Computer Training and Braille transcribing service in Ethiopia

The objective of the project was to assist persons with disabilities and in particular the blind and visually impaired to access and use ICTs. The project contributed to facilitate integration of such people into the main stream community such as schools and professional institutions as well as social and economic activities among others.

Under this project ITU assisted the Adaptive Technology Center for the Blind (ATCB) by procuring the suitable equipment such as speech synthesizers, magnifying hardware-software and Braille displays.
The main outputs of this project were the following:
- Suitable equipment to be deployed in the centers identified;
- Identified equipment purchased, delivered and installed;
- Expert's missions to train the trainers in the centers in the use of the equipment conducted;
- Awareness among the general public related to the rights and privileges of the blind in Ethiopia in the usage of computers with adaptive technologies through organization of events and workshops. Overall the project succeeded to achieve its objective.