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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. So, in the meanwhile, we will need to rely on licenses: permissions agreements. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

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How to license mixed media, without a law degree

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s licensing and that of the sound bite? When deciding where to indicate licensing information, it is again a case of ???more on Magnatune there is a clear link to license information for that album. Currently this is only possible with MP3 audio files through embedding of metadata. into the file itself.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Microsoft Lync 2013 Overview

Tech Soup

With Lync, users can share their desktops and calendars and do live audio and video conferencing. The software offers several ways to get in touch – office phone, mobile phone, tablet, instant message, email, collaborative calendar, video conference, audio conference, and so on. or remote workers. Other Lync Options.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

, thanks to our Creative Commons license. Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses. What Is Creative Commons?

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Learning Journal: Experimenting With Adding Music to Web Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why add KB or MB to the file size when my content instructional. Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. Are there other sources for music with flexible copyright license? I've resisted adding music for three stupid reasons: 1.

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.