Les Doigts Qui Rêvent

What Les Doigts Qui Rêvent does

Les Doigts Qui Rêvent is a French non-profit associative publishing house (association loi 1901) founded in 1994 in Talant, Côte-d'Or, France, and operating with approximately 9 employees. The organization specializes in creating tactile illustrated books (Albums tactiles illustrés) and multisensory tools for visually impaired children, incorporating textured materials, braille text, raised drawings (gaufrage), and other multisensory elements following universal design principles so that the creations are accessible to all children regardless of visual ability.

Its catalog spans multiple collections — Caméléon (digital accessible books), Premier Éveil (early awakening), À Tâtons, Brailli, Brailla, Point d'Or, textile books (Livres textiles), and Corpus Tactilis (Pragma, Theoria, Historia) — alongside the academic publication Terra Haptica (international journal on haptic books) and instructional titles such as Le petit designer and the Typhlo & Tactus Guide. Pricing on the e-commerce storefront (ldqr.org, WooCommerce) ranges from €20 to €42 per title; the Caméléon collection and selected manuals are distributed digitally as EPUB3 accessible files via the French library lending system (Prêt numérique en bibliothèque).

The business model combines direct-to-consumer book sales with professional services revenue: workshops and training for educators and families, rental of the new immersive exhibition "Une histoire à toucher" (from €200 TTC) to libraries and cultural venues, and a Foreign Rights catalog supporting international licensing. The organization sells to four primary customer segments — families, educational institutions (schools, libraries, media libraries, visual-impairment institutes), healthcare providers (hospitals, EHPAD), and exhibition renters — and is anchored institutionally by memberships in the Fédération des Aveugles de France and the Collectif Les Éditeurs Atypiques, and by founder Philippe Claudet's leadership of the international Typhlo & Tactus network spanning 19 countries. Recent activity includes launches of "Sara et Léo" and "Bon voyage, petite goutte" tactile books, the 2026 exhibition rental service, and recruitment of a cultural mediator for September 2026.

Name

Les Doigts Qui Rêvent

Legal name

Les Doigts Qui Rêvent

Website

https://ldqr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Les Doigts Qui Rêvent is a French non-profit publishing house founded in 1994 that creates tactile illustrated books and multisensory tools with braille and raised illustrations for visually impaired children, selling through e-commerce, workshops, training, and exhibition rentals to families, schools, libraries, and healthcare institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accessible Children's Book Publishing

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Accessible & Alternative Format Materials (Braille, Large Print, Audio, Tactile Graphics) (EDAGAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Education (SPED) & Inclusive Curriculum Materials (EDAGAAAE), Reading & Literacy Intervention Materials for Learning Disabilities (Dyslexia, Decoding, Comprehension) (EDAGAMAH), Vision Assistive Technology (Screen Readers, Braille, Magnification) (EDAKAIAF), Language Development & ESL/Multilingual Learner Materials (Dual-Language, ELL) (EDACAJAI)

Keywords

• Tactile illustrated books
• Accessible children's publishing
• Braille learning materials
• Multisensory educational tools
• Universal design publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Talant

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of tactile illustrated books, braille books, textile books, and educational materials through their e-commerce catalog. Includes multiple collections: Caméléon, Premier Éveil, À Tâtons, Brailli, Brailla, Point d'Or, and others.
2. Academic Publications: Sale of Terra Haptica international journal on haptic books and Corpus Tactilis research publications
3. Workshops and Training: Workshops and training sessions for professionals working with visually impaired children
4. Exhibitions: Rental of immersive tactile book exhibitions to libraries, media libraries, and cultural venues starting from 200€ TTC
5. Digital Publications: Sale of EPUB3 accessible digital books

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Les Doigts Qui Rêvent is a French non-profit associative publishing house founded in 1994 that creates tactile illustrated books and multisensory tools for visually impaired children. Its catalog features raised tactile illustrations, Braille text, textured materials, and other sensory elements across collections such as Caméléon (digital accessible books), Premier Éveil (early childhood), Brailla (braille reading), textile books, and academic publications including the Terra Haptica international journal and Corpus Tactilis series. The organization also offers workshops, training, exhibition rentals, and EPUB3 accessible digital books.

