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Sao Mai Center, established in 2001,  is a non-profit organization for the visually impaired people.

We work to empower the blind by using and developing assistive technology in education, employment and daily living activities.

We provide assistive products, computer training and music classes  for the blind.

We also work for vocational, job training and placement for the blind.

Along the years we created a network of 26 comp labs in 23 provinces.
Along the years we created a network of 26 comp labs in 23 provinces.

 

The Gallery menu provides information about our origin and activities.

More information about our achievements is available in the About menu.

We publish, in Vietnamese,  Sao Mai AccessTech Magazine focusing on assistive technology perspectives. All issues are available from the Magazine menu.

The Book Library menu gives access to our digital library. In our system we have about 3.000 materials including academic books, textbooks, handouts, lessons, references, etc.

We translated in Vietnamese a free Linux distribution for sighted children. The DDLinux Viet menu  will tell you about it.

 We need support to operate the Center and run our  activities. This is how you can help.

 

Please note that not all website pages are available in English yet.

You may use Google Translate or Bing Translator services to translate and learn more about us.

Most Recent Posts

  • Sao Mai Braille User's Guide released in video format
    Sao Mai Center has just completed a series of Sao Mai Braille (SMB) tutorial in video format. All these videos have been uploaded to our official YouTube channel.
    Updated on: 08/09/2018 - 22:15, for the page: Article
  • Training Workshop on Production of Accessible EPUB and DAISY Files with Advanced Features
    From July 23-26, Sao Mai just hosted an advanced training on producing accessible EPUB3 and DAISY materials for 9 participants coming from different organizations for/of the blind based in HCM.
    Updated on: 08/02/2018 - 21:58, for the page: Article
  • SAO MAI ACCESSTECH ISSUE 55
    News about technology for the blind, the article section introduces the last part of the series called Settings for safe and optimal Windows, new features in NVDA 2018.2, and the guide for using Sao Mai Braille - new software developed by Sao Mai center for the blind. The tips section introduces an add-on for NVDA named speech history for reviewing and copying 100 most recent messages spoken by NVDA. App introduces are apps on Windows, Android and IOS.
    Updated on: 07/16/2018 - 14:28, for the page: Newsletter Issue
  • Using NVDA more effective with Speech History add-on
    Add-on for reviewing, and copying messages spoken by NVDA.
    Updated on: 07/04/2018 - 15:17, for the page: Blog
  • Settings for safe and optimal Windows (Part V - end)
    Fast shutdown, and optimize hardk disk.
    Updated on: 07/09/2018 - 10:12, for the page: Blog
  • What's new in NVDA 2018.2
    Highlights of this release include Support for tables in Kindle for PC, support for HumanWare BrailleNote Touch and BI14 Braille displays, Improvements to both Onecore and Sapi5 speech synthesizers, improvements in Microsoft Outlook and much more.
    Updated on: 07/09/2018 - 10:32, for the page: Blog
  • Sao Mai Braille User Guide
    Sao Mai Braille (SMB) is a rich text editing and Braille translation software, developed by Sao Mai Center for the Blind. We hope that this additional tool will help blind individuals/organizations for/of visually impaired people produce Braille materials quickly and less costly. It supports to translate and format into Braille for more than 60 languages and is highly customizable.
    Updated on: 07/18/2018 - 15:20, for the page: Blog
  • Sao Mai Braille (SMB)
    A rich text editing and Braille translation application developped by Sao Mai Center for the Blind. It supports to translate more than 60 languages with the well-known LibLouis library, quickly translate multi-lingual document, format Braille based on styles, work with popular document types (txt, rtf, docx) and is highly customizable.
    Updated on: 08/07/2018 - 03:44, for the page: Sao Mai Soft
  • Sao Mai Typing Tutor (SMTT)
    Sao Mai Typing Tutor (SMTT) is an application developed by Sao Mai Center for the Blind. The main objective of this application is to help all computer beginners explore, learn and improve typing skills. In addition, we hope this will also bring one more useful and powerful tool for trainers to support their training activities.
    Updated on: 06/05/2018 - 06:34, for the page: Sao Mai Soft
  • Rules and Guidelines for Contracted Vietnamese Braille (Grade 3)
    Table of Braille contractions for one-syllable words (Grade 3)
    Updated on: 04/23/2018 - 12:21, for the page: Blog
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