TIGAR Project Accelerates Book Accessibility

The TIGAR project, in which IFRRO and RROs work together with representatives of authors, publishers, print disabled and the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) to enable enhanced access to copyright works in accessible formats for people with print disabilities across borders has issued a press release to update on its latest development. It highlights inter alia the following key progresses made to date: Accessibility organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Jamaica, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States participate in the project; there are ongoing dialogues with countries in Africa and Asia for their inclusion in the project; more than 30 leading publishers and RROs and other collective rights management organisations are involved; since the first cross-border exchange of books in October 2011, more than 500 books have been shared by participating organisations from the thousands of books available in an array of languages through the TIGAR network.