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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video.

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. These ebooks can be instantly turned into the accessible format needed by the student with a disability, such as braille, enlarged print, or our most common format, audio through a computerized synthetic voice.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. And, the U.S. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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Is Your NY Nonprofit Ready for the Nonprofit Revitalization Act?

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Contains procedures for reporting violations or suspected violations of laws and organizational policies. Board members may participate in a meeting by video or audio conference. model conflict of interest policy. model whistleblower policy. Protects the confidentiality of the person making the report. Nixon Peabody.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. " Nancy White's slides from TALO and some audio from Nothern s about the new rules for online communities. How to remix content with having a law degree is a simple guide to how to use material from the internet without getting in trouble.

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Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At this point, we realised that there were several internal questions to answer and some of them painfully introspective. Over the last year we have been building the foundations for a social publishing model – where we curate communities that are passionate about reading and help us create content. Creative Commons to the rescue.

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Poisoning the Treaty for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For years, international negotiations have been moving forward on what many have come to know as the " Treaty for the Blind." Early versions of the treaty embodied this principle, and in addition, would ease the international transfer of accessible books for people with disabilities. Here is what is happening.