The Japanese government donated a braille printer manufactured by Nippon Telesoft to the Krousar Thamey School for the visually and hearing impaired in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, through its grassroots ODA.

The presentation ceremony was held on January 28th, and the representative secretary from the Japanese Embassy and many teachers from the school, including Principal Para, attended to receive the braille equipment from Japan. The equipment, which includes four braille printers, 12 braille displays, and recording equipment, will be distributed to other regional branches of the school and used to print textbooks in braille and to make audio CDs.

A training session on how to use the equipment was also held at the same time, and the students learned how to use a computer and braille translation software to print Cambodian and braille at the same time. This is the first braille printer that can print braille and Cambodian at the same time in Cambodia, and the teacher said, “It’s easy to teach students because it has ink characters,” “We can make a lot of textbooks that were in short supply,” and “This is my first experience with a braille display, but I would like to use it as a device to assist in learning.” Nippon Telesoft will continue to cooperate with the project, including providing maintenance for the equipment.