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.

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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. Turns out that Chris’ mom was the acting CEO of a new software company, “Napster.” We can do better!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program. Digitally processing Arabic-language content is no easy task.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. English as a second language. In addition to deepening inequities for low-income people, modern technology has a way of isolating or segmenting people by language.

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Forum One

JANUARY 24, 2023

Headless, Composable, Jamstack, MACH, and API-First are just a few of the terms commonly used to describe the approach of decoupled software architecture. Overall, Composable Architecture allows developers to use efficient and popular modern frameworks, tools, and languages. Let’s take a deeper look.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Of course, that included getting new ideas for software for social good! Since I’m a software guy, I asked about what software could do to help with these two real-world problems. As someone who has been writing software for blind people for 25 years, we were in my element! Improving childhood nutrition.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. Route 66 is software that provides teachers (and non-teachers!)

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

versions of the Exchange standard as a "one-click" module, and we continually update our software to match new and evolving standards. It allows all information and referral providers to speak the same language, classify information consistently, and share data locally, statewide, regionally, nationally and internationally.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

Interested in TechSoup's Microsoft Software Donation Program ? Whether you are new or experienced with Microsoft donations, this free webinar will teach you about the Microsoft donation program for eligible nonprofits, libraries, churches, and foundations. Join our free webinar, How to Get Microsoft Software Donations at 11 a.m.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. The case studies were presented by Zoe Blumenfeld, communications manager for Global Fund for Women , and Viktor Sjöberg, digital services librarian at Escondido Public Library.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. He saw the potential of Java as a language and tried to expose Vineet to it.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

When you download your Microsoft software you'll get your software more quickly and be a little greener in the process. Please visit our Software Download Resource Page or Microsoft's Download FAQ for more information about downloading your Microsoft request. Select the Language and Operating System Type.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

TechSoup has partnered with goQ Software to make their writing assistance and speech recognition software, WordQ + SpeakQ , available to eligible nonprofits and libraries. To learn more about how fellow nonprofits and libraries are using assistive technology at their organizations, check out this Net 2.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. Windows MultiPoint Server. is a thin client or shared resource computing. Intended Use of the New MultiPoint Server System.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Upgrade your nonprofit or library's operating system to stay current and protected. Eligible nonprofits, foundations, and libraries can now request donated upgrades of Windows 8 Professional and Enterprise editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup. Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

The native people of Guam are called Chamorros, and the language is resurgent. Bookshare.org is a consultant to the Pacific CIMAP: our virtual library suits their geography as long as you can get access to the Internet. Hafa Adai" is used frequently, pronounced "half-a-day," it means hello or goodbye, kind of like aloha in Hawaii.

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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. According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. Collaboration Is How Charities Function.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

For schools and libraries that offer Internet as well as internal. inappropriate language, pornography, and other questionable influences. Security details such as managing passwords, software licenses and intellectual privacy. If software installation is required for a user’s. Lost productivity.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. Big Book of Library Grant Money. American Library Association. Information Today. Search Tips.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Eligible nonprofits, foundations, and libraries can now request donated upgrades of Windows 8 Professional and Enterprise. editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup. Windows 8 is here! What's New in Windows 8 ? Is Windows 8 Right for You?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

We should make our passwords long and strong, keep our software updated, and all the stuff they list on StaySafeOnline.org. Luckily, there are some great Internet safety resources that are specific for healthcare organizations , libraries , seniors , kids , and small offices (like the ones that most nonprofits have). There's more!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. The survey also found that once nonprofits begin using one cloud software solution, they are likely to adopt other cloud tools.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), 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. Read more about Free Graphics Software and Images. Image 1 : C! /

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

I was able to tour the facilities, which included at least three digital recording studios using the DAISY software for human narrated books. I'll have a ton more to say about Indian languages over the next few days! and people start getting access to English language books in 2007.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, education is essential to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Writing and Speech Assistance Tools from goQ Software. Hear what other nonprofits and libraries are saying in our Community Forums. September's here. Learning Resources from TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

It supplies computers to disabled people of all ages through its technology lending library and it also supplies for special-needs classrooms. software that read a page on a computer screen out loud. It's also worth noting that TechSoup has just launched a first set of AT applications thanks to goQ Software.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Since Windows 7 launched last week, there has been a flurry of activity from nonprofits and libraries looking to start using the new operating system. Or maybe upgrading the public computing lab you run for local lower-income community, will help people access job-hunt, language learning, and healthcare information easier.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Since we're a partner of Hadley's (our goal is to be the school library for their students), Hadley's president, Chuck Young, invited me and other Hadley supporters to accompany him and his staff on this celebratory trip. I learned a lot about how blind people deal with Chinese: I thought it would be a difficult language to make accessible.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In initially looking at the problem of accessibility, Malhan and his co-founders noticed a fragmented landscape of individuals and nongovernmental organizations addressing this issue and building up their own libraries of resources. Organizations interested in requesting donated goQ software can find more information on the TechSoup website.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

InterConnection has teamed up with TechSoup to help nonprofits, libraries, and refurbishers learn about and implement Windows MultiPoint Server. See TechSoup's articles, Downloading Your Software Donations and What to Do After Downloading ISO Files from Microsoft , to learn how. He offered these step-by-step setup instructions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. There were no costs incurred by Microsoft for the donation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

We use the Java programming language's mechanism for getting a high-entropy seed ( SecureRandom ) from the operating system , whether it's GNU/Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X. Ok, we don't really do all that, the cryptography library we use -- BouncyCastle -- does most of it for us, but that's the process.)

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2014

I've been warning about the end of XP for months now , urging nonprofits, charities, and libraries to upgrade as soon as possible. The Windows Compatibility Center will also tell you which of your existing hardware devices and software will work in Windows 7 or Windows 8. There are essentially no good excuses to stay with XP.

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re just starting on your fundraising journey or a seasoned fundraising professional, these free resources will help you fill up your team’s digital library! These resources come in various forms, ranging from educational webinars and podcasts to newsletters and fundraising software. Nonprofit Library.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

But, what about the software used to bring those courses to life? Your choice in course authoring software is just as crucial as the tools you choose to deliver the content to learners. What are the best eLearning authoring software? What is course authoring software? Should you invest in an authoring tool?

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