On November 21, Yerevan’s Saryan 22 Haypost subsidiary hosted opening ceremony of Internet Access Center for the blind and visually impaired at the initiative of RA Ministry of Transport and Communication, Regional Department of the International Telecommunications Union of CIS countries (ITU) and UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies.

As vice-chairman of Internet Society NGO Grigor Saghyan noted, the hall and access to the internet were provided by Haypost CJSC and Internet Society NGO respectively.

The computer center is equipped with 15 interactive whiteboards and 15 computers with a keyboard, monitor and video camera running on the Braille system. 5 of 15 computers are intended for the blind, the rest – for visually impaired.

During the opening ceremony RA Minister of transport and communication Manuk Vardanyan noted the center as the only one in CIS.