Sao Mai Computer Center for the Blind
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Send to friendSao Mai Computer Center was established in Oct 20, 2001 and has been running since the beginning of 2002. The main goal of Sao Mai is to promote the development and the application of information technology by visually impaired people in Vietnam. To know more about Sao Mai objectives, please click at About Us.
On this website, you can find information about activities of Sao Mai:
- Projects - Past and ongoing projects by Sao Mai
- Services - IT-related Services that Sao Mai is providing
- Products - Products developed and produced by Sao Mai
- Training - Information about training programs
- Donation - Information about organizations/individuals providing funds to Sao Mai to implement projects/programs
- Partner Organizations - Information about national and international Partner organizations that have been collaborating with Sao Mai to carry out certain projects
- Sao Mai Photo Albums - Image albums showing about Sao Mai's activities
- Sao Mai Videos - Video clips about activities and people at Sao Mai
- From Media - Articles/news/information about Sao Mai written and published from public media
- Useful WebLinks - A compiled list of useful websites related to blindness worldwide is categorized to share with visitors.
For more information, please contact us via the page Contact.
Please note, our English webpages are currently aimed to provide/share our activities information for visiters and international partner organizations so not all facilities of this website are available in English version. We apologize for this limitation!
Recent posts
Sao Mai Education Fund
Sao Mai Education Fund was established in year 2002 by Amedeo Pignatelli and Carlo Pizzato, who are both the co-founders of Bung Sang Computer Project (1999-2001) And Sao Mai Computer Center now, established in 2001, is the achievement of Bung Sang project.
Main purposes of the Sao Mai Education Fund are to support computer education programs and related activities for the blind of the center. Read more »
Talking Sao Mai Word Editor
Project: Developing Sao Mai Talking Word Editor was sponsored by Juniper Electronics company in year 2002.
This project is to develop one talking Vietnamese word editor to help blind computer users edit text with much support for different text formats.
Vietnamese blind computer users did use NDC text editor developed by SCITEC company. However, NDC doesn't support to edit with text formats.
The Sao Mai EditTalk uses Sao Mai VNVoice speech engine to provide speech output.
Sao Mai Online Learning/Training System
Sao Mai is happy to announce that our online training/learning system is officially published at http://ol.saomaicenter.org
Our Training team and web developpers have been working hard in studying different types of system, online teaching methods for the blind, writing lectures/lesson plans and building the system to make this system available for the blind and concerned people in Vietnam.
for the moment, we are providing computer courses for the blind such as Excel/Word/Powerpoint with Jaws, Internet/Email, Windows etc. These courses are available all the time so blind and concerned people can register and enroll to the courses when they have time. Course participants can do most learning ativities via the system such as assignment, forums, tests, marks, lectures... Read more »
Sao Mai VNVoice 1.0 Vietnamese speech engine final release
After one year focusing on studying, recording and developing, Sao Mai now officially releases the final version of Sao Mai VNVoiceSapi5-based speech engine. You can download from Sao Mai Software Download Page.
Some main new features of the speech engine
- Adding one more new voice named "MaiDung" with more Vietnamese words compared with the "MinhDu" voice.
- Built-in one English voice named "Daniel", supporting about 12,500 popular English words.
- Beside differentiating Vietnamese and English words, the engine can analyze non-Vietnamese words and speak in Vietnamese pronunciation method. Read more »
Students List of Year 2008
1, Hồ Thị Tuyết Nhung, 1979, Khánh Hoà
2, Nguyễn Thị Nghiếm, 1963, Long An
3, Trần Minh Hồng, 1987, Quảng Ngãi
4, Thái Sơn Linh, 1992, Khánh Hoà
5, Trần Thị Thu Thảo, 1992, Khánh Hoà
6, Phạm Văn Dũng, 1964, German
7, Huỳnh Quốc Vinh, 1956, TP.HCM
8, Lê Tấn Hưng, 1987, An Giang
9, Võ Minh Trung, 1987, Tây Ninh
10, Phạm Minh Hải, 1985, TP.HCM
11, Lý Thị Mỹ Ngân, 1991, TP.HCM
12, Đỗ Hữu Trường Giang, 1968, Tp.HCM
13, Hoàng Đức Trác, 1986, Tp.HCM
14, Nguyễn Văn Tấn, 1985, Ninh Thuận
15, Vi Thị Nhớ, 1987, Cao Bằng
16, Mông Văn Tuấn, 1992, Cao Bằng
17, Võ Đăng Khoa, 1991, Tiền Giang
18, Đinh Thảo Hiền, 1982, Đồng Nai
19, Hoàng Xuân Hạnh, 1975, TTPHCN cho người mù HN
20, Nguyễn Trường Thanh, 1976, TTPHCN cho người mù HN Read more »
Sponsor List of Year 2008
We sincerely thank hornoured individuals/organizations for supporting us by funding for our activities in year 2008:
1 HCM Save Disabled Children Association 60.000.000VND
2 Sao Mai Education Fund 28.934.500VND
3 The ICEVI (International Council on Education for Visually Impaired People): 440.547.703VND (Funding for establishing support computer centers for blind students at the HCM University of Pedagogy, HCM University of Social Sciences & Humanities and the Vietnam Blind Association in Hanoi)
4 The Overbrook-Nippon Network on Educational Technology (ON-NET) 560.880.060VND ( (For the project, installing computer centers at VBA branches throughout the country)
5 Vietnam Blind Association: 29.978.000VND (Upgrading the Vietnamese speech engine) Read more »
Understanding projects implementede by Sao Mai Center
1) The project "Establish printing services and train Braille printing workers for the blinds" sponsored by VNAH with a total expenses $US 4.000 Read more »
Visually Impaired People Accessing ICT through Assistive Technology
Speech of Sao Mai center in the conference Building Vietnam law of people with disabilities
Ha Noi
October 3rd 2008
Held by Ministry of Labor Invalids and Society Afairs & VNAH
Mr. Dang Hoai Phuc/Director
Sao Mai Informatics Center for the Blinds
4/12B Van Chung st. ward 13 district Tan Binh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Phone: +84 8 8495069 – Fax: +84 8 2938300
Website: http://www.saomaicenter.org
Development and application of technology at Sao Mai Informatics Center Read more »
Informatics in Work for the Vietnamese Visual Impairments
Speech of Sao Mai center in the Work chances conference for the blinds
Da Nang
September 9th 2008
Held by Vietnam Blind Association
Mr. Dang Hoai Phuc/Director
Sao Mai Computer Center for the Blind
4/12B Van Chung st. ward 13 distric Tan Binh, Ho Chi Minh city
Phone: +84 8 8495069 - Fax: +84 8 2938300
Website: www.saomaicenter.org
1. Introduction Read more »
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