to be replaced by a new structure.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

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The Author’s Guild asserts that they control the audio rights and that delivering a text ebook to a device which could speak it aloud with synthetic text-to-speech and that their commercial market for audio books will someday be significantly affected by TTS.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

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Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. Worried that you don’t have the tools or technology to carry out the event you really want? It might be time to start using a dedicated fundraising software platform. 9) Movie screenings. About the Author.

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