Candid

MAY 24, 2023

Funders like words like “best in class” and the idea of working with a local organization that can become a national model. State-of-the-art technology equipment, along with audio-assisted hearing devices, all made the case that PSRC was able to deliver world-class hybrid experiences for its community. He did what donors love.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

Funders like words like “best in class” and the idea of working with a local organization that can become a national model. State-of-the-art technology equipment, along with audio-assisted hearing devices, all made the case that PSRC was able to deliver world-class hybrid experiences for its community. He did what donors love.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

The digital content is presented as text, but the built-in read-aloud capability is disabled because of ambiguity over audio rights. This is already apparent in IDEA 2004, the most recent reauthorization of national special education law.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Why not record their story in honor of StoryCorps' National Day of Listening the day after Thanksgiving (November 27th). If you have a computer with a built-in microphone, you can probably record directly into an audio program like Garageband (Mac), or Audacity (Mac or PC). Whose story would you like to capture?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others. Storytelling is core to how we as human beings communicate. From a very young age, it is through stories that we learn about ourselves, those around us, and the world in which we live.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Moving visuals paired with compelling audio are inherently more interesting than a stagnant image and text and worse, just simply text. This engaging video campaign was introduced to promote their National Art Pass which includes free/discounted entry to hundreds of museums across the UK. Art Fund “See Everything”.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Accessible content , with alternative text for images, captions for videos and audio elements, sufficient color contrast , and other usability must-haves. Create emotional ties to your content by including images, audio clips, and videos that bring your stories to life. Simple language free of jargon. Tell compelling stories.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Charismatic Countdowns, World Wildlife Fund & National Geographic Society. World Wildlife Fund and The National Geographic Society ran these animated rich media ads across Yahoo display, which featured countdowns to midnight on December 31. Rich Storytelling Experiences, Planned Parenthood & National Geographic Society.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Non-profit Communications audio.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Nonprofits tend to mostly tweet content about the sad state of affairs – international, national, state, and local. Launched in November 2020, Twitter Spaces ( @TwitterSpaces ) are live audio spaces that speak on a variety of topics. With so much stressful, depressing news in the world today, positive news stands out. Twitter Spaces.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Soon afterwards in 2007, we won our first major award from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), which, in turn, allowed us to build Bookshare into a national asset.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 17, 2022

As a virtual attendee, session times and agendas were easy to find on the Whova app —speaker live streams had high-quality video and audio, and it was possible to pause or watch sessions asynchronously for those who had conflicting schedules during the workday (and all conference attendees have access to recordings).

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Bloomerang

JULY 13, 2021

Some facilities also charge for parking, WIFI, Audio Visual, Stages, etc. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet. Check with the facility to see what kind of extras may be added on so you can budget accordingly. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. So, this means books, periodicals and other similar textual works, including audio versions of those titles. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances. Article 2(c).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. and a new audio option for Spanish titles. This has led to advancements that benefit everyone.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

And so I’m kind of a radio producer and audio nerd, and I just thought it would be amazing to bring in sounds from the natural environment to accompany her words. What audio are we bringing in to keep this from the perspective of the black people we’re profiling? So I thought it was powerful audio to use.

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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. Please join us in realizing this “radical” future!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The World Blind Union's Right to Read Campaign estimates that less than ten percent of all books published are available in accessible formats such as braille, large print, and audio talking books. We also recommend that you coordinate with your national association of the blind as you consider ratification.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Its key points are: • A recommendation that import and export be permitted under national law in all WIPO-member countries between Trusted Intermediaries (“TIs”), a narrow class of nonprofits and government agencies with a primary mission to serve the print disabled, with the option of charging TIs for the privilege to do so. •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Unfortunately, it’s too late for the authors to make much headway on their argument, which is that allowing purchasers of ebooks to have them read aloud by synthetic speech trespasses on the audio rights for their books. But that has nothing to do with whether distributing text ebooks is a violation of the separate rights for an audio book.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

Museum visitors can use the in-app camera to photograph individual works of art which the app recognizes to serve up information about the piece, comments from past visitors, and for some works, audio orientations from the artist. National Parks by National Geographic. National Parks - iTunes App Store. Historic St.

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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. These ebooks can be instantly turned into the accessible format needed by the student with a disability, such as braille, enlarged print, or our most common format, audio through a computerized synthetic voice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

I think this is the first time we have had national coverage of Bookshare.org, which turned five years old this week! The entire three and a half minute piece is up on the CBS News site: Bookshare Scans Books And Converts Them To Braille Or Audio For Immediate Access. Thanks to our team and volunteers!

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

On June 7th TechSoup representatives Elliot Harmon, Susan Tenby, and Evonne Heyning will present in a unique Interactive Strategy event at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, LA ( NCVS ). This post was written by Evonne Heyning , part of TechSoup's Community team.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

Saturday, June 1 is the National Day of Civic Hacking and Net2 organizers in Honolulu, Boston and New Haven are jumping into the fray! Boston, MA: National Day of Civic Hacking - RHoK Boston. Philadelphia, PA: Social Audio: Creating and Using Great Audio Content. Bored this weekend? New Haven, CT: SeeClickFix Hackathon.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

national experience. 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. It’s what makes our Bookshare service legally possible. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. Canadians with disabilities will now have access to Bookshare through their public libraries and the Canadian National Institute of the Blind. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. I’ve been to national meetings in the U.S. The context We’ve been supporting the World Blind Union and other groups in the pursuit of a Treaty for the Visually Impaired for the last five or six years.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception. It’s expensive to adapt textbooks to be accessible.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2012

It’s National Telework Week - March 5 - 9, where individuals and organizations pledge to telework for one week. BetterWorld Audio Conferencing Services will have an admin fee of only $10 until March 31 ($25 off). This is a guest blog post from Salem Kimble, the manager of social. Nonprofit Discounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. Taking that process from individual level and extrapolating to national level." Photos of the slides.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

15 per person/minute for audio is very tough to swallow. Even the unlimited plans (which start at $50/month, or possibly discounted) have pricing for audio, which I hadn’ t realized. It was this audio pricing that drove a stake in the heart of my ReadyTalk plan. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP. It’s $.24

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Under Kundra's leadership, the District is using simple technologies to become, arguably, one of the most transparent metropolitan governments in the nation. We've blogged about Kundra's presentation previously, but now his slides are available for the first time (with audio). I've embedded them below. You can register now !).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2017

Within the HTML for a web page, all photos and graphics have ALT tags, allowing someone with a sight impairment to hear, via their special audio browser, what graphics and photos are on a page. 
. All links use descriptive text; instead of "Click here," you say "Here is a list of our staff," for instance.

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