New titles in accessible formats :

The French « Rentrée Littéraire accessible »

initiative

DAVDSI Law - Exception to copyright:

authorized associations can reproduce works in accessible format without permission of rights holders

Associations allowed to request via National Library digital files of works published after 4 august of 2006, and not « older » than 10 years.

2006 : a law

French legal framework

BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, french national library)

officially designated to operate PLATON PLAteforme de Transfert des Ouvrages Numériques

2010 : the PLATON platform

How Platon is working ?

PLATON PLATON

User with reading disability

Authorized Association Publisher

File reproduced and

transformed into accessible

format

Original file deleted

Reception of request by email :

ISBN + title

1

Looking for the file into the D.A.M.

system (Digital Assets Management

System)

2

File found on D.A.M. system

3a

If XML or EPUB : immatriculation with ISBN used for print

edition

Upload on PLATON

+ reception

of a proof of deposit

If PDF-print :

transformation into PDF web

File not found on D.A.M. system

Request of the file to

manufacturer

Reception of the file

3b

4

5

How does it work inside (big) publishing houses ?

Which format are provided by publishers ?

Type de format 2011 2012 2013 2014

PDF 64% 65% 37% 45%

XML 22% 22% 45% 34%

ePub 1% 4% 10% 14%

Word or simil. 9% 6% 3% 2%

InDesign 2% 2% 2% 3%

Other 2% 4% 3% 2%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

In which format are works adapted ?

type of adaptation : 2011 2012 2013 2014 (jan-april)

digital braille - - 14,80% 16,10%

abreged paper braille 8,20% 8,60% 9,60% 12,30%

paper braille 18,10% 17,60% 15,90% 18,00%

digital file (not DAISY) 14,00% 2,90% 1,40% 1,10%

DAISY digital file 37,00% 54,50% 40,00% 28,30%

large print 13,90% 13,70% 9,80% 12,50%

dedicated reading software 1,00% 0,90% 1,10% 1,00%

digital audio 7,70% 1,80% 7,40% 10,50%

relief - - - % 0,10%

How long does it take to deliver files ?

Average time

For requests

received in

2011

For requests

received in

2012

For requests

received in

2013

For requests

received between

jan. & april 2014

01 – 10 days 41 % 47 % 50 % 50 %

11 – 60 days 35 % 31 % 30 % 21 %

Total of docs respecting legal time 76 % 78 % 80 % 71 %

61 – 70 days 1 % 2 % 2 % 1 %

+ de 71 days 15 % 11% 9 % 2 %

Total of docs transmitted out of legal

time 16 % 13 % 11 % 3 %

Total of non uploaded docs (non existing file not covered) 8 % 9 % 9 % 26 %

Total 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %

Make the « Rentrée Littéraire » accessible

2013 : Publishers decide to anticipate requests, and to provide

to associations the files of the titles of the Rentrée Littéraire (Fall

literary season) before publication in digital format.

BrailleNet gets time to adapt the files, and the Rentrée Littéraire

titles are available at the same time for people without and with

reading disabilities.

CNL is funding the project, and BNF is supporting it.

Adapted titles are distributed through Platon.

2013 : 185 titles adapted

2014 : objective is 250 titles

New : Other associations can adapt these files : they are

uploaded by publishers on Platon platform.

In a near future : accessibility as the rule, not as the exception

Positive consequence of the Rentrée Littéraire operation :

Helping publishers to move from pull to push, and to think

about accessibility more as the rule than as the exception.

SNE and French Publishing Groups support Readium

Foundation from the beginning.

This Foundation works on acceleration of EPUB3 adoption, and

EPUB3, when fully supported, is an accessible format.

« (…) just putting your ebooks into EPUB 3 isn’t by itself

enough. EPUB 3 allows accessibility features to be added to

any ebook – but doesn’t mandate them. » (Mark Bide)