Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Whether it’s Microsoft transforming the PC software industry, or Google or Facebook, it’s clear that the world is different because these companies exist. Before Benetech was founded, blind people were read to either in person by a family member, volunteer, or paid reader, or via audio cassette tape.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Would you be surprised to learn that images account for 26% of the 40–60 billion searches that happen on Google each month? This provides Google’s crawlers with context for what topic that image relates. This provides Google’s crawlers with context for what topic that image relates. Avoid Copyright Infringement.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. Google’s use of microwork for a US Department of Defense initiative, Project Maven, is a case in point. But there is no sense of what this recording actually is (e.g., to automate fast-food restaurants).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Tobias Schonwetter, discusses the analogy between copyright law and culture in many regions of the world and an interview with Anna Badimo, chairperson of LinuxChix Africa. FOSS, Audio and Video for Activism and Advocacy. Here is an excellent screencast, an introduction to Linux (Ubuntu).

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