You Can Listen to Gangseo-gu Newsletter Gangseo Kkachi News... Introduction of 'Voice Eye'

VoiceEye Introduction Helps Visually Impaired, Elderly, and Marriage Immigrant Women Overcome Information Gaps with Braille and Translation Features

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] A world where smartphones even read books aloud.

Now, they also read the news from Gangseo-gu.

Seoul Gangseo-gu (District Mayor Noh Hyun-song) will include VoiceEye codes starting from the February issue of the district newsletter, "Gangseo Kkachi News."

The VoiceEye code is a voice conversion technology designed to bridge the information gap for visually impaired individuals and can be easily found on civil documents such as certified copies of family registers as well as water bill statements.

The district stated that it introduced the VoiceEye code to effectively deliver district news to residents who have difficulty reading text, such as the elderly, visually impaired, and multicultural families.

VoiceEye is easy for anyone to use with just a few taps.

After installing the "VoiceEye" app on a smartphone, scanning the VoiceEye code located at the top right corner of each newsletter page will read the content of that page aloud.

It also offers a translation feature for convenience. Linked with Google Translate, it can instantly translate into 58 languages including English, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese, making it easy to deliver district information to multicultural immigrant women who are not familiar with Korean.

A district official said, "As smartphones have become part of daily life, we are actively adopting IT technology in areas that residents can feel to enhance convenience," and added, "We will do our best to ensure that all residents, without anyone being left out of information, can access high-quality district information."

"Gangseo Kkachi News" is Gangseo-gu’s representative comprehensive information magazine, publishing 192,000 copies since its launch in 1996.

For inquiries, contact the Gangseo-gu Office Public Relations Policy Division (☏2600-6589).

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.