A reasonable solution would be similar to what has traditionally (since the early 20th century) been done with books for the blind in the US via the Library of

A reasonable solution would be similar to what has traditionally (since the early 20th century) been done with books for the blind in the US via the Library of Congress. See: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-13-167/ https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-13-167/ The government, at public expense, provides Braille books and "talking books" to blind readers on demand. If someone requests a title that doesn't have a Braille edition, the (Federal) government will pay to have one made. They're distributed through the public library system and recovered after use to be lent out again. A few years ago there were some articles around about the Braille and talking editions of the Harry Potter books, which were produced so that they could be released at the same time as the regular print editions for sighted readers. Quite cool. I think the government will also do periodicals (there are regularly Braille copies of national magazines at my local library, which they seem to get out within a few days of the regular edition). Aside from the unwieldy size of Braille books, it seems like a pretty nice system. It's a trivial cost in government terms, and it serves a community that would otherwise not have a reliable source of content. I'm sure it's imperfect and could use improvement (though I think they now do talking books digitally), as most public programs could, but it's existed and been basically uncontroversial for generations. What it does not do, of course, is it does NOT obligate traditional publishers to produce Braille editions. That would be ridiculous, and would vastly cut down on the number of books that could be published by increasing the cost, and would result in more Braille content than there's really a demand for anyway. It's a completely insane way to try to increase accessibility.