Death of Bulgarian Braille pioneer

Ivan Tanev photographed in 2001.

Ivan Tanev, a driving force behind making the Bible available in Bulgarian Braille, has died. Ingrid Felber-Bischof, United Bible Societies’ Coordinator of Programs for People with Visual Disabilities, pays tribute. Almost the entire Bulgarian Bible has now been transcribed into Braille and printed locally. This is primarily thanks to one man: Ivan Tanev. Born in [...]

Audio Scriptures eagerly received in Romania

Mihai Dan

More than a thousand distributed in just three months! Following its launch in February 2010, the Interconfessional Bible Society in Romania was swamped with requests for the MegaVoice audio Scripture unit. The demand was so great that the Society quickly placed an order for a further 400 units. These, too, were eagerly snapped up by [...]

Audio players give visually disabled direct Scripture engagement

Blind and visually impaired people like this girl are being reached by the Bible Society of India's Special Audience Department

12 million. Such a huge number makes it hard to grasp what life is like for individual people in cities, towns and villages across India who are living with a visual disability. The Bible Society of India’s Special Audience Department is working hard to understand and meet their needs, both practical and spiritual. Learning to [...]