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ALTERNATE MEDIUM [1 record]

Record 1 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Rights and Freedoms
DEF

A format or medium designed to make information accessible to persons with a disability.

OBS

There are eight main alternative formats: large print, audio cassette, Braille, diskette, descriptive narration, captioned videos and films, signed videos and films, and TTYs.

OBS

alternative format: term and definition recommended by the Terminology and Language Standardization Board of the Government of Canada, November 1994.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Droits et libertés
DEF

Format ou support conçu pour rendre l'information accessible aux personnes handicapées.

OBS

Les huit principaux médias substituts sont le braille, les gros caractères, la disquette, l'audiocassette, les films et les vidéos traduits en langage gestuel ou sous-titrés, les vidéos descriptifs et l'ATS.

OBS

média substitut : terme et définition recommandés par la Commission générale de normalisation terminologique et linguistique du gouvernement du Canada, novembre 1994.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ayudas técnicas para personas minusválidas
  • Sociología de las personas con discapacidad
  • Derechos y Libertades
CONT

La norma internacional sobre accesibilidad promueve la reproducción de obras literarias y artísticas (texto, notación y/o ilustraciones), en un formato alternativo, accesible y cómodo, al que sea viable acceder de la misma manera que para las personas sin discapacidad visual.

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