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Austria conference on access technology

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It was fun to hear students and fresh Ph.Ds I met a professor from Portugal who had a student who developed EasyVoice , software that makes it possible for someone who cannot speak to use Voice over IP via Skype to talk to people using a voice synthesizer. talking about their research. And that's just two examples.

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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

Tech Soup

Software for creating wikis is easy to use and is available in both open-source and proprietary forms. Typical wiki communities are work groups within a company, educators and students, and hobbyists. Decide what software to use for your wiki — consider the Wikispaces software available to eligible organizations through TechSoup.

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Why Upgrade to Office 2013? 4 Compelling Features You'll Want to Know

Tech Soup

PowerPoint, you can find and add photos from albums on Flickr, Facebook, and other online services without saving to your computer. As is the case with most software nowadays, installing the software is as easy as a download. instead of with clunky software installation disks. For example in. PDF to Word Doc Capabilities.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Guide your students to conversations and resources. From Flickr User EJK.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. I have found that first-timer find social media confusing because of two reasons.

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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

Tech Soup

Bruce Buckelew of OTX West, which supplies refurbished computers to low-income students in Oakland, California, recalls the "decline and fall" of the computer refurbishment field 20 years ago. Images: Courtesy of Roger Smith and /tiian via Creative Commons on Flickr. Nor are those rumors anything new.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon, the capstone thesis project for Heinz School Masters students. Since the software is alpha, Allan raises some important questions about whether the site is reinventing the wheel or filling an important need in the nonprofit sector?" Do you have advice?

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