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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. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. And, the U.S. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

federal law supports braille instruction. Our commitment to braille literacy means that the entire Bookshare collection of over 198,000 titles (and counting) is available not only for use in text, audio or the combination, played with a wide variety of assistive technology tools, but also formatted for use on electronic braille displays.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Being another layer over existing technologies, those who are comfortable with the current models can stay behind while the rest of us move up to the next level. SL is not some new revolutionary model that has never been seen before. So this goes way beyond just web pages and pictures, the identity. Come on, get real already.

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Poisoning the Treaty for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the last few months we''ve seen the trade delegations from the United States and the European Union, at the behest of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), suddenly changed course and start advocating for positions that are contrary to current U.S. law--positions that would be hard for me to imagine passing our Congress.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

It’s very different than your traditional model. site we had to be compliant with Chinese law. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out. Those users are free to choose whether to use our services or elsewhere. Without a doubt, every user is important to our business but every user has the choice.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

To start off, I asked Van to talk about the Ella Baker Center's Reclaim the Future program and how Oakland could become a model green city. So, that's our kind of big-picture understanding of what is going on. So, for us, that is kind of like our bigger picture. Our question is, will this green wave lift all boats?

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