Sentences with phrase «accessible format books»

Further, the World Blind Union and other disabled persons organizations would welcome a market in accessible format books if the publishers would be willing to create them.
EIFL and the University of Toronto (U of T) Libraries are proud to announce the first international transfer of accessible format books to beneficiaries in Kyrgyzstan.
EIFL and the University of Toronto (U of T) Libraries are proud to announce the first international transfer of accessible format books to beneficiaries in Kyrgyzstan.
Mr Dipendra Manocha, President of the DAISY Forum of India and founder of Saksham stated «With development of affordable reading devices in Indian languages and braille presses connected to a common online platform, having a collection of about 3.5 lakh accessible format books.
Saksham also released about 300 accessible format books for the students of central universities under Amway India's CSR programme.

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Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Cake Bible introduced readers to a newly illuminating baking - book approach — a precisely detailed yet accessible recipe format emphasizing baking science.
The format of this book is very easily accessible and it can be picked up quickly for a glance at any information you might need.
Bolster, Alice MOTHERWISE: 101 Tips for a New Mother LLLI, 1997 This concise book offers practical, nurturing wisdom in a format that is easily accessible to busy new mothers.
EPUB 3 incorporates the Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) Consortium standards that many organizations for blind people use to convert books and other published content to accessiblAccessible Information System (DAISY) Consortium standards that many organizations for blind people use to convert books and other published content to accessibleaccessible formats.
Its good to see comic books finally being taken seriously and used as they were at their inception as a way to address deeper issues via an easily accessible format.
Encourage students to let you and their peers know when they uncover particularly interesting or accessible structures, such as information organized into an alphabet book or a question - and - answer format.
Of the books in the series, this pack provides lessons in the most fundamental of adult living skills with the least difficult vocabulary and concepts.This transition to adult life program provides in depth lessons on the following life skills: Dress for Success Staying Healthy Cleaning House Doing the Laundry Kitchen Basics Nutrition Grocery Shopping Making Meals Transportation Paying Bills Making Meals and Cleaning House both include video modeling of important life skills in an accessible, clear format.
Maurice Van Lowe, a 4th grader at Burning Tree Elementary School in Bethesda, Md., reads in his classroom using Bookshare, a nonprofit electronic service that converts books into more accessible formats for students with certain kinds of disabilities.
It is worth noting that even the most «accessible» formats can be misused to create books that are wholly inaccessible.
The Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project is creating a global, virtual online catalogue of books produced in accessiblAccessible Resources (TIGAR) project is creating a global, virtual online catalogue of books produced in accessibleaccessible formats.
By posting or uploading any Content on the Website: (i) you understand that if your Work is in aliterary categoryincluded on the Book Country Website, and complies with these General Terms of Use, your Work may be made accessible to users of the Website and members will be able to review, comment on it and rate it; (ii) you represent and warrant that (A) the Content does not contain any libelous matter or matter otherwise contrary to law or violate any rights of privacy or other personal or property right whatsoever and (B) you own or control all rights in your Content, that such Content is original and does not, and will not, infringe the copyright, trademark or any other right of any person or entity, and that any «moral rights» in the Content have been waived; and (iii) you grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty - free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable right and license (A) to display the Content on the Website, and (B) with respect to Content other than your Work, to use, display, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, perform, make, sell and export such Content, in whole and in part, on the Website or in any formats and through any media, as we see fit, and you shall have no claims against Book Country for such use or non-use.
CinnamonTeal has helped with [the] editing, tidying up the format, arranging the commentaries in a logical order, sizing up the pages, placing the ISBN number and making [my] books accessible to the attentive reader.
I believe that US law allows the Library of Congress to make available in an accessible format, any book that is published in the US.
Only a fraction of the books available on Amazon.com, for example, are available in an accessible format.
The primary book reading format is both EPUB and PDF, these are two of the most accessible types of books sold online.
