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LG Telecom donates 2,000 phones for Braille Day
LG Telecom has donated 2,000 units of โBook Reader Mobile Phoneโ designed for visually impaired users for World Braille Day this Wednesday through the Hasang Rehabilitation Center.
The phones are LG Electronicsโ recently released Wine 3 mobile phones (LG-LH8600). They convert text and menu functions into voice and also include braille keypads. By pushing the โOKโ button in the center of the phone, users can access 2,300 audio books, ranging from science to arts and the humanities. The service, made possible by LGโs digital library in Sangam, Seoul, is free.
LG Telecom and the Korea Communications Commission jointly held a โBraille Dayโ event at Namsan Park in Seoul. The event, organized by the Hasang Rehabilitation Center, had over 200 visually impaired participants plus Choi See-joong, chairman of the KCC, Jung Il-jae, chief executive officer of LG Telecom and Kwon In-hee, president of the Korea Blind Union.
Samsung Electronics also provides a mobile phone designed for visually impaired users. The phone, named โTouch Messengerโ won the gold at the Industrial Design Excellence Awards in 2006.
LG Telecom said it will donate low vision magnifiers to the Hasang Rehabilitation Center, too.
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When: 03/11/2009
