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International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons

ICCHP 2014: Computers Helping People with Special Needs pp 4–7Cite as

The Case of LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili

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The paper present the case study of the LIA services aimed at providing accessible e-books for blind and visual impaired readers in the mainstream publishing distribution channels. The service had been launched in June 2013 and the catalogue offers at the time of the publication of the paper more than 6.000 accessible e-books of fiction and non fiction, mainly new titles and best sellers. More than 400 titles are added every month thanks to the collaboration of more than 65 Italian publishers.

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  1. Mussinelli, C.: The LIA Project-Libri Italiani Accessibili. In: Miesenberger, K., Karshmer, A., Penaz, P., Zagler, W. (eds.) ICCHP 2012, Part I. LNCS, vol. 7382, pp. 550–553. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)

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  1. Associazione Italiana Editori, Milan, Italy

    Cristina Mussinelli

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  1. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstr. 69,, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, M5B 2K3, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Deborah Fels

  3. THIM/EA 4004 CHArt, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, 2 rue de la liberté, 93526, Saint-Denis Cedex, France

    Dominique Archambault

  4. Teiresias Centre, Masaryk University, Botanická 68A, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Peňáz

  5. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 11/029, Vienna, 1050, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Mussinelli, C. (2014). The Case of LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili. In: Miesenberger, K., Fels, D., Archambault, D., Peňáz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8547. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_1

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