Digital Device Braille Design and Video Contest Held

Korean Association of the Blind to Accept Applications Until the 14th of This Month

Braille material photo. Not related to the article. Source=Getty Images Bank

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The Korea Association of the Blind announced on the 6th that it will hold a 'Digital Device Braille Design and Video Contest' to commemorate the 96th Hangeul Braille Day.

This contest was planned under the theme "A New Beginning of Hangeul Braille in Everyday Life" to celebrate the second anniversary of the designation of Hangeul Braille Day as a legal holiday and to promote the necessity and popularization of Hangeul Braille. The contest period is from the 16th of last month to the 14th of this month. The contest is open to all citizens, and individuals or teams can participate. Digital device braille design includes braille designs applied to all digital devices such as home appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, TVs, etc.) or small digital devices, with no restrictions on submission format. For videos, submissions must be within 1 minute, with a resolution of 1920x1080 FHD or higher (MP4, mov format), and there are no restrictions on filming equipment. To apply, participants must download the application form from the website, fill it out, and submit it along with their entries via email.

The winners will be announced on the Hangeul Braille website on the 27th of this month and notified individually. The awards ceremony will be held on the 4th of next month at the 96th Hangeul Braille Day commemorative event. Prize money will be awarded according to the prize details for the contest entries, and the winning works are also planned to be exhibited on the day of the ceremony. Additionally, the works will be used as educational and promotional materials to improve awareness of Hangeul Braille in the future.

Kim Young-il, president of the association, stated, "On the occasion of the 96th Hangeul Braille Day, I hope that the expansion of braille on convenience facilities and digital electronic devices that we use daily will improve the awareness of non-disabled people about the lives and welfare of the visually impaired, and that this will lead to the creation of better policies for the visually impaired in the future."