Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Telephone Library


Books on the Phone

Description

Following the principle of providing equal access to information, Türk Telekom launched Turkey’s first Telephone Library project - Books on the Phone - in collaboration with Boğaziçi University’s Technology and Education Laboratory for the Visually Impaired (GETEM). Thanks to the Telephone Library Project, visually impaired Türk Telekom customers can access hundreds of audio books for free by dialing 0 800 219 91 91 from their home phones. Visually impaired Türk Telekom customers first subscribe to GETEM and then receive a password to access audio books free of charge.

Project website

https://www.turktelekom.com.tr/en/AboutUs/SocialResponsibility/Pages/turk-telekom-group-social-responsibility-projects.aspx


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C7. E-learning 2019
  • AL C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • Türkiye (Republic of)

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2016

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Refugees and internally displaced people
  • visually impaired

WSIS values promotion

Visually impaired Türk Telekom customers can access hundreds of audio books for free.


Entity name

Turk Telekom

Entity country—type

Türkiye (Republic of) Private Sector

Entity website

https://www.turktelekom.com.tr