Starting this weekend, blind and visually impaired people will no longer be allowed to turn published works into accessible formats without permission from copyright holders.
JOHANNESBURG - On 21 September 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled part of the act unlawful and gave Parliament 24 months to rectify this.
Blind SA urges Ramaphosa to sign bill allowing the visually impaired better access to published material However, the process of transcribing alphabets into Braille is expensive as Braille paper is significantly more costly than normal sheet paper.
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