Newspaper for the blind!
Your staff correspondent's interesting report on the matter,published in your pages on 2nd. September, is indeed a very noble step undertaken by 'Prothom Alo', a popular Bangla daily. It enables the blind to listen to the newspaper being read out, which has been established through access to a new website link!
It was the outcome of a corroborative work between the Center for Research on Bangla Language Processing of Brac University and Prothom Alo. For the blind it is the first light (prothom alo in Bangla) to be aware of the news and views from round the world!
The Bangla daily has shined the first rays of light for the blind, who cannot see and therefore read the daily newspaper. It brings them in closer contact with local and global activities of which they are not normally aware because of their physical handicap. This pertinent and unique development, by improving the quality of life for the blind, who generally tend to have a lonely life, will play a very great and important role in our society. For this the institutions involved (Prothom Alo and Brac University) deserve public appreciation and recognition. I am sure all readers will join me in congratulating Prothom Alo and BRAC University for this wonderful service to our blind fellow citizens!
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