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A Call for Millions: Ending the Global Book Famine for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our Bookshare library has over 550,000 books that have been delivered digitally over 10 million times. We have the technology. Cheap devices and internet connectivity mean everything is digital. We have the ebooks. The majority of donations stay local, sourcing content in local languages and creating jobs.

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12 Online Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2019

Nonprofit Tech for Good

EcoCards in an online store of digital e-cards. GroupRaise is an online system that enables restaurants to fundraise for local organizations with a 3-5 mile radius. Humble Bundle is an online store that sells games, ebooks, and software. The 2019 Global NGO Technology Survey is now live! EcoCards.org :: ecocards.org.

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Bookshare International Now Serves Thirty Countries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

People with print disabilities around the world have a right to high-quality ebooks that they can read with assistive technology. These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. These texts will be available in early 2012.?

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. The first is developing strong local partners , such as disability NGOs, libraries or educational institutions that help us customize our services to the specific needs of their communities.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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Building Better Relationships Through Data & Insight

Saleforce Nonprofit

Oranje Fonds offers both financial and non-financial support that includes training, awareness building, and volunteer mobilisation on a massive scale, assisted by one of the most sophisticated digital marketing platforms out there. Bringing People Together. Building Better Relationships Through Insight. About the Author. Susan Mahon.

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Under our copyright exception, we simply buy a copy of the needed print book, scan it using optical character recognition, and create an accessible ebook. We go to great lengths to ensure the digital works we provide are restricted to bona fide patrons with disabilities. Our motto is “If it’s born digital, it should be born accessible!”

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