Hello everyone.
What I want to say here isn’t directly related to the Teruko Ikeda ICT training programme, but I thought that some of you might be interested to hear about the latest project at the Japan Braille Library.
The Japan Braille Library is now involved in an interesting project. It received grants from various companies in Japan to produce a book about all of the Braille codes currently used in South-East Asia.
Recently I proofread the entry about Japanese Braille, which I’ll try to post to the blog later, if Mr. Tanaka gives his permission.
So far, JBL has received information from many Asian countries about the Braille codes they use. Some of these countries are China, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia, Thailand, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines, and maybe also Nepal.
I’m not sure whether or not all of these countries have sent the same kind of information, but the Japanese entry talks about the history of education for the blind and visually impaired in Japan, and how the Japanese Braille code was developed in the late 19th century. I was very interested to read this, because I knew almost nothing about this subject.
Mr. Tanaka says that all of the entries from the various countries will eventually be printed and made into a book, which will then be sent to many organisations for the blind and visually impaired around the world.
Let’s hope that the project is successful!
If you want to know more about Japanese Braille, then please look at this Wikipedia article about it.
Tags: Braille code project, history of Japanese Braille, Japan Braille Library
