[accessibility] [BlindMath] LaTeX textbooks

[Michael Link]

Jonathan:

Thank you for the quick response. I’m an American and even I didn’t know
about the Chafee Amendment. I learn something new every time I read an
email from this group!

Michael

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 2:36 PM Jonathan Fine <jfine2358 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael
>
> A very good question. I've forwarded your request for help to the Board of
> the TeX Users Group, the TUG accessibility list, and the LaTeX Team.
> Perhaps they can provide further information, and encourage publishers to
> provide such sources. They might also be able to encourage authors to
> retain and make available such sources.
>
> By the way, arxiv.org publishes the LaTeX article source they have, under
> the "Other formats" link on article pages.
>
> Readers outside the US might not know of the Chafee Amendment, which
> provides a copyright exception for "Reproduction for blind or other people
> with disabilities."
>
> https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/laws-regulations/copyright-law-amendment-1996-pl-104-197/
>
> with kind regards
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 4:50 PM Michael Link via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>>
>> Do we have a list of contacts for publishing companies in order to get
>> LaTeX sources of textbooks?
>>
>> I’ve had to do a lot of googling, LinkedIn Requests, phone calls, etc. and
>> wasn’t sure if anyone had started compiling a list yet.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Michael Link
>>
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