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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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federal law supports braille instruction. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries. Another major challenge involves the graphic content in ebooks, such as pictures, charts, and diagrams, formulas and special symbols. Accordingly, U.S. This is important here in the U.S.,

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

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Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Today, the Marrakesh Treaty has been ratified by more than thirty countries, and went into international effect and law as of last year.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

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However, I thought I’d back up the theory with a brief picture of what this kind of travel looks like in practice. Took pictures of the lunar eclipse next to the Empire State Building(!) law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). That’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it.

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