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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

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Third, the print book is not universally accessible. The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. And, the U.S. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

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It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig. These licenses provide a plain-language, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use creative work — on conditions of the creator's choice. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.

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My Latest President's Update

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Here are some of their stories: Aleda Schaf fer A student at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, Aleda Schaffer has worked as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Washington, DC, Alaska and Boston. A recent graduate of Rice University, Lum is working on her PhD in statistics at Duke University.