Audio Authoring Industry Law 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
If we and the publishing industry succeed in this, then libraries like Bookshare will gradually move to filling the same kind of secondary role that public libraries fulfill for the general public: access to books for those too poor to purchase them, or for those who need to do research and don''t care to purchase every book they consult.
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. 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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
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. Today, the Marrakesh Treaty has been ratified by more than thirty countries, and went into international effect and law as of last year.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
federal law supports braille instruction. Our commitment to braille literacy means that the entire Bookshare collection of over 198,000 titles (and counting) is available not only for use in text, audio or the combination, played with a wide variety of assistive technology tools, but also formatted for use on electronic braille displays.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. The most interesting part of the conversation was around what I call the “dueling moral high grounds” issue: authors rights and the rights of people with disabilities. national experience.
Byte Technology
OCTOBER 7, 2019
According to law firm Seyfarth Shaw, its researchers counted a whopping 5,592 ADA Title III lawsuit filings within the first six months of 2019! But the law’s authors never saw the internet coming. This law ensures that information is available to those with disabilities. which specifies levels of compliance.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
Moreover, these accessible books are available for free, since the United States Government funds the Bookshare library to meet requirements in national disability rights and education laws. Students outside the United States are not covered by this national copyright exception, because every country has its own copyright law.
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