On July 24-25, 2008, the World Blind Union and KEI convened an expert group to consider a possible treaty for blind, visually impaired and other reading disabled persons. The meeting was held in Washington, DC.
There is a one page talking points memo in English, and the proposed Treaty text, as a three page memo discussing the proposal. These documents are available in English, French and Spanish, in several document formats.
The English version of the proposed Treaty text is available in DAISY format from the DAISY Consortium here .
Expert Meeting Report
Report from the July 24-25, 2008 expert group meeting is available in English, in html, pdf , Microsoft .doc or open document odt formats.
Proposed Treaty Text
English
DAISY format from the DAISY Consortium here. The text is also available in html, pdf, doc, odt and docbook formats:
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_en.html
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_en_pdf.pdf
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_en_doc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_en_doc_notoc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_en_odt.odt
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_en_docbook.xml
French
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_fr.html
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_fr_pdf.pdf
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_fr_doc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_fr_doc_notoc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_fr_odt.odt
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_fr_docbook.xml
Spanish
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_es.html
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_es_pdf.pdf
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_es_doc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_es_odt.odt
Arabic
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_arabic.pdf
Three Page Memo
In English
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_en.html
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_en_doc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_en_pdf.pdf
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_en_odt.odt
In French
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_fr.html
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_fr_doc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_fr_pdf.pdf
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_fr_odt.odt
In Spanish
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_es.html
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_es_doc.doc
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_es_pdf.pdf
https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/tvi/tvi_memo_es_odt.odt
WIPO Delegates
Here is a list of the delegates to the March 10-12, 2008, 16th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright.