CELA and our Contact Centre will be closed Thursday, December 25, Friday, December 26 and Thursday, January 1, 2026. We will be open and available on Monday, December 29, Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday, December 31. We will resume regular hours on Friday, January 2. Happy holidays!
Our step-by-step tutorials will have you reading in minutes!
Direct to Player is a quick and convenient way to receive DAISY audio and e-text books and magazines to your device without waiting for the mail or using a computer to download and transfer files.
If you want to read on a smartphone, tablet or computer:
Dolphin EasyReader guide for CELA users
If you want to read on a Humanware DAISY player:
If you want to read on an Envoy Connect:
Envoy Connect and CELA Connect help page
If you want to read on an Alexa-enabled smart speaker (voice control):
You can download a book or magazine from the CELA website in multiple formats to read on a computer, smartphone, tablet, DAISY player or braille display. Once the file has been downloaded, internet access is no longer required to read the book or magazine.
First, you will need to download a zipped file of the book or magazine from the CELA website, then either read it on the same device, or transfer it to another device.
Once you have downloaded a book or magazine onto your computer, if you want to read it on another device, you will need to transfer it. These instructions explain how to transfer zip files of books or magazines onto various devices.
Transferring books to your Humanware DAISY player:
These instructions describe different ways you can get and read our magazines and newspapers.
