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Originally Posted by RobertDDL
...This is a bit off topic, but to answer your question, because I want it for a friend who lives in the US, and who is blind. She would be entitled to read it for free, if it were available from the NLS or from bookshare.org, but it isn't, so I have to scan, OCR and proofread it for her.
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In my own country there is special exemption in the copyright legislation for making copies of literary and dramatic works for people with print disabilities. This does not just extend to making braille copies for blind readers but other copy types for other sight disabilities, or for physical disabilities that prevent holding or manipulating a book.
Basically one can just go ahead if one meets the criteria. There is a requirement to make an effort to first find a commercial version of the book in the form (braille, large print, eBook) that is needed to meet the needs of the disabled person and to contact the rights holder but failure to be able to do those things does not disqualify one from the exemption. The rights holder has no right to prevent ones use of the exemption.
If using the exemption one can make a charge for the reasonable costs only of preparing the copy(s).
If relevant to your own specific situation you may find that there is similar provision in your own country.
John