Tokyo Olympics and Para Organizing Committee Improves Information Provision to Create Braille Data October 2, 4:36
At the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, a group of visually impaired people asked the Organizing Committee to create Braille materials on how to apply for watching tickets, etc., but the Organizing Committee can convert it to Braille with a dedicated machine By creating Braille data, information provision has been improved.
At the Tokyo Games, an organization made up of visually impaired people asked for the creation of Braille materials that showed how to apply for spectator tickets, but the Organizing Committee said, “The information is frequently updated, and each time Braille materials are It was difficult to reflect on the system, "he called to use the special dial for visually impaired people posted on the official ticket sales site.
According to the Organizing Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Blind Welfare Association once again requested improvements in information on tickets, and the Braille data that can be converted into Braille on a dedicated machine, instead of all the information summarized in a summary, etc. It is that I asked for.
In response, the Organizing Committee will create Braille data by the second lottery sale planned for the Paralympic Games after the beginning of the year and decide on a policy to provide it to groups of visually impaired persons to improve information provision. It was.
According to the Organizing Committee, “We decided that we could respond by providing data instead of printed materials and simplifying the information.”