What is Section 508?
Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 requires that Federal agencies ensure that disabled employees and members of the public have access to information, computers, and networks comparable to access enjoyed by people without disabilities.

A Call for Action
Of the 50,000 - 75,000 books published each year, less than three percent are available to the blind and each book takes an average of six months to get to market. A book published with large type can cost a few hundred dollars - in Braille, several thousand dollars. School textbooks in Braille are almost non-existent. Printing to Braille has proven to be a financially unfeasible solution to Section 508/ADA compliance that at best covers less than ten percent of the visually impaired population that actually read Braille. End user costs for various digital talking book reading machines run $2,795 - $3,500 in addition to screen reading software which costs $800-$1,300 per computer.

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