Virginie Clayssen, Syndicat National de l'Edition, presentation about The French «Rentrée Littéraire accessible» initiative, given at the TISP workshop at ICCHP 2014

1. New titles in accessible formats :
The French « Rentrée Littéraire accessible » initiative

2. 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

3. How Platon is working ?
PLATON
User with reading disability
Authorized Association
Publisher
File reproduced and transformed into accessible format
Original file deleted

4. 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 ?

5. 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%

6. 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%

7. 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 %

8. 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.

9. 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)