Showing posts with label Library of Congress' National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Library of Congress' National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.. Show all posts

Saturday, February 19, 2022

How a treaty signed in Marrakesh made the Library of Congress more accessible; The Washington Post, February 15, 2022

Danny Freedman, The Washington Post ; How a treaty signed in Marrakesh made the Library of Congress more accessible

"U.S. law already allowed the NLS and authorized nonprofits to create accessible books without permission from the copyright holder. But the treaty extends that to music and scripts, and creates the crucial ability to pool resources with the world. For the NLS to produce its own version of a Nietzsche book in Spanish might’ve taken six months to professionally narrate, edit and build in the descriptive and navigational features that differentiate accessible audio from commercial audiobooks and those made with text-to-speech software. Instead, Corlett-Rivera was able to pluck a recording from a participating library in Spain."