BrazilBrazilian Inclusion Law, Accessible Formats as a Condition for Publishers in Public Book Purchases
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
As of .
What it requires
- The Act names no technical standard for an accessible format: paragraph 2 describes digital files that screen-reading software or other assistive technologies can recognize and access, allowing a synthesized voice, enlarged characters, different contrasts and Braille printing.
- If you are a publisher taking part in a public call to purchase books, including for school and public library collections, offer your production also in accessible formats, or the call's clauses bar you from taking part (LBI Art. 68, §§ 1 and 2).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
Who enforces it
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Does a publisher meet paragraph 1 by offering in accessible formats only the titles a call covers, or must its whole production be offered in them?
What this law does
Under paragraph 1 of article 68, in calls for the purchase of books, including for supplying or updating the collections of libraries at every level and kind of education and of public libraries, the public authorities must adopt clauses that bar the participation of publishers that do not also offer their production in accessible formats.
Paragraph 2 treats as accessible formats the digital files that screen-reading software, or other assistive technologies that may replace it, can recognize and access, allowing reading with a synthesized voice, enlargement of characters, different contrasts and printing in Braille. The opening provision of article 68 requires the public authorities to adopt mechanisms that encourage the production, publishing, dissemination, distribution and sale of books in accessible formats. The Act enters into force 180 days after its official publication.
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