Call for Irish speakers to help visually impaired
August 7, 2012
Childvision plans to provide Irish language resources to the visually impaired this autumn and is looking for support from volunteers with Irish language skills.
The volunteers will be taking part in the DAISY project where sound files will be recorded to accompany digital talking books. DAISY stands for digital accessible information system and is a digital talking book which is a multimedia representation of a print publication.
National Braille Production at ChildVision was established to meet the educational needs of children with a visual impairment attending either mainstream or special education at both primary and secondary level.
Volunteers will need to have fluent Irish, a good speaking voice, basic computer literacy and full Garda clearance.
Recording will take place during working hours at the headquarters of Childvision in Drumcondra in Dublin.
For further information contact project manager Aisling mcDonagh at amcdonagh@childvision.ie.
