Definitions
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- adjective of a person
Disabled in such a way as to be effectively unable to readprint material, whether due toblindness ,dyslexia , or another disability.
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the NFB requested the Guild reconsider, the Guild told them that to read books with text-to-speech, print-disabled persons must either submit to a burdensome special registration system and prove their disabilities or pay extra for the text-to-speech version.
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Brewster Kahle, a digital librarian and founder of a virtual library called the Internet Archive, has launched a worldwide campaign to double the number of books available for print-disabled people.
Number Of Books Digitized For The Disabled Will Be DOUBLED 2010
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Brewster Kahle, a digital librarian and founder of a virtual library called the Internet Archive, has launched a worldwide campaign to double the number of books available for print-disabled people.
Number Of Books Digitized For The Disabled Will Be DOUBLED 2010
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It very much seems to me that by allowing individual authors to dictate whether or not their books can be translated via the text-to-speech engine, it denies access to print-disabled people but probably actually also decreases sales of those books.
James Love: People vs the Authors Guild, don't turn off text to speech in Kindle 2 2009
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The concept was that a Clearinghouse of electronic files would aid in the production of materials in alternative formats, thereby making them more accessible to the print-disabled: primarily the visually impaired, but also those with other challenges that make it difficult for them to access traditional print-on-paper or print-on-screen text.
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DTBs are designed to make print material accessible and navigable for blind or otherwise print-disabled persons.
Archive 2004-11-28 David Bigwood 2004
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DTBs are designed to make print material accessible and navigable for blind or otherwise print-disabled persons.
NISO Standards David Bigwood 2004
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DTBs are designed to make print material accessible and navigable for blind or otherwise print-disabled persons.
11/28/04 - 12/5/04 David Bigwood 2004
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(I wonder whether Michigan's Scholarly Publishing Office is already in a position to provide such a service for philosophers?) (2) Alternatively, one could go the Holbo route and convince your traditional publisher to let you retain the "e-rights" to make the book freely available online (perhaps in some 'closed', e.g. print-disabled, format).
Philosophy, et cetera Richard 2010
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AMIS is free playback software for books in the DAISY format, the international standard for integrating text, images, and audio for print-disabled readers.
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