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MEPs back calls for international treaty on accessible books

27/05/2011 – 9:00 am

A decision by MEPs to back calls for an international treaty that would make more books available in accessible formats has increased pressure on EU leaders to reverse their opposition to such an agreement.
Campaigners say that millions of blind EU citizens – and others with impairments such as dyslexia – face a “book famine”, with [...]

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Agreement with EU publishers could help sharing of accessible books

28/09/2010 – 12:23 pm

European publishers and disability organisations have signed an agreement that could help convert more books into accessible formats.
The agreement aims to help ease the “book famine” faced by those who are “print-disabled” – blind, partially-sighted and dyslexic people – in which only about five per cent of books are ever converted into accessible formats such [...]

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