accessibility Archives - Valette Céline

Accessibility and artistic scene certificate

Céline VALETTE — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:19:46 +0000

In the improvements I followed this year, I have just finished and obtained the accessibility and artistic scene certificate, a big thank you to the whole team. This course is part of a set of professional education given by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and

Accessibility to the Scenic Arts_certificate_pro

I will be present to a webinaire very soon, during this training, EDF and expert speakers will information on how to ensure that your events are as accessible as possible for persons with disabilities. We will focus both on in-person and online events. Participants will receive an introduction to some types of event accessibility and resources to ensure events that are accessible to as many people as possible. Do you want to know more about the european forum of disability ? visit the official website.

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Resources on line about accessibility

Céline VALETTE — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:00:28 +0000

You will find a whole information to start well your first steps about digital accessibility on this website.

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World book exchange service

Céline VALETTE — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:44:08 +0000

On the site I approached several times different themes on the evolution of my profession. There is writing on the one hand but also the environment in which it is brought to move. A few months ago, I got a certificat following the follow-up of a course. It outlines the measures to be put in place for better accessibility of content within the specific framework of accessible books and publishing. A large set of concepts has been addressed in a general way. If you are wondering about this, the ABC consortium will provide you with more information.

Did you know that? there is a world book exchange service.

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E-reader and accessibility

Céline VALETTE — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:00:32 +0000

As part of the accessibility of digital books, the reading tool is very important. It must be adapted. Currently, very few e-reader models can both read text in audio and allow correct navigation. When I talk about navigation, I mean keys allowing you to move through the text and select actions indicated in the menu.
For my part, I tried a first model that was lent to me some time ago. He read the text of my book, which is quite astonishing and which, for people whose need arises, proves very useful function text to speech. Enlarging sans serif fonts is also an essential feature for reading digital books.

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Meeting around large print publishing

Céline VALETTE — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:43:07 +0000

The meeting around the edition in large print took place online on Thursday, March 28, 2024 on the website of Occitanie book and reading. It is part of the reading for all. This event brought together several professionals around a theme related to the accessibility of the book.

I participated in this meeting which seem interesting for the artists here is a little report on this subject. The interventions of several participants including a visual disability awareness association and a specialized publishing house.

One of the most important information for reading adapted books concerns the font used, its size and the fact that it is necessarily without serif. The text needs to be formatted (paragraph, leading, etc.) too. A font has been developed following several studies, firefly is available on this website.

Tips

Avoid fonts with serif, that is to say with wheelbase, for reasons of accessibility.

Prefer a suitable size for reading or that can be enlarged with a support tool.

Regarding formatting air paragraphs with interlines.

Following the conference, a font that can be downloaded and used free of charge was proposed by a speaker: link to the website of this font.

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Digital book and accessibility

Céline VALETTE — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:00:10 +0000

The 24th edition of the Digital Book Conference is dedicated to accessibility in the world of books.

To find out more click on the link.

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The evolution of writing

Céline VALETTE — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:08:20 +0000

As a professional, I think about the evolution of writing. And, of course, I ask myself all kind of questions to which I try to find a solution. They are not necessarily the best but having a vision of the future allow you to anticipate.
Here are three issues we should think about :

Digital accessibility

Paper recycling

DRM

As an author we can facilitate accessibility by offering files whose content is structured through the use of style sheets. Publishers will then be able to continue the accessibility process.

Regarding the recycling of paper, there are labels that are more compliant than others, similarly vegetable inks are possible. That said, print on demand seems an alternative.

Finally, DRM does not seem to me to promote the dissemination of a book for the public. Similarly, the multiplicity of formats according to a particular type of equipment restricts reading.

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