“The Daisy player is a tool with very practical features to make listening to audiobooks easier. »
A fund which is not entirely new but has expanded a lot recently. “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, rejoices Corinne Baillargeau, the librarian of Aigre, who introduced Braille and won a grant of €1,900 from the National Book Center. We were able to acquire additional books but also the Daisy reader. »
A sort of high-tech console that has little to do with Donald's wife. “Daisy stands 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. You have access to a bookmark function, an adaptable reading speed or even the possibility of navigating between several paragraphs without reading everything from A to Z, this is practical for example for cooking recipes or documentary books. »
Loan to retirement homes
These are the Aigre retirement homes, the Habrioux nursing home and the Jardins d’Iroise, which will be the first to benefit. “We must soon enter into a loan agreement with the establishments, before perhaps one day making it available to individual members: it is a reading comfort for people who see less well as they age,” underlines Corinne Baillargeau, whereas large print books are only aimed at a limited audience among the visually impaired.
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-“People suffering from pathologies such as age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmenta or advanced glaucoma have impaired central vision which no longer allows them to read or recognize a face. For them, the audio book is the only solution,” explains Christophe Anicet, who took advantage of the inauguration on Saturday to present the Eole media library, the fund of the Valentin-Haüy association, with 70,000 audio books. A gold mine for visually impaired people which could become accessible to the Aigre library. “We are in discussion, knowing that it would then be reserved only for people who are unable to read. »
The Mes Mains en Or publishing house introduced children to Braille on Saturday at the Aigre library.
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Initiation au braille
Make punches in the boxes of a hollow ruler to introduce children to braille. It was the unusual workshop offered on Saturday at the Aigre library by the publishing house Mes Mains en or, specializing in adapted children's books. “It’s not difficult,” admits Noé, writing his first name. A learning process, however, not so simple, rather practiced by people blind from birth. “Especially since to translate a traditional page, you need 5 pages of braille. The entire Harry Potter collection would require almost 38 tonnes!, says Christophe Anicet, president of the Valentin-Haüy Charente committee, pointing out the precious help of technology. Digital braille now makes it possible to read on a screen without moving your finger. » At the Aigre library, books in Braille are rare. And only dedicated to youth. “These are expensive books, which is why we lend them to libraries,” explains Sarah Aboujdid, representative of adapted collections at the departmental media library.
