print-disabled love

Definitions

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  • adjective of a person Disabled in such a way as to be effectively unable to read print material, whether due to blindness, dyslexia, or another disability.

Etymologies

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Coined by George Kerscher in 1988–1989.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Web Teacher › Author Rights vs. Disability Rights 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Canada: Pilot Project Final Report, Electronic Clearinghouse for Alternative Format Production Pilot Project « ResourceShelf 2006

  • DTBs are designed to make print material accessible and navigable for blind or otherwise print-disabled persons.

    Archive 2004-11-28 David Bigwood 2004

  • DTBs are designed to make print material accessible and navigable for blind or otherwise print-disabled persons.

    NISO Standards David Bigwood 2004

  • 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

  • (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

  • AMIS is free playback software for books in the DAISY format, the international standard for integrating text, images, and audio for print-disabled readers.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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