Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-15-Speech-3-576-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Blind persons’ access to books (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120215.26.3-576-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-15-Speech-3-577-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Kay Swinburne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I welcome the motion for a resolution which has resulted from citizens petitioning and agree that we should ensure that books and other written documents are made accessible to our blind and partially-sighted citizens. The results of a recent study commissioned by the Royal National Institute for the Blind revealed that a mere 15% of the top one thousand most popular books were made available in alternative formats. This is clearly limiting blind people’s access to written material. However, advances in technology are resulting in improved and expanded opportunities being made available to those currently disadvantaged by the absence of suitable print media. We need to ensure that appropriate technology is suitably funded so that blind and partially-sighted citizens can benefit at a reasonable cost from the new computerised solutions emerging. As we all begin to make the transition to electronic formats for our books, we need to ensure that suitable devices and computer applications for the blind are also being developed so that they, too, can participate in this new way of accessing literature."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2012-03-27)3 substitute; CULT (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-10-19--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Kay Swinburne (ECR )."1
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