Before transcribing or translating many documents, one must get permission of the publisher of the item.

In the United States, a variety of laws have been passed on a state level requiring that publishers provide electronic edition publisher files of texts they wish to sell to that state’s school system. Such files are to be prepared in such a way as to make them easy to use in the preparation of […]

Type of electronic file formats used by textbook publishers. These include, for example, Quark, NISO XML, and DAISY/NISO XML 3.0 Document Type Definition (DTD). Lack of standardization is a problem confronted by those who use the file to convert it to braille.

In the disability realm, this term is usually used in connection with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Title II of the Act defines what types of agencies are considered Public Agencies, and what their obligations are under the law.

In the realm of disability, this term is usually used in connection with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Certain types of businesses, listed in the Act must comply with Title III of the Act.

This is a neurological condition also known as face-blindness that causes a person to be unable to recognize faces. Unrelated to the person’s ability to actually see faces, it can even affect someone with perfect vision. In the normal brain there is a center that is dedicated to face recognition. Prosopagnosia arises when that special […]

This term is a concept within Title II of the ADA. A program is an activity or group of activities that constitute a recognizable and distinct component of a Title II entity’s overall function. Examples would be: a medical services program, cash assistance program, or a basketball program. All programs of a Title II entity […]

Pixel stands for Picture Element. It is the smallest part of each image you see on the computer monitor or television screen. A group of pixels creates each part of the picture. The color of a pixel is partly determined by how many bits (on/off units) are used to store the pixel.

This machine is commonly known as a braille writer. Early in the 20th century braille writers were produced by Howe Press. They were expensive, noisy, heavy and needed frequent repair, however. The director of the Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts in the 1930s, Dr. Gabriel Farrell, wanted its printing department to produce a […]

Portable Document Format (PDF) is one standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. PDF is a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. Such files are unusable […]