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Ethiopian launches country's first Braille newspaper (BBC News) (self.Blind)
submitted by vwlsmssng
> A young Ethiopian journalist has produced and distributed the country’s first Braille newspaper.
> Fiyori Tewolde had been working for the state-controlled Addis Zemen newspaper when she decided to switch her attention to providing a service for blind readers.
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> Fiyori Tewolde had been working for the state-controlled Addis Zemen newspaper when she decided to switch her attention to providing a service for blind readers.
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yourmommaisaunicorn 6 points 2y ago
This is awesome!!
bjayernaeiy 2 points 2y ago
That's awesome, but who really reads newspapers nowadays? So easier to just go and read stuff on the internet on your news platform of choice, and I imagine they're terribly chunky.
Sry, I'll take my negative ass out of here
Sry, I'll take my negative ass out of here
vwlsmssng [OP] 5 points 2y ago
That's a legitimate question.
This is East Africa we are talking about. A lot of people still have feature phones and only limited mobile internet if any. Younger people in the cities can have access to high speed internet and have smartphones but being disabled often goes hand in hand with not having money to spare for stuff like that.
Older people, even if they can afford a smartphone and mobile internet costs, often struggle with learning how to use smartphones.
There is also a simple pleasure to just sitting down and reading a paper somewhere quite, in the way you have always done.
This is East Africa we are talking about. A lot of people still have feature phones and only limited mobile internet if any. Younger people in the cities can have access to high speed internet and have smartphones but being disabled often goes hand in hand with not having money to spare for stuff like that.
Older people, even if they can afford a smartphone and mobile internet costs, often struggle with learning how to use smartphones.
There is also a simple pleasure to just sitting down and reading a paper somewhere quite, in the way you have always done.
bjayernaeiy 3 points 2y ago
You make great points, I didn't consider that.
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