Getting started
New to CELA? How to get started.
Video: Introduction to the CELA website (YouTube) (Word transcript)
Training: Webinars about CELA services
Learn about allowing a designate to manage your account (optional).
Help
Available formats and collections
How to get and read books, magazines and newspapers
Find step-by-step instructions on all the ways you can read materials from CELA.
- How to get books, magazines and newspapers and read them on different apps and devices
- What is Direct to Player service?
- Ways to get your books delivered to you
- Get your books automatically selected for you
- How to subscribe to our magazines
- Learn all about our new Envoy Connect service
- New: Discover Accessible Reading Canada for Alexa devices
Help with My account
You can manage your CELA service through My account.
Visit Help with My account to get information about:
- Available ZIPs to download (downloadable audio, e-text and e-braille books)
- Holds (braille and printbraille books you have requested)
- Direct to Player bookshelf
- Magazine subscriptions
- History
- Communication preferences
- Search preferences
- Proof of disability for access to Bookshare collection
FAQs
Is there a limit on the number of holds I can request? What do the terms “synthetic audio” and “synthetic braille” mean? How many items (books or magazines) can I have at one time? How do I suggest a title?
The answers to all of these questions and more can be found in this section.
Spotlight: featured videos
Our videos are available on YouTube. For more information about using YouTube, check out our Using YouTube with a screen reader tutorial.
