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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
You could think about the fact that it was decided that blind people are allowed to strip DRM in order to be able to use the TTS function on their readers. Your hypothetical case would ensure that blind people can't enjoy any aspect of the hypothetical carefully crafted work.
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I'm afraid that may well be the case... there are many things that can't be enjoyed if you have some form of sensory deprivation... should we ban all music because the severely hearing impaired can't hear it and ignore those who can hear it, migraine sufferers can't deal with rapidly strobing lights so should dance events be banned from using them??? It is impossible to produce everything to match everybody's abilities or impairments... do you close art galleries because they're unfair to the blind... of course not... Do you ban people from producing paintings for the same reason... of course not... So... yes, this hypothetical work would not be enjoyable by blind people as every part of it would be essential to the entire artistic experience as it would NOT be a book of just words!!!
And as for reality, well how much of the full experience, of the Book of Kells, would a sight impaired person get... the words are fine but the experience of the Kells is not the words, it is the hand crafted illuminations... the words just give the content not the interpretation of the illustrators which is the major artistic appreciation of the book... just like the libretto of the Ring Cycle gives an impression of the work but it is the music and stage performance that make the entire work, anything less is just that, less... Wanting everyone to have access and appreciate everything doesn't make it possible...