Reminder to the publisher please publish for the print disabled also

With the advent of DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System), and during this COVID 19 publisher should publish e-book format such as EPUB 3 to become intrinsically accessible.

The Kindle taking efforts to inform to special users about e-books they are choosing with text-to-speech enabled.

It is high time that Indian publishers began to seriously consider the needs of readers who are print-disabled, readers whose ability to read print materials is hindered by visual, motor, cognitive or developmental disabilities.

Link | https://scroll.in/article/962010/a-lockdown-reminder-to-publishers-please-publish-editions-for-the-print-disabled-along-with-e-books

Regards

Pralhad Jadhav

Senior Manager - Library

Khaitan & Co