Turning technology into goodness and benefit with its corporate social responsibility projects, Türk Telekom continues to bring together the visually impaired with knowledge and art. Transferring its knowledge in the technology sector to the field of culture and arts at the Atatürk Cultural Center, of which it is the main supporter, Türk Telekom offers an experience that transcends barriers in the indoor and outdoor spaces of AKM, with the guidance of the visually and hearing impaired art lovers, the Sesli Steps application. Türk Telekom increased the number of books in the Telephone Library, Turkey’s first audiobook service over the phone, to 3,000.
Continuing its corporate social responsibility activities with the principle of ‘accessible communication for everyone’ and a ‘people-oriented’ approach, Türk Telekom stated that it continues its projects that transform technology into goodness and benefit, in a statement made during the 7-14 January White Stick Visually Impaired Week.
Türk Telekom Corporate Communications Director Arif Sancaktaroğlu said, “As Türk Telekom, we continue our corporate social responsibility activities with the motto ‘Value to Turkey’. The basis of these works is the understanding of technology for an accessible life. In this context, we implement practices and projects that make life easier for people with disabilities. For example, we recently launched our Voice Steps application, which enables visually and hearing-impaired users to navigate indoors and outdoors, at Atatürk Cultural Center, of which we are the main supporter. With our Telephone Library application, we bring the visually impaired together with 3,000 audio books. We will continue our work with our vision of being an institution that offers technology for the good and benefit of people.”
Accessible living technologies at ‘AKM’, the heart of culture and art
Türk Telekom continues to work for accessible art while blending its technological know-how with culture and arts at the Atatürk Cultural Center, of which it is the main supporter. Visually impaired individuals can spend their time freely in the indoor and outdoor areas of AKM without the need of anyone, with the Sesli Steps application they download to their mobile devices. ‘Voice Steps’ The main and lower entrances of Atatürk Cultural Center, starting from all entrances including the car park, cinema, library, exhibition hall, restaurants and cafes, as well as Türk Telekom Opera Hall from the outer door to the inner hall doors, to the emergency exits. and provides guidance with simple icons.
Equality of opportunity in accessing information with the Phone Library
Türk Telekom’s ‘Telephone Library’, Turkey’s first audiobook service on the phone, continues to be the voice of books reaching the visually impaired with its enriched content. The number of books in the ‘Telephone Library’, implemented in cooperation with Boğaziçi University GETEM, has reached 3,000. With the ‘Telephone Library’, where the best-sellers as well as the books that the visually impaired people want to read are added, users can easily access audiobooks in 50 different categories from novels to poetry, history to personal development, and 30 world-famous audio-descriptive paintings thanks to the ‘Paintings Talk’ content in the application. can reach. The Phone Library application, which is constantly developed to enable the visually impaired to access information, facilitates their daily lives with its Drug Barcode Reading and Money Recognition functions, apart from audio books. In addition, anyone who wishes can voluntarily sing special books for the visually impaired for Türk Telekom’s Voice to Books application.
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