article thumbnail

Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand. The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks. The organization’s priorities are decided upon at the WBU General Assembly, which is held every four years.

article thumbnail

Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

While our activities often creates jobs beyond the core high technology jobs around software development and user support, we don't see it as our core competency. Seeing the words being spoken aloud on a device really helped them visualize how blind and dyslexic students use the accessible text ebooks that they create.

Laos 235