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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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DIAGRAM Center

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This is becoming crucially important as the problem of delivering access to text is increasingly solved by the move to ebook publishing and solutions like our Bookshare library. The initial part of the project was to do a detailed survey of existing assistive technology products, to get a baseline for current support for accessible graphics.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

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A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. You point it at an unknown substance, it takes a spectrographic image, and then it will compare that image with a cloud-based database of materials.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

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The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks. In technical terms, this means that the next version of the DAISY format, version 4, will be the same as EPUB3, the main format used by commercial publishers of ebooks.

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How to Fundraise with AI for Nonprofits

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As technology evolves, there are new ways nonprofits like yours can take advantage of advancements to save time and raise more money. At the forefront of these new technologies is artificial intelligence (AI). Using generative AI can help you create tailored emails, social media prompts, donation appeals, and more.

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Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources

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She also said that they learn about new technology mostly by word of mouth throughout their church network. Church Technology Listservs. particularly interesting like her piece 4 Technology Options that Might Kill the Church Bulletin. Lauren Hunter has written a series of free eBooks. ChurchTechToday.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. It affected every step of the evolution of digital media—from the VCR to the digital video recorder to YouTube. Universal City Studios, Inc., Why do we at Benetech care about this so much?

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