Blind to get a 'Daisy' digital dictionary
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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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