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Dec. 1st, 2004 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julietSign The RNIB's Right to Read Charter They want the government to abolish VAT on audio books & encourage much more in the way of large print, Braille, or audio copies of regular books. From my recollection of the large print books in the library I used to work in (though admittedly this was 10 years ago) (blimey I am getting old), if you didn't want romantic novels, or the odd biography, you were right out of luck. So hurrah! for trying to get more reading available to everyone, including those with sight problems.
I used to read aloud for a blind friend of mine at college (this was reading textbooks etc). More than anything else, it was just so *slow* for her compared to the speed at which most people can get through books. And she couldn't skim through things to see if they were relevant (as I used to do quite a lot with the darker recesses of my reading list) - she was reliant on tutors giving her sufficiently exact reading. She could read Braille much faster, but very little of what she needed was available on Braille.
I used to read aloud for a blind friend of mine at college (this was reading textbooks etc). More than anything else, it was just so *slow* for her compared to the speed at which most people can get through books. And she couldn't skim through things to see if they were relevant (as I used to do quite a lot with the darker recesses of my reading list) - she was reliant on tutors giving her sufficiently exact reading. She could read Braille much faster, but very little of what she needed was available on Braille.
