From plays to novels, including weekly magazines, many are unable to access them. We of course think of the visually impaired or the blind, but this is also the case for other disabilities or dyslexic schoolchildren. And if the books read have multiplied on the Internet, the Association of voice donors of French Sound Libraries offers a free service. The Lot-et-Garonnais, and part of the Gersois, can thus benefit from the national network via the antenna based in Agen.
“The association brings together around 110 sound libraries in France,” explains president Bernard Janssens. In the department, there are around 30 active vote-givers and around ten volunteer administrators. We relay recordings from a national file of nearly 4,000 dematerialized titles, with books to download, but we also offer our own recordings on CD for people who ask us. »
A free service
The service is free, but as the association benefits from copyright exemption, you must provide a medical certificate attesting to your problems or disability to benefit from it, which concerns around a hundred people in Lot-et -Garonne. “We make our own recordings, for example, for schools, because a given teacher can work on a very specific version of a text, or on books accompanied by an educational file. »
-Always looking for voice donors, the vice-president, Monique Atja, emphasizes that “each recording must meet a quality charter and respect certain technical criteria. I am responsible for monitoring the results. And it’s real work, not just the pleasure of reading: we read for others. » For a philosophy book by Gaston Bachelard, Bernard Janssens spent sixty hours recording, compared to five to six for a short novel.
Sound library of Agen and Lot-et-Garonne, 15, rue Jean-Terles in Agen. Such. 05 53 47 74 47 and [email protected]
