Making Braille books for blind children

The program was attended by international experts in Braille book production from the Clovernook Center (USA), the National Library of the Philippines, representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training , representatives of organizations/schools operating in the field of supporting children with visual disabilities in Vietnam, as well as community libraries in the country that are organizing Braille book reading activities.

The workshop was organized to help participants master the techniques of operating Braille production equipment and 3D printing equipment, aiming to enhance the capacity to produce accessible learning materials for children with visual disabilities and expand access to learning materials in Vietnam.

Many representatives from organizations and libraries working in the field of supporting children with visual disabilities in Vietnam attended the workshop. Photo: HO SON

Room to Read has many activities to support children with disabilities in language development, such as collaborating with Dinh Thien Ly Community Support Fund to produce 4 story reading videos with sign language for children with hearing disabilities and 6 videos of listening to stories for children with other disabilities, collaborating with Onmic phone application to produce 8 audio films based on picture book content with vivid and diverse sounds for children with visual disabilities. All of these products are being shared for free on the Room to Read Cloud Library website at: https://literacycloud.org/.

HO SON

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/lam-sach-chu-noi-braille-cho-tre-khiem-thi-post823436.html