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Go Green with Video, Audio, and Web Conferencing

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The multimedia applications allow virtual work groups to use the Internet to see each others' faces in small windows on their monitors, hear each others' voices on computer speakers, deliver presentations, edit files, and collaborate on whiteboards. So far, the Skype premium mobile phone app allows only group audio calls.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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The mission of the Lavelle Fund is to support programs that help people with visual impairments, including blindness, lead independent, productive lives. Worth Trust , an Indian social enterprise providing employment to people with disabilities, partnered with Bookshare to provide book-processing services and expand the library.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

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Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Outstanding Offers and New Products of 2014 (Bonus: Crossword Puzzle!)

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To those of you who found this crossword puzzle in your New Product Alert , thanks for subscribing! Solve the clues with products you’ve seen in the newsletter in 2014. Continue reading below to learn about the new offers and products we featured this year. __scope; squishy ( productivity ) Answer. Get connected.

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Stay Productive On the Road, In the Field, and Away from the Office

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So it's a good thing many TechSoup donor partners offer mobile versions of the technology you already rely on for your nonprofit, charity, or library. Citrix Online offers free mobile apps for several products in the TechSoup catalog: Attend a GoToMeeting. Never be without your important files again! Citrix Online.

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

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We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. It was a magical hour.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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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. And how will changing technology impact tactile design, production and use?

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