THE AUDIO QUESTION BANK

One in every three visually impaired used the resources in the Audio Question Bank to prepare for university exams.

