CNR audio base to serve the blind online

Beijing (CNS) -- Some 10,000 hours of broadcasts, including literature, Chinese folk art forms, and music have been chosen from 70 years of archival material of the China National Radio (CNR),and will be compiled to serve the blind.

China Disabled Persons' Federation signed an agreement with CNR for a digital database for the blind, in the China Braille Library on Tuesday.

The Braille library has also opened a cultural information platform for the blind, providing a variety of online services: reading materials, a digital library service, distance educational training, community services, exhibition services, as well as e-commerce and other information services.

Audio readings are vital for the sight-impaired who have not yet grasped Braille and are facing difficulties obtaining information, especially in China where the blind population has reached 12.33 million.