This application of the Braille Romande and spoken book library (BBR), a service of the Association for the Good of the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABA) allows the downloading and listening of audio books in DAISY standard from the BBR catalog consisting of several thousand titles in French.
To access BBR Player, you must first be registered with BBR. Any person who is visually impaired, blind or has difficulty reading printed texts can benefit from the BBR's free services.
For any question or request for registration, please contact us at bbr@abage.ch or +41 22 317 79 00. To register for the BBR, you can complete the following registration form:
https://abage.ch/association/bibliotheque-braille-romande-et-livre-parle-bbr/inscription/
Overview of the audio player functionalities:
- Memorization of the reading position for each title
- Modification of the reading speed
- Sleep option
- Navigation by table of contents
Overview of search and download features
- Access to news by literary genre
- Search the whole catalog with several filter possibilities
- Access to the wish list
- Sound extract from books
To consult the website of the Association for the Good of the Blind and Visually Impaired: www.abage.ch
BBR Player is based on the Callioplayer application from the Bibliothèque Sonore Romande
(BSR).