John and others,
I don't really know about non-English language materials on fee for
service full-text sites. I would imagine that there is decent
availability in some academic subjects, but this may be far afield of
Michael's original question. The main concern with many of these
services has been the poor level of accessibility often due to data
encryption and other digital rights management tools used on these
sights, since these systems are often incompatible with adaptive
computer software such as screen readers.
Steve Noble
Policy Analyst
Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network
Co-Listowner, AXSLIB-L, Access to Libraries Listserv
--- John Nissen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Steve, Michael and other AXSLIBers,
> [snip]
>
> Although there are a limited number of texts freely available on
> the web due to copyright law, a number of publishers make texts
> available on the web to paying subscribers, who may include
> libraries.
> Do you know what the situation is, Steve?
>
>
> --
> In message <[log in to unmask]>
> Steve Noble via [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >There may be a few sides to this question:
>
> [snip]
>
> >3) On the question of obtaining accessible content, here are some
> >thoughts:
> >--if the individual is a citizen of another country, they can likely
> >receive services from their native national library even while
> living
> >in the USA;
> >--some access organizations within the USA supply non-English texts,
> >although the number of available works to choose from may be rather
> >small. Try the RFB&D or APH online catalogs;
> >--many older "classic" texts in languages other than English can be
> >found on the net in electronic form. Unfortunately, Project
> Gutenberg
> >only has a few non-English books. I noticed only 8 in Spanish and
> only
> >12 in French. I did not take the time to do a good search for some
> >better sites, but here are a few:
> >http://www.griffe.com/projects/worldlit/etexts/
> >http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/admin/foreign.html
> >http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/rr/forlang.html
>
> >--- michael krieg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> I am a library science student and was wondering how
> non-English
> >> speakers who are blind or deaf are helped at libraries for the
> >> disabled?
> >> What Braille, audio or special materials are available in
> other
> >> languages?
> >> Thank you.
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Michael Krieg
>
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