Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
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.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 8, 2010
Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street.
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Tech Soup
JULY 24, 2013
With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. What can you do with your mobile site?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Image by the National Braille Press, a DIAGRAM subcontract.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
The Amazon Text-to-Speech issue This one has gotten a lot of press, especially since the National Federation of the Blind and the Reading Rights Coalition has formed to fight the soundproofing of books on the Kindle2. Of course, if there is an international treaty on the topic and the U.S. copyright law.
Byte Technology
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Avoiding legal fees, fines, and bad press is in your company’s best interest—and no one can argue with the ethical case for promoting inclusivity and access for all. AA standards, which includes captioning and audio description requirements. Museums, libraries, and zoos. But what’s a business to do until then? Keep reading.
Whole Whale
AUGUST 7, 2023
Distilling ideas into concise summaries presses for greater coherence. Adding Multimedia Elements Consider what types of visuals, infographics, video or audio clips could help engage the intended audience. Prompt curation : Thoughtfully collecting, organizing and refining a library of prompts for easy discovery, reuse, and sharing.
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