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Blogs
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Computerworld UK Features SocialCoding4Good in Coverage of Open Source
Computerworld UK magazine, known as the “Voice of IT Management,” published an article about evaluating open source projects and featured…
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Benetech CEO to Receive Highest Honor in Blindness Field
Prestigious "Migel Medal" Awarded by American Foundation for the Blind (AFB); Recognizes Exceptional Career-Long Accomplishments Benetech's President and CEO, Jim…
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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits
This post originally appeared as part of an online debate about How Big Data Can Have a Social Impact, which…
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Promise and Peril: Martus for Human Rights in Burma
I recently had the pleasure of visiting one of our longtime Martus partners in Thailand, The Network for Human Rights Documentation…
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Publishing Perspectives Features Bookshare and DIAGRAM
Publishing Perspectives, the prestigious online journal of international publishing news and opinion, featured Benetech’s Bookshare library in a recent story called "Exploring Accessible…
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Why You Don’t Want this Job!
This post originally appeared on Jim Fruchterman's Beneblog. Almost anyone from the human rights field will tell you that the work…
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Recent highlights
2023
- Business Mirror: An ebook Library for Those with Reading Barriers
- School Library Journal: Serving Blind and Low-Vision Children Well Benefits All Students. Here Are Suggestions.
- Publisher’s Weekly: Lerner Publishing Group’s New Partnership Centers Accessibility
- Publishing Perspectives: Pearson Named A Benetech Global Certified Accessible Publisher
- National Federation of the Blind (NFB): Getting Books on Time with Bookshare
- BBC News: Visually-impaired Nottingham Law Student Praises Book Scheme
2022
- Government Technology: DoE Grant to Fund Digital Materials for Disabled Students
- Forbes: How AI Is Being Used To Help Blind Students ‘Visualize’ Graphs And Charts
- K-12 Dive: Nonprofit Uses AI to Make STEM Materials More Accessible
- Edutopia: Tools for Supporting Students With Reading Disabilities
- Eyes on Success Podcast: 2214 Bookshare Reader for Smart Speakers
- AppleVis Podcast: AppleVis Extra #85: Hema Natarajan Discusses the Upcoming Bookshare Reader Suite for Web, Mobile, and Smart Speaker
- Duke Fuqua Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship: Why We’re Excited About Benetech’s Impact Potential
- K-12 Dive: 3 Inclusive Education Myths Busted