Braille newspapers are also available and in a joint venture with the China Times (
Since it went on-line three years ago the RCVI's Web site has received thousands of hits. On any given month it receives upwards of 82,000 hits from blind people nationwide. Its library continues to grow on a weekly basis as more and more texts, tomes and titles are added to its already extensive catalogue.
"We just received our first Braille compatible scanner which allows us to scan text and the computer system automatically transcribes it into Braille," Lai said. "This will speed the input of data and means that one day in the near future Taiwan's blind will be able to access any periodical, novel or newspaper they want to at the touch of a button."
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