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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 29 2013 @ 03:54 PM EDT |
And all they would have to do is:
Actually start producing said materials
in appropriate formats!
Some business mind probably decided "the braille
market is too small, don't waste the money".
Oops - I guess they just
don't understand why growth and adaptation are such positive traits for
long-term survival.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 29 2013 @ 09:21 PM EDT |
Assuming that one wants a quality product, it takes roughly
500 hours to convert a book that Google has "digitized" to a
file format that a blind person can utilize.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 01 2013 @ 05:11 AM EDT |
Before the 1960's people with marginal vision had no ready source of legible
books. Then Mr. Thorpe of Ulverscroft Large Print Books started printing large
print editions of older books. This has grown into a substantial niche
market.
"Large-print" (Wikipedia article)
The point of this back story
is that Sir Fred (he got a knighthood for his efforts) started with books that
were out of copyright. Thus a major barrier to entry didn't exist. The recent
treaty will remove a similar barrier for those who provide content to the blind.
My hope is that one or more people will choose to blaze a parallel trail to Mr.
Thorpe's footsteps as a result.
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