Product overview

Les Doigts Qui Rêvent is a nonprofit publishing house founded in 1994 that creates tactile illustrated books and multisensory tools for visually impaired children. The company operates as a single-product publisher with multiple collections and services: core tactile illustrated albums (Albums tactiles illustrés) featuring raised textures and Braille text; the Caméléon digital accessible collection; textile books; early awakening books; Braille reading materials; the Terra Haptica international journal; the Corpus Tactilis publication series (Historia, Theoria, Pragma sub-collections); educational guides including Le petit designer and the Guide Typhlo et Tactus; the Écholocalisation et Flashsonar instructional manual; plus workshop/formation services and the Une histoire à toucher exhibition rental service. All products are designed with universal design principles accessible to all children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LDQR: Abbreviated name for Les Doigts Qui Rêvent, used in communications and website URLs.

Products and services

• Sara et Léo – Mes premières lectures en braille Tactile book trilogy in three volumes for first Braille readings, featuring Braille text, raised tactile illustrations and embossing designed for children with visual impairments.
• Bon voyage, petite goutte Tactile adaptation of Anne Crausaz's book exploring water in all its states (clouds, snow, earth depths, torrents, waterfalls, rivers and sea) through palpable and non-palpable tactile concepts.
• Tactile illustrated albums (Albums tactiles illustrés) Core product line of tactile illustrated books for visually impaired children, featuring raised illustrations, textures and Braille text, designed with universal design principles accessible to all children.
• Caméléon digital collection

Quantifiable outcome

• Published 5 volumes of Terra Haptica international academic journal
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fédération des Aveugles de FrancecoreOthersLes Doigts Qui Rêvent is a member of the Fédération des Aveugles de France, a federation of blind and visually impaired organizations in France. This membership provides institutional legitimacy and network access within the visual impairment community.
• Collectif Les Éditeurs AtypiquescoreOthersMember of the Collectif Les Éditeurs Atypiques, a collective of atypical publishers. This association positions LDQR within a network of alternative publishing houses facing similar challenges.
• Typhlo & Tactus International NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network for tactile book publishers and producers involving 19 countries. Created and led by Philippe Claudet since 1999. Includes partners from 22 contributors worldwide including USA, Netherlands, Italy, Finland, UK, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Lithuania, Slovenia, Romania, Estonia, South Africa, Croatia, Quebec (Canada), Japan, and Australia. Jointly publishes the Typhlo & Tactus Guide.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ClearVision: UK lending library of mainstream children's books adapted with Braille and tactile overlays so visually impaired children can share reading with sighted peers. Comparable to LDQR's universal-design philosophy and tactile adaptation craft, with a focus on inclusive children's literature.
• American Printing House for the Blind (APH): US nonprofit producing accessible educational materials, including tactile graphics, Braille textbooks, and children's products for the blind. Direct peer to LDQR on the educational-publisher axis with comparable universal-design and tactile-illustration capabilities, but operating at significantly larger scale.
• Living Paintings: UK charity producing tactile and audio illustrated books for blind and partially sighted children. Closest functional analogue to LDQR: small specialist non-profit publisher focused on tactile illustrated books for visually impaired children, with a lending library and direct-to-consumer distribution model.
• National Braille Press: US nonprofit Braille publisher producing books and resources for blind readers across age groups. Comparable to LDQR's Braille-led catalog (Brailli, Brailla collections) and its non-profit publishing model, though with a much broader age range and adult-skewed list.

Broad incumbents

• Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): UK national charity for blind and partially sighted people providing accessible reading services (RNIB Bookshare), Braille publications, and broader support. Comparable to LDQR on accessible children's publishing but is a broad incumbent across advocacy, services, and adult reading rather than a tactile-book specialist.
• Perkins School for the Blind: US institution serving the blind with educational programs and an in-house accessible publishing operation producing tactile and Braille educational materials. Comparable to LDQR on accessible children's content but operates a full school alongside publishing, making it a broader incumbent in the same ecosystem.
• Association Valentin Haüy (AVH): Historic French organization for the blind that operates accessible publishing, libraries, and broader services for visually impaired people. Overlaps with LDQR on Braille and accessible French-language publishing but operates at a much larger scope across services, advocacy, and adult readers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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