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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Our primary goal is to ensure that people with disabilities get equal access to the books and content they need for education, employment, leisure and social inclusion. She wants to see every piece of content that is born digital be born accessible. And, increasingly, that means through inexpensive e-readers like the Amazon Kindle.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
The View from an Authorized Entity Many Bookshare users (and potential Bookshare users!) That makes it legal in these countries for people with these disabilities, and the organizations that serve them, to make accessible versions of books without having to get permission from the author or publisher. Defines Authorized Entity.
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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.
Connection Cafe
JULY 15, 2019
Sure, you could pay for some audio books — but there are also a wealth of podcasts that are just as, if not more interesting than said books. Here are some of my favorite episodes that give a unique perspective on how to build a better world and play a greater role in advancing your organization’s mission. The sgENGAGE Podcast.
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. Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!
Museum 2.0
MARCH 12, 2014
This guest post was written by Steve Yalowitz, one of its authors. I was co-author of a recently completed research study [ PDF ] funded by the National Science Foundation, the Bilingual Exhibit Research Initiative (BERI), which strove to better understand bilingual labels from the visitor perspective. Bilingualism in the U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 6, 2006
Dipendra has been a subscriber to Bookshare.org for our O'Reilly technical titles, but we're trying to move beyond these into serving a full range of books with publisher and author permissions. Narrators were recording digital audio books in both English and Hindi while I was there.
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