Tamil dictionary for blind released

Updated on: Saturday, February 26, 2011

A Madurai-based NGO, in collaboration with a publishing firm, has produced and released a Tamil dictionary for the blind.

R. Balaganesan, a visually-challeged person who was involved in the production of the dictionary, said a team of 33 members including 23 visually challenged persons took part in the process.
The dictionary comprises 53 volumes and runs to 6,250 pages. It had been distributed to 40 institutions, the NGO officials said.

While Indian Association for Blind, the NGO, worked on the project, publishing firm Cre-A provided editable electronic version of the dictionary, the NGO officials said.

The project was funded by Cognizant Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Cognizant Technology solutions.

The first copy of the dictionary was released by Lakshmi Narayan, Vice-chairman, CTS, and received by Dr. I. Arivanandham, regional director, National Insitute for the Visually Handicapped.

Tamil dictionary for blind released

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