Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) @ Blessing for Blind or Visually Impaired Users



Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) @ Blessing for Blind or Visually Impaired Users

In June 2014 WIPO had launched ABC to give access to publication for people who are blind.  The motive behind these initiative is that publisher around the world want to produce works that are “Born Accessible” so that it can be used by both normal (sighted) & print disabled readers.

Legal framework Marrakesh (VIP) Treaty is already executed and more countries are joining up to it, the publisher have to focus on producing books in accessible formats and making them widely available.




Regards

Prof. Pralhad Jadhav 

Master of Library & Information Science (NET Qualified) 
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository  
Khaitan & Co 

Twitter Handle | @Pralhad161978

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