I am very excited about my books being accessible in new modern formats and hoping this makes India read even more.»
Interior book design is more accessible to authors too, McKinney noted, with lots of formatting software options such as
Many authors publish their books in a single format only, and while this approach might also work for your book, the prevailing philosophy supports publishing your book in as many different formats as possible, with the goal of making your book accessible to as many different readers as possible.
For ebook formats you will still be able to deal mainly with ePub and PDF formats and if you have purchased books from Barnes and Noble with a prior e-reader like the WIFI or 3G, your books are accessible on the Nook 2.
The book's accessible format features meaty sidebars and well - chosen photographs and historical artifacts.
This move was motivated by efforts to improve accessibility and also by a mainstream desire to provide documentation that would support digital math, interactive content, and to facilitate an improved user experience on iOS and Android apps that included accessible book readers that already supported the EPUB format as well as integration with assistive technologies.
For our patrons that have a difficult time reading text, we are making our publicly accessible books available in a specialized format, DAISY.
When it comes to ebooks, however, the final format your ebook is in will determine how accessible your book is.
For children with questions about bodies, gender, touch, sex, and love, this all - inclusive book guides the conversation between children and trusted adults in an accessible graphic format.
Another formatting option that Vitale employed to make his enhanced e-book more accessible to a wider readership is the book download as an app for iPhones and Android market smartphones, so the entire book can be downloaded without the need for a platform - specific device.
Is your book accessible in as many stores and formats as possible?
Digital comics are all the rage these days — but as lovely and accessible comic books are now, you're still trying to adapt one size and format to squish it down onto the screen of a phone or tablet.
The idea of having all my books, music, and video accessible wherever I am is attractive: I just don't think we're there yet, and won't be for a while, both due to the multiplicity of formats, DRM, and (for music and video) data bandwidth as well.
If you disagree, check his instructions on eBook formatting: he could have taken this freely accessible information down when he wrote a book about it, right?
I am also Secretary general of the LIA Foundation (Italian Accessible Books), a not - for - profit organisation set up by AIE to support Italian publishers in delivering accessible versions of e-books in EPUB format in the mainstream distributionAccessible Books), a not - for - profit organisation set up by AIE to support Italian publishers in delivering accessible versions of e-books in EPUB format in the mainstream distributionaccessible versions of e-books in EPUB format in the mainstream distribution channels.
Note: The Book Marketing Network is now available in a format accessible via your mobile phone.
As the collection of books available through Axis 360 increases, we look forward to the day when every book available at the local library will also be available to the blind at the same time and in an accessible format
• Among those of us who are both blind and avid readers, an oft - repeated statistic which was trotted out was that of all books published, 96 % would never make it into formats which were accessible to us.
The Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) offers a growing collection of over 100,000 books and magazines in audio, Braille, etext and other accessible formats.
The book presents detailed information in an accessible format, including numerous step - by - step procedures for use in the clinic.
Organizing shared and opposing politics in accessible formats that linger somewhere between a zine and an artist's book, the publications allow various readings of the works presented.
This book covers all the main topics of a Passivhaus Designer course in an accessible and technically detailed format.
On May 11, 2012, Judge Orinda Evans ruled that only five of the 75 excerpts at issue constituted copyright infringement, as these five PDFs placed in GSU's password - protected e-reserves exceeded a chapter (or 10 percent of the book, when it had fewer than 10 chapters), while digital licensing was «easily accessible, reasonably priced, and they offer excerpts in a format which is reasonably convenient for users.»
In all of this, our goal is clear — to encourage authors and artists and to ensure that more women and men benefit from literacy and accessible formats, because books are our most powerful forces of poverty eradication and peace building.
Only about 5 % of all books published annually are subsequently translated into an accessible format version.
Obligated organizations that are library boards may provide accessible formats for archival materials, special collections, rare books and donations.
The accessible format of a picture book can become a powerful tool in your quest to help a struggling child.
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