Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I’ve been watching with interest the legal controversy over the synthetic speech capability of the new version of the Amazon Kindle, such as the coverage on Boing-Boing entitled Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal. It’s easy to dismiss the authors’ concerns (as many have in the tech community) as greedy or Luddite.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Apple promised to bring innovation, quality and money to the audio books marketplace with a new catalog of titles created with AI-based voices. However, the Cupertino giant has now been accused of using real voice recordings with no proper authorization from the original performers. Read Entire Article

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

The View from an Authorized Entity Many Bookshare users (and potential Bookshare users!) That makes it legal in these countries for people with these disabilities, and the organizations that serve them, to make accessible versions of books without having to get permission from the author or publisher. Defines Authorized Entity.

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The MatrixFiles

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I’m part of the Mission Matters author network and they’ve been hosting discussions about different business topics on Twitter Spaces. Twitter Spaces are live, audio-only conversations that happen in Twitter. But why audio only when video is THE thing?” What is Twitter Spaces?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

That makes a lot of sense, since the bean-shaped Galaxy Buds Live was an attempt to offer a comfortable open-air fit to begin with, and they only primarily suffered because Samsung could only offer so much audio quality (and noise cancellation) without having an in-ear seal.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

This exception allows authorized non-profit entities like Benetech to create accessible versions of copyrighted books without the need to request permission from publishers (or pay a royalty), and then to distribute these versions exclusively to people with qualifying disabilities who cannot use regular books.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Glose also supports audio books. While Glose is sticking around for now, Medium also plans to integrate ebooks and audio books to its service. Having the ability to host everything written by an author is a better experience for both content creators and readers. It’s a smart move as many prolific bloggers are also book writers.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

With Animoto, you can put together photos, slides, and text with audio and video to create a compelling story from all the various elements you may have created separately or gathered at an event. Plus, you can add authors to a blog to be sure it isn’t just you that’s responsible for posting.

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The Verge

APRIL 19, 2021

Facebook is going all in on audio. Most notably, Facebook is indeed launching a competitor to the buzzy social audio app Clubhouse with a feature called Live Audio Rooms, which will be available this summer. To get people to join, Facebook says it’s introducing an Audio Creator Fund to “support emerging audio creators.”

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

She is the author of Trust Yourself. Listen to the audio versionread by Melody herselfin the Next Big Idea App. Her background as a therapist and emotions researcher informs her unique approach, weaving evidence-based neuroscience and psychology with professional development. Whats the big idea?

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 6, 2023

With conventional approaches, audio data needs to be either manually labeled, which is time-consuming and costly, or collected from sources with pre-existing transcriptions, which are harder to find for languages that lack wide representation. Learn More Check out our paper here. Researchers can request access to the USM API here.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

A Tesla’s Autopilot feature disengages after giving three visual and audio warnings, “when your Tesla vehicle has determined that you have removed your hands from the steering wheel and have become inattentive,” according to the safety score guide. The NTSB can conduct investigations and make recommendations, but has no enforcement authority.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

It is supremely ironic that they have been systematically locked out of that content over the last decade through: collateral damage: technology designed to defeat piracy stopping accessibility technology, rights confusion: publishers turning off text-to-speech access because of authors'' claims (which I think are pretty bogus) that these are covered (..)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

For those who want to use audio with other mobile devices or DAISY players, we have added DAISY audio and MP3 format download capability for all of our titles, in addition to our existing DAISY text and Braille Ready Format (BRF) options. and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 20, 2013

He works with best-selling authors, the world’s biggest entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies. The thought was that I may as well get 95 percent of the sale (minus transaction fees) through indies, since Amazon was only paying out around 70 percent to authors. Both have great customer service for authors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

While there had been some early comparisons between Fireside and live audio platforms like Clubhouse or Twitter Spaces, hosting live audio content is only a part of Fireside’s feature set. In Fireside, creators can choose whether they’re hosting live audio, live video, or a combination of both.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The most interesting part of the conversation was around what I call the “dueling moral high grounds” issue: authors rights and the rights of people with disabilities. Authors are fighting over how much money they get: it’s clear that they are being paid. My main point is that the two high grounds are not the name in impact.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The announcement likely made sense to anyone who’s been paying attention to Spotify’s audio moves, but for those who haven’t, to sum it up plainly: Spotify wants to be the place you consume all audio. Audiobooks often involve a narrator, if not actors, audio clips, and more. This purchase sets it up to achieve that goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Nonprofit Technology Magazine is a free monthly multimedia iPad publication that provides some of the best technological information available from leading authorities in the nonprofit field. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses. 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?

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

The process of creating high-quality video content often includes several stages, from video capturing to video and audio editing. VDTTS displays the audio predicted using both the video frames and the text as input. VDTTS video-only displays audio predictions using video frames only. natural images).

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

She’s also the author of two books, “Building Your Brand” and “Connect to Influence.” “The Examine the audio and digital imagery that you’re presenting to ensure that it is up-to-date. An expert on branding startups, executive leadership, governance, and more, Allison has deep roots in the association community.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The idea is to let you quickly “grasp ideas and insights from trusted authors, instructors, and creative minds,” without spending too much of your precious time. “The authors and creators we’ve reached out to are extremely enthusiastic about their work being on Uptime.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Don’t Forget Audio. Once you’re actually into the production stage, don’t forget to get quality audio for your video. When it comes to video, we all have pretty good quality cameras on our phones, but audio recording is still way behind. A great, free resource for background music is the YouTube Audio Library. Author Bio.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

TikTok announced two new integrations for its app on Thursday: sharing audio back into TikTok using the new Sound Kit, and using your TikTok account to log in to other apps with Login Kit. event tracking for logins and authorizations). Sharing audio from outside apps to TikTok using Sound Kit and Login Kit. Image: TikTok.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

"It’s a recognition that there’s a growing demand and cultural headwind behind supporting workers and creators amid the AI blitz," Brian Merchant, tech journalist and author of Luddite uprising saga Blood in the Machine , told Mashable in an X message.

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Bloomerang

JULY 13, 2021

Some facilities also charge for parking, WIFI, Audio Visual, Stages, etc. Author information Madison Gonzalez Advancement Director at Morning Light, Inc. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Each participant uses a private Chatter group in a secure Salesforce community to capture highlights of them being good at something using video, audio, photos, and text (shout out here to the Appinium team and their awesome products for native media handling and sharing). About the Author.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

But the hit app has had a serious problem from the beginning, consistently pointed out by accessibility advocates : it excludes disabled people, with the most obvious issue being that the audio-based app doesn’t have built-in captions. Facebook Live Audio Rooms. Slack audio meetings. Availability : Currently in testing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The result is Humans Anonymous, a social audio platform that connects people with similar identities, whether that’s a teacher or a single parent, to create an anonymous space to freely share their experiences. We’re building anonymous audio spaces for mental health. . — Nate Tepper (@NateTepper) August 4, 2022.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

Audio-based entertainment is flexible. Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that is gaining significant attention. Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that has grown quickly to 10 million users. About the Author. The reason? Enter: Clubhouse. . Devi Thomas.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2021

Roblox offers a library of audio files, 3D models, and other assets for building experiences. It also notes that users pay for uploading audio files with in-game currency. “‘Roblox’ allows a prodigious level of infringing material”.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This past spring, a federal judge ruled the FCC did not have the authority to do that, effectively allowing ISPs to slow traffic to or from any site, without recourse. . Audio and video have proven to be highly effective media for nonprofits -- and throttling would impact all orgs -- no matter where they fall on the spectrum.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The ideal candidate is someone comfortable leading without explicit authority -- managing the flow of tasks, not people -- and able to keep the train moving, while keeping all necessary stakeholders in the loop. NTEN is looking for someone who excels at managing tasks and projects and has an eye for time and quality management.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Dipendra has been a subscriber to Bookshare.org for our O'Reilly technical titles, but we're trying to move beyond these into serving a full range of books with publisher and author permissions. Narrators were recording digital audio books in both English and Hindi while I was there.

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