Maltese Braille

Hundreds Welcome First Maltese Braille Scriptures, from The Christian Post:

Hundreds gathered in a cathedral on a southern European island south of Sicily to celebrate the first printed volumes of Scripture in Maltese Braille. Members of the congregation listening to the Joy Gospel Singers singing at the launch at St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, on Nov. 5, 2005, of the first printed volumes of Scripture in Maltese Braille.

The United Bible Societies (UBS) announced last week that on Nov. 5 at St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valetta, more than 300 people attended the launching of the new Braille Scripture. Prior to the completion of the project, Malta’s visually impaired Christians had to read the Scriptures in English Braille. “This has been a dream I have cherished in my heart for 30 years,” Charles Borg, who proofread the Braille text before it was printed, told UBS.

The Society began producing the Scriptures in Maltese Braille last year with the help of Ingrid Felber-Bischof, UBS Coordinator for the Production of Scriptures for the Visually Impaired; David Barnard, Senior Programmer and Braille Transcription Coordinator; and the Rev. Paul Sciberras, who checked that the Braille version matched the printed one...