Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

In it, we pointed out the irony that the first generation of ebook readers being inaccessible to blind people. This irony continues: it’s a terrible shame that Amazon (and other ebook device vendors) keeps putting out ebook products that are inaccessible to the blind! years ago entitled the Soundproof Book. The ship has sailed.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Creating a library of content, including video, audio, webinars, ebooks, etc., GyrusAim LMS makes it easy for employees to learn new skills on-site, remotely, or in another country, thereby helping them stay abreast of the latest changes in their respective domains or industries. The time to act is now.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Creating a library of content, including video, audio, webinars, ebooks, etc., GyrusAim LMS makes it easy for employees to learn new skills on-site, remotely, or in another country, thereby helping them stay abreast of the latest changes in their respective domains or industries. The time to act is now.

Skills 52

Skills Management Problem Train 52

Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Creating a library of content, including video, audio, webinars, ebooks, etc., GyrusAim LMS makes it easy for employees to learn new skills on-site, remotely, or in another country, thereby helping them stay abreast of the latest changes in their respective domains or industries. The time to act is now.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The Author’s Guild asserts that they control the audio rights and that delivering a text ebook to a device which could speak it aloud with synthetic text-to-speech and that their commercial market for audio books will someday be significantly affected by TTS.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Finally, use statistics, industry sources or research that supports your point of view to build authority around your article. According to industry research, emotional headlines drive more click and shares to your content. Share Content With Industry Influencers. Conclusion. The Value Proposition.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The miracle of ebooks What if we had the ability to overcome these accessibility barriers, barriers that affect most of humanity, not just people with identified disabilities, wouldn’t we have the moral obligation to act? We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. We can do better!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. Under our copyright exception, we simply buy a copy of the needed print book, scan it using optical character recognition, and create an accessible ebook. It enables the realization of the right to read.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. We believe that all ebooks should be fully accessible, so that a person with a disability can effectively use the exact same ebook that somebody without a disability gets on their Kindle or iPad.

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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. The first was the ebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

The increasing focus on digital content, rather than its printed form, and the shift to electronic distribution of ebooks pave new avenues for removing the barriers to accessibility. At Benetech, we want to ensure that in this brave new world of digital content, braille is as available as any other ebook format to those who want it.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

And if the collection of resources and highlights below are any indication, a lot has happened in the nonprofit industry over the past 365 days. Content is taking the Marketing industry by storm, and nonprofit marketers are no exception. It’s been quite the year. Curious about what other findings are reported in the study?

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