Accessible Formats for People with Print Disabilities in Canada: A Short Overview on Access

A general overview of accessible formats in Canada with focus on the access of books and other materials in accessible formats by people with print disabilities.

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1. Accessible Formats For
   People With Print
   Disabilities In Canada
   Cynthia Ng
   July 14, 2014
   

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2. Who?
   

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3. Definition
   perceptual disability means a disability that prevents or
   inhibits a person from reading or hearing a [...] work in its
   original format, and includes such a disability resulting from
   (a) severe or total impairment of sight or hearing or the inability to
   focus or move one’s eyes,
   (b) the inability to hold or manipulate a book, or
   (c) an impairment relating to comprehension;
   Source: Copyright Act of Canada
   

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4. What is an Accessible
   Format?
   

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5. Formats
   • Braille
   • large print
   • electronic text
   • eBook (ePub, PDF)
   • audio (audiobook, Spoken Word)
   • DAISY digital talking book
   

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6. Access to Materials
   • Public Library
   • CNIB
   • Bookshare
   • Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA)
   • Copyright Allowance
   

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7. Take Away
   

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8. Thank You
   Questions?
   

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