The Book Famine for the Blind May Soon Be a Thing of the Past

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After years of negotiations, the World Intellectual Property Organization has finally come up with the text for the treaty that will give the blind access to more printed material then ever before. Without this treaty, the blind are limited by printed works that can not be shared across borders. For example, the Bookshare catalog has over 200,000 titles to choose from, but people in the UK only have access to 75,000 because of copyright restrictions. With the new treaty, published works can be made accessible to visually impaired persons around the world. Here's a link to the full text of the treaty.

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