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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

When we do something that creates entry level jobs in quantity, we reach out to social enterprise partners who specialize in job creation and training. For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks. We scan the books in the U.S.,

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Upcoming Webinar on July 30: Adult Library Programs Gone Mobile

Tech Soup

Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. Eastern) for Adult Library Programs Gone Mobile , where you can learn how libraries can help meet the need and demand for mobile-device assistance through creative programming.

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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next.

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Are You Passionate about Technology and Social Good? Benetech Needs You!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The technology and training Benetech provides keep human rights defenders safe and have become critically important in larger efforts to pursue reform, seek justice, and begin the process of reconciliation.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. We deliver philanthropic donors exciting returns on their investments (i.e.,

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

After all, in the world of eBooks, ten years is pretty old! 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. Thanks again!

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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). and we needed more help.

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