Laurie Lawson

#Production of e-books

I participated in e-book production for the blind, and massaging for the elderly

In the past, they read with paper books, but e-book loans that can be easily borrowed in the non-face-to-face era are increasing. Blind people who are blind can also read books. Since it is not possible to read type books with eyes, until now, it has been used to read braille books with hands or listen to them with ears. But now there are daisy books, so more blind people can access books conveniently. The iFree Electronic Library (eyefree.org) offers a wide range of books as daisy books.

The term “Daisy Book” means an alternative book in the form of an electronic file produced for use in a computer equipped with an auxiliary engineering machine or a screen reader. Using the method of synthesizing and outputting text-entered characters into sounds, people with low vision can listen to voices, and people with low vision can use a screen magnification program. Electronic books are accessible anytime, anywhere through braille information terminals (Hansone), portable voice readers, and apps.

However, the production of these e-books requires the help of volunteers. Let’s introduce the e-book production volunteer work, which is perfect for non-face-to-face volunteer work in the COVID-19 era.

Until now, if one person had to work on a book, several people worked on one book in the newly launched My Pick, allowing blind people to access new books faster.

Anyone aged 19 or older can volunteer after completing video training after signing up for membership. For the start of volunteer work, you should be familiar with the guidelines for e-book production, starting with understanding education for the visually impaired. The text extracted by scanning the book is alternated and edited in accordance with the electronic book production guidelines. Compared to braille books or recorded books, it has the advantage of being able to produce in a relatively short time. E-book production volunteer work can be easily accessed through site access, allowing a large number of volunteers to work.

#Volunteer through a health massage

The Siloam Welfare Center for the Blind has formed a sisterhood relationship with OPSASU(오피)’s Health Massage (zlrunop.com), which supports therapy education and spa for the blind. The massage and SPA therapy services taught here can now participate in volunteer work.

They visit the elderly who are not feeling well and give them an eye care. I think we should emulate the fact that blind people do volunteer work, which is difficult for the general public to do.

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Why the OP(오피) crew is respected

The OP(오피) crew recommended by OP webSite consists of visually impaired people. As for massage volunteering, it is said that there are many things to learn from the fact that they are organizing OP(오피) Crews composed of blind people that are difficult for the general public to do. As expected, I think it is right to find and do volunteer work.
It often shows self-esteem with fingertips love that we can serve, breaking away from the social prejudice that blind people should protect and help.

The general public believes that volunteering requires a certain standard of living and time to help people around you.
However, visually impaired people boldly break the general framework of thinking that they are in a position to receive social help. It is said to contribute to volunteer activities that donate their talents.
These blind people must have had one or two inconveniences in their lives, but it is not beautiful to roll up their sleeves to volunteer for the elderly in the community, so it is admirable.

It is difficult for blind people who should be alienated and protected from society to make a living by running massage parlors, etc., and thankfully, a massage volunteer group is formed to go around senior citizens’ homes, senior citizens’ centers, and nursing homes.
Of course, the elderly’s response is bound to be hot.

Often, volunteering is the idea that someone who loves themselves eventually expresses self-love as a service for others. Although it may not be a grand sacrifice and dedication for others, it is truly beautiful to help others through their talent donations.

The beautiful accompaniment of blind people during the year-end and New Year holidays, which is greeted by the pandemic that has continued for two years due to the spread of COVID-19 and various unexpected events, is a fresh influence that delivers warm love and courage to our underprivileged neighbors around us.

In 2008, there was a movie called City of the Blind. The film scathingly criticizes the reality that in a largely blind city, if there are only a few people with normal thinking, the world in which they live will be distorted and operated, so that all profits will be monopolized by the powerful and the gunman.

The professors chose Myoseo Dong-gu as their four-character idiom of the year. This means, “There is a cat and a mouse together,” which means, “The thief has become a companion with the thief.”
In short, it is painful to criticize Korea’s real politics. Non-disabled people who are blind to profits cannot hear the voices of the public, so there will be a long way to understand the hearts of voters.

Even in the harsh lives of ordinary people who have to live with COVID-19, the calm lingering feelings of the beautiful company of the blind give hope to many.
In the community where we live, there are many people to take care of, including our neighbors, Muu Tak, the head of a boy and girl, and grandparents. It is a time when careful attention from members of the community is needed more than ever because it will become a healthy society only when they can be with them.
The implications of blind people in Korean society are clear. In addition, it is to create a society that lives well.