Audio Government Language Library 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.
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
JULY 9, 2018
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. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 8, 2010
Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!) Government delegation, as a next step possibility. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). Excludes video. •
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 3, 2010
Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Its] mission is to make books affordable for every child in India.”
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
That worries me, because I don’t think I’ve heard about a groundswell of demand for changing Chafee in the United States, other than when one textbook publisher's representatives get up in public and sound like banking executives from five years ago (if the government would just stop regulating us, we'd take care of everything).
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 14, 2022
But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. You can create a new benefit for donors simply by choosing to use language about their donation that deepens their commitment. Get creative. Hear me out.
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