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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Now another important aspect of our strategy for enhancing Bookshare’s new language capabilities is developing the capacity to handle non-European scripts and languages so that the content may be presented in its original form in our members’ native languages. Digitally processing Arabic-language content is no easy task.

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Addressing Arabic: The Web Gets More Local Thanks to the Qatar Domains Registry

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We share and consume content in more ways and across a greater variety of devices than ever before. We share and consume content in more ways and across a greater variety of devices than ever before. No doubt you’ve experienced the web’s evolution toward a more social and mobile space. read more.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Route 66 pairs this reading content with teaching tools and learning exercises, effectively empowering any literate person to become an early reading instructor. Internationally, Bookshare is operating in twenty-eight countries that span the globe and offering content in Hindi and Tamil, Spanish, French and German.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In 2012, this meant a growing push to add image descriptions, especially to math and science content. This year, we launched new content, including a unit on Romeo and Juliet, to help Route 66 users stay in sync with the Common Core standards. We are committed to regularly raising the bar on the level of accessibility we can offer.

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Visit to Qatar

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

after my first visit to the country of Qatar. The government of Qatar hosted the conference, and underwrote travel and accommodation. Mada: Qatar Assistive Technology Center Since the conference didn’t get formally going until noon on Sunday, I had the chance to squeeze in a morning visit to Qatar’s ICT Ministry.

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