“The Daisy reader is a tool with very practical features to facilitate listening to audio books. »»
A fund that is not entirely new but has recently expanded. “We have been working on the project for two years with the Valentin-Haüy association [acteur historique de l’aide aux personnes déficientes visuelles, NDLR] And the departmental media library, is delighted Corinne Baillarteau, the Aigre librarian, who made initiations to Braille and won a subsidy of € 1,900 from the National Book Center. We were able to acquire additional works but also the Daisy reader. »»
A kind of high-tech console that has little to do with Donald’s wife. “Daisy is for Digital Accessible Information System, a tool with very practical features to facilitate listening to audio books,” explains Christophe Anicet, president of the Valentin-Haüy Charente Committee, who brought the reader to the library on Saturday. We have access to a bookmark function, an adaptable reading speed or the possibility of navigating between several paragraphs without reading everything from A to Z, it is practical for example for cooking recipes or documentary books. »»
Loan to retirement homes
It is the sour retirement homes, the Ehpad Habrioux and the gardens of Iroise, which will be the first to benefit from it. “We must soon take a loan agreement with the establishments, before perhaps one day to benefit the individual members: it is a comfort of reading for people who see less well as they get older,” said Corinne Baillarteau, While large -fed books are only intended for a limited audience among the visually impaired.
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-“People with pathologies such as age -related macular degeneration, pigmented retinitis or advanced glaucoma have an altered central vision that no longer allows you to read or recognize a face. For them, the audio book is the only solution, ”specifies Christophe Anicet, who took advantage of the inauguration on Saturday to present the Eole media library, the background of the Valentin-Haüy association, 70,000 audio pounds. A gold mine for visually impaired people who could become accessible to the Aigre Library. “We are under discussion, knowing that it would then be reserved for those prevented from reading. »»
The publishing house my hands in gold introduced children to Braille on Saturday at the Bibliothèque d’Aigre.
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Initiation au braille
Handle in the boxes of a hollow rule to introduce children to Braille. It was the unusual workshop offered on Saturday at the Bibliothèque d’Aigre by the publishing house my hands in gold, specializing in adapted children’s books. “It’s not difficult,” admits Noah, writing her first name. A learning, however, not so simple, rather practiced by blind people by birth. “Especially since to translate a classic page, it takes 5 pages of Braille. The whole collection of Harry Potter would require almost a 38 tonnes !, Launch Christophe Anicet, president of the Valentin-Haüy Charente committee, pointing to the precious help of technology. The digital braille allows you to read on a screen today without moving your finger. In the sour library, Braille books are rare. And only dedicated to youth. “These are books that cost dearly, that’s why they are ready for libraries,” says Sarah Aboujdid, referent of collections adapted to the departmental media library.
