Dear All, As some of you are already aware, a Focal Point Training for production of DAISY Digital Talking Books was held recently in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The training was held from 23 to 28 August 2004. A total of 14 trainees participated in the training. They represented different organization working for the welfare of Visually impaired persons in Sri Lanka. Seven of them were visually impaired. Miki Azuma from Japan, Prashant Ranjan Verma and Santosh Khare from India were the trainers. Mr. Dipendra Manocha Manager of the DFA Project arranged and co-ordinated the event. A forum called DAISY LANKA has been created and it will be the resource center for Sri Lanka. Mr. Anthony Bernard is the President of DAISY LANKA. We can now hope to see DAISY Books coming out of SL as well. Regards, Prashant