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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. We can do better! And, the U.S.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Mobile MobileActive.org has released a new resource for mobile activists in the Spanish-language according to the AFP blog.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. So WhatsApp is available in multiple languages. So you can download the app in any language almost. Audios, files. The second step is talk to people in their language.

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App Recommendations from TechSoup Staff: Part Two

Tech Soup

Here are some of my favorites: ES File Explorer - for browsing files on your device. Chris Wagner, Senior Director of Global Marketing. Duolingo – is a free language-learning app and website that is also a crowdsourced web translation service. the apps that TechSoup folks like. Wes Holing, Web Content Developer.

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10+ Best eLearning Course Authoring Software Platforms

Forj

Whether video, animation, photos, or audio, most course authoring software allows you to add a wide range of elements to your courses to convey information clearly and interestingly. Though Adobe Flash compatibility was phased out at the tail end of 2020, Captivate is still available and able to publish courses as HTML-5 files.

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are generally early adopters of new technologies and consider themselves to be global people. Authority in the cloud is drawn from dedication, or, to use rather more precise language, love. Only 1/3 of hyper connected people see themselves as early adopters. Love is what holds the cloud together.

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