Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
The miracle of ebooks What if we had the ability to overcome these accessibility barriers, barriers that affect most of humanity, not just people with identified disabilities, wouldn’t we have the moral obligation to act? We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. We can do better!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 17, 2015
The international legal landscape for people with these disabilities dramatically changed on June 28, 2013, when the World Intellectual Property Organization adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. It is politically popular.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges. Thanks to e-book technology, Bookshare today serves over 300,000 students with a collection of more than 300,000 accessible books – the world’s largest library of its kind.
Candid
JULY 5, 2023
To get on the same page, consider using virtual-friendly activities like The Center for Creative Leadership’s 10 Steps for Establishing Team Norms , which outlines a straightforward activity that can be facilitated remotely. If you’d like to try this, you can borrow free eBooks and audiobooks from Candid’s extensive online library.)
Nonprofits Source
OCTOBER 12, 2023
This includes but is certainly not limited to, free eBooks, checklists, templates, case studies, and other in-depth guides. Plus, the facilitators encourage viewer interaction, often incorporating Q&A sessions in their presentations. It also appears to have the smallest library of educational resources.
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