Access for Persons with Print Disabilities

International activity

IFRRO is a leading participant in TIGAR (Trusted Intermediary Global Resources), the pilot program established under the WIPO Stakeholder Platform on enhanced access to copyright works by persons with print disabilities. The Stakeholder platform is pursuing a fast track approach through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU allows cross-border transfer of files between participating Trusted Intermediaries (TI) of works which they already have in their archives. TIs in Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Jamaica, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.S.A. have declared interest in participating.
 

Regional activity

Parallel to the WIPO Platform, the European Commission has been running a stakeholder dialogue on access to copyright works for persons with print disabilities with a particular focus on the situation in the EU Member States. This initiative, which supports the WIPO Platform, resulted in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which the IFRRO President signed on behalf of IFRRO on 14 September 2010. Other signatories to the MoU are EWC, FEP, STM, European Blind Union and the European Dyslexia Association.

The European dialogue also established the ETIN (European Trusted Intermediary Network) pilot, in which IFRRO is also active.
 

IFRRO statements on access to works by persons with print disabilities

• IFRRO Statement at WIPO SCCR 15 June 2011
• IFRRO Statement at WIPO SCCR 21 (8-12 November 2010)
• IFRRO Statement 23 June 2010
• IFRRO Statement on the promotion of accessible reading materials for the blind in a trusted environment (November 2008)

IFRRO offers the following links to assist Visually impaired readers have access to its booklet on Collective Management in Reprography

·         La gestion colectiva en el ambito de la reprografia (Spanish DAISY Book - full audio and text (40Mb)

·         La gestion colectiva en el ambito de la reprografia (Spanish DAISY Book - text only (200Kb)

·         Collective Management in Reprography (English DAISY Book - full audio and text 25Mb)

·         Collective Management in Reprography (English DAISY Book - text only 200Kb)

The DAISY book is a file set with various types of files. It must be downloaded and extracted to a folder (usually with the book 's name). It is opened by opening the opf file. So the user must download the zipped file  and extract the content. The full audio book has the advantage of being possible to hear on any mp3 playback device, besides its use on a computer. The text only version can be played by any DAISY 3.0 software player (you can use the free player, DDREADER, see below) and will use the machine's TTS voices. It has the size advantage. It is important to note that it is a DAISY 3.0 book.

DDReader is available to download at http://www.caracol.com.br/agora/doc.cfm?id_doc=1982&lang=en&atualiza=0. You must have Firefox installed in English, Spanish or Portuguese and a voice for each language you want to use.

 

To help RROs in assisting authors and publishers in providing appropriate access to their works the IFRRO Board has approved the following documents