Historic Treaty Adopted, Boosts Access to Books for Visually Impaired Persons Worldwide “According to the World Health Organization, there are more than 314 million blind and visually impaired persons in the world, 90 per cent of whom live in developing countries. A WIPO survey in 2006 found that fewer than 60 countries have limitations and exceptions clauses in their copyright laws that make special provision for visually impaired persons, for example, for Braille, large print or digitized audio versions of copyrighted texts. … According to the World Blind Union, of the million or so books published each year in the world, less than 5 per cent are made available in formats accessible to visually impaired persons.” The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled, is a historic treaty that will move us closer to ending the “Book Famine” among people who are blind and visually impaired. wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2013/article_0017.html
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:59:44 +0000
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