Aithihyamala for visually-challenged

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The string of myths loaded with the most engaging tales and legends about thieves, tuskers and tantriks will soon spread its charm to the visuallychallenged community in the state.
'Aithihyamala', compiled by Kottarathil Sankunni, will be converted into audio format using the advanced version of 'Swaram', the Text to Speech[TTS] software developed by 'Insight'. The project is being done to popularise 'Swaram', which is the latest Malayalam screen reading software launched by Insight for the blind."The advantages of 'Swaram' software are still unknown to majority of the blind community. That is why we have decided to convert 'Aithihyamala' using 'Swaram'. Stories are the easiest way to familiarise people with new innovations and 'Aithihyamala' seemed to be the best choice," says James P Mathew, Project Coordinator, Insight.