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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Learn to Be More Effective

Tech Soup

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Organize and manage electronic and paper information. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. Eligible organizations can request two licenses per year.

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New at TechSoup: Webinars on How to Accomplish More with Less

Tech Soup

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Organize and manage electronic and paper information. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. Eligible organizations can request two licenses per year.

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New at TechSoup: Webinars on How to Accomplish More with Less

Tech Soup

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Organize and manage electronic and paper information. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. Eligible organizations can request two licenses per year.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), 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.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

However, once children learn how to read it is crucial to sustain their interest by cultivating a reading habit and while the aim was to provide a book in every child’s hand and a library in every neighbourhood we found that there was a dire shortage of high-quality, low-cost children’s books. Curated Content.

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