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New Program Seeks to Make Alternative Textbooks for Visually Impaired Students Available Faster

By Marc Beja August 19, 2009 via The Chronicle of Higher Education While music-recording companies have been fighting people who illegally share songs, book publishers are looking to expand file-sharing for college students with print-related disabilities...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2009 12:14 PM by BusyBee

Filed under: print disabilities, college students, accessible textbooks, DSS, beta version, online database, AccessText, file sharing, Association of American Publishers, alternate formats, Disabled Students Services Offices
Expanding access to copyrighted materials for blind focus of UN-backed meeting

New York, Jul 14 2009 1:10PM via US News Centre Speeding up access to copyright-related material can benefit over 160 million blind or visually impaired people around the world, participants at a United Nations-backed intellectual property gathering have...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2009 11:33 AM by BusyBee

Filed under: blind, print disabilities, altered balance, intellectual property, Visually Impaired Initiative, web site launching, proliferation of digital technologies, United Nations, expanding access, General Francis Gurry, World Intellectual Property Organization, VIP, copyright protection systems, copyrighted materials
Disability groups slam Random House over Disabling Kindle text-to-speech

By Eric Engleman May 20, 2009 via TechFlash Amazon Kindle 2's text-to-speech feature, which reads electronic books aloud, is sparking more heated words. Amazon, if you recall, said it would allow authors and publishers to switch off text-to-speech...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 1:31 PM by BusyBee

Filed under: National Federation of the Blind, blind, print disabilities, visually impaired, Kindle 2, 15 million print-disabled Americans, discriminatory, copyright concerns, authors' guild, Reading Rights Coalition, disabling text to speech, read aloud feature, text to speech feature, Random House, equal access to books
Bookshare-University partnership Lets More Disabled Students Access Books

via abledbody April 29, 2009, 10:07 am Bookshare, the online library for people with print disabilities, today announced a new program that will significantly increase college students' access to digital books and textbooks. The Bookshare University...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 3:03 PM by BusyBee

Filed under: blind, print disabilities, people with disabilities, BookShare, K-12, Chafee Amendment, digital books, visually impaired, HarperCollins, Jim Fruchterman, copyright exemption, online library, Hachette Book Group, college students, Benetech, pool resources, post-secondary students, digital textbooks, equal educational experience, Scholastic, cost-effective approach for schools
ALA, ACRL, ARL File Comments to Copyright Office in Support of Access for Visually Impaired Readers

via District Dispatch April 28th, 2009 The American Library Association (ALA), the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association for Research Libraries (ARL) jointly submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office today on...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 2:52 PM by BusyBee

Filed under: blind, print disabilities, accessible formats, IDEA, same access as people who can see, encourage technologic innovations, misinterpretation about user rights in connection with text-to-speech, professional resources, ACRL, Association for Research Libraries, ARL, needs of visually impaired in foreign countries, fair use, comments, complex process, harmonize eligibility requirements, contract law, growing demographic of people losing sight in later years, local history materials, facilitating access to copyrighted works, NLS, copyright exceptions, Chaffee Amendment, Association for College and Research Libraries, Access for visually impaired readers, scholarly journals, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, American Library Association, research materials, ALA, U.S. Copyright Office, limit confusion between laws
Help from Down Under and Canada Too, for People Who Long for Books in Alternate Formats

ReadHowYouWant (RHYW), a Sydney, Australia-based company that reformats books for people who are blind and visually impaired, has opened its online bookshop featuring accessible formats including 24 pt. large print, DAISY (Digital Accessible Information...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 3:22 PM by BusyBee

Filed under: Humanware, braille, BrailleNote, books in alternate formats, MyReader, ClassMate, Victor Reader Stream, Frankfurt Book Fair, print disabilities, accessible formats, assistive technology, 24 pt. Large print, CSUN, Free Chapter Download Program, London Book Fair, Book Expo America, DAISY, ReadHowYouWant, ATIA

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New Program Seeks to Make Alternative Textbooks for Visually Impaired Students Available Faster

Expanding access to copyrighted materials for blind focus of UN-backed meeting

Disability groups slam Random House over Disabling Kindle text-to-speech

Bookshare-University partnership Lets More Disabled Students Access Books

ALA, ACRL, ARL File Comments to Copyright Office in Support of Access for Visually Impaired Readers

Help from Down Under and Canada Too, for People Who Long for Books in Alternate Formats

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