Jelena Lešaja
Hrvatska knjižnica za slijepe, Zagreb, Hrvatska
jelena.lesaja@hkzasl.hr

doi: 10.19090/cit.2017.31.38-43
No. 31 (November 2017), p. 38–43

Beyond the Standard Print

Summary

The purpose of this paper is to describe the path that a written word on a standard print undergoes to reach those to whom it is not readable. Media, processes and formats that help produce accessible titles will be mentioned together with obstacles that occur along the way. Changes in technology (from analog to digital era; from cassettes to CD’s and download service) together with changing tendencies in the structure of users (from blind persons to persons with print disabilities in general, mostly pupils with dyslexia) are transforming production of library holdings. On the example of the Croatian Library for the Blind, typical features and services for persons with print disabilities will be shown. User profile specificities and readers’ habits tell how the hunger for literature outgrows production and availability of accessible formats.

Keywords:

persons with print disabilities, Braille, talking book, assistive technology, blind persons, Croatian Library for the Blind, accessible formats

Submitted: 1st September 2017
Correction to the manuscript: 28th September 2017
Accepted for publication: 3rd October 2017

Beyond the Standard Print by Jelena Lešaja is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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