Solar-powered audio Bible sends good news to the blind

A new solar-powered audio Bible allows visually impaired people to listen to the New Testament, announced the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Dubbed "The Proclaimer," the audio Bible covers the 27 books of the New Testament, from Matthew to Revelation. “The Faith-Comes-By-Hearing program audio player contains the New Testament in the heart language on an embedded microchip. It can play by solar panel, rechargeable batteries, hand crank or AC adapter," CBCP Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate executive secretary Fr. Oscar Alunday said in an article on the group's news site. The audio Bible is a special supplement of the May They Be One (MTBO) project -a joint undertaking of the CBCP ECBA and Philippine Bible Society (PBS). Under the system, more than 300 groups of listeners called Bible Listening Groups can listen to God’s Word. Listening sessions are held once a week, facilitated by Church Leaders, beginning with the Book of Matthew. Alunday said that each session is from one to one-and-a-half hours long. “The 'Chapter – Play, Pause & Share' method is very effective. This program is a ‘Leader-Facilitator/Member discussion," he said. Alunday explained that the audio Bible is dramatized by over 27 talents, with music background and sound effects, and contains audible cues so that the listeners can tell what book or chapter they are about to hear. ECBA and PBS presented the audio Bible to the Northern Luzon Association for the Blind Campus Ministry last August 8 in Baguio City. - GMANews.TV