Question 14727 — press and books

Summary

Mr. Bertrand Petit draws the attention of the Minister of Culture to the subject of the accessibility of books for blind people. In fact, only 8% of all books distributed today are accessible to visually impaired people, which consequently produces negative effects in the education and training process of people affected by visual disabilities. Furthermore, the prices of these adapted works are sometimes sold up to five times more expensive than literary works sold in bookstores. Also, to repair this injustice, the Braille Transcription and Publishing Center Association decided in 2023 to offer Braille books at the same price as other works. This decision, which responds to a particularly strong need, nevertheless has a considerable financial cost for the association, which draws on these own funds. Also, he asks her if she plans to allocate an additional public subsidy for this national association, so that it can strengthen its reading accessibility project for visually impaired people.

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