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Making the world more accessible with web design

Candid

Regulatory compliance means that your organization and your site need to comply with all relevant laws and policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Try to stay away from purely sensory characteristics (such as sound and images) to convey important information.

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How to license mixed media, without a law degree

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What's even better, you don't need a law degree to understand it! s licensing and that of the sound bite? Currently this is only possible with MP3 audio files through embedding of metadata. Sounds of Samba??? The post answers the questions: How do you negotiate the potential minefield of legalese surrounding your content?

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. I actually think they’re getting less by stopping people from buying ebooks who are unlikely to buy audio books at higher prices. The Chafee Amendment The U.S. national experience.

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5 Ways to Use Data Storytelling for Advocacy

Tech Soup

At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. "Data" sounds dry, while storytelling weaves narratives aimed at appealing to people's emotions. Over the past year, many different initiatives and projects have emerged that focus on tracking people killed during interaction with law enforcement.

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Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

NTEN

Podcasting is formally defined as the act of distributing syndicated audio content online via RSS to listeners who use software or a hardware device to receive updates. No reason to be afraid: the important part of this definition is that the audio content is syndicated. For sound effects, check out the Freesound Project.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

isn't as negative as it sounds. " Nancy White's slides from TALO and some audio from Nothern s about the new rules for online communities. How to remix content with having a law degree is a simple guide to how to use material from the internet without getting in trouble. Follow the links from here. Who has time for Video?

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

Have Fun - Do Good

Another one that I wanted to do would be, and that I'm actually looking into, is it's California law that if you lay off 50 people or more in the next six months you have to announce that and make that public. Is it video and audio? We've done audio, we've done video, we've done text, and we've done some photo slide shows.