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Austria conference on access technology

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is an academic conference on access technology, full of researchers trying out new things that will help people with disabilities. I just got back from a terrific week in Austria at the International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs conference. And that's just two examples.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And we’re busy discussing with educators and publishers how we can bring Bookshare-style accessible content to the ten times as many students who could benefit from talking books but don’t qualify under the very limited copyright exemption. If we’re going to speak truth to power, then we need to make sure that we are speaking truth.