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Bookshare Users Downloading Long-Awaited Apple e-Book App

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech got a call recently from an excited Bookshare member who had been waiting to download our new Read2Go accessible e-book application for Apple devices. Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format.

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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). and we needed more help.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Video

Tech Soup

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library. Nonprofits and libraries need not worry excessively about technical quality, as chat participants were in agreement that content mattered most.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account.

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5 Tips to Effectively Tell your Story with Video

Tech Soup

For example, don't assume everyone knows the acronym for your library or organization. Video production tools have a lot to offer in terms of animations, transitions, audio settings and much more. Atomic Training is proud to be a part of this year's Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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Optimizing Your Software: 4 Tips for Growing Nonprofits

DNL OmniMedia

Growing nonprofits applying for grants should create a dedicated grant manager position who will oversee grant applications from initial outreach to check-ins with grant officers. Effective grant management software comes with a few key features: document library, calendar tools, and reporting capabilities. Best Practices.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Someday we want to collect audio and video, too, but we’d need a pretty serious operating budget to do that and at least one full-time employee. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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