Listening to the web on the radio

The very helpful Cavan McCarthy sent along this BBC Story on a nifty program in Sri Lanka.


Every day for an hour, presenters in the studio translate and read out web pages on topics suggested by the listeners, to provide access to the web to villagers who do not have computers and may not be able to speak English.

\”This digital divide we talk of is not something artificial or only academic in Sri Lanka. It\’s a real problem,\” said M J R David who helped to set up the project.\”