Tech Soup
APRIL 16, 2013
Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. It is usable with PCs, Macs, and mobile devices, and is available in 15 languages. What Is a Perpetual License? You also now have a perpetual license agreement. To get down to specifics, Huddle.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. So, in the meanwhile, we will need to rely on licenses: permissions agreements. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
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. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 16, 2011
Bookshare now has hundreds of titles in Hindi, Tamil, and Spanish, and we recently announced a partnership with the government of Qatar to develop an Arabic language service. Bookshare has successfully piloted an international library for the blind, but we’ve barely begun to remedy the global book famine.
Tech Soup
MAY 27, 2015
If your nonprofit or public library received donated Microsoft software through TechSoup, you probably used the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) to get your software. Microsoft includes two years of Software Assurance with all Volume Licensing products it donates through TechSoup. Get Office in Multiple Languages.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2010
with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 3, 2009
I use the " BY Attribution " creative commons license. I've used this license. I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. No, but is more likely to happen is that people will use the work, use the license honestly, and improve the work.
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