Blind to get a 'Daisy' digital dictionary

Bangkok Post, Thailand
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Blind to get a 'Daisy' digital dictionary

Thailand's Royal Institute, the Thai Blind People's Foundation, and the Club of 
Volunteers for the Blind are publishing a dictionary for the blind, to be 
completed in the next two years. 

DAISY sounds like a flower, but it isn't -- the acronym stands for digitally 
accessible information system. Just the same, it represents a project which is 
blossoming into a hopeful bouquet for Thailand's visually-impaired population. 

"The initiative for the dictionary for the blind began in 1999," says Monthien 
Boonthan, secretary-general of the Thai Blind People's Foundation. 

Volunteers read books and record their voices as 'DAISY' -- digitally 
accessible information. The project also encourages computer-skilled Thai 
prisoners working in the Royal Patronage projects to participate in building 
DAISY books. 

"The DAISY dictionary is accessible for both the blind and those who are not," 
according to Mr. Monthien. 

Thailand recently placed second, after Japan, in the ranking of Asian countries 
having the greatest number of DAISY books for the blind, with more than 2,000 
books in the National Library for the Blind. (TNA)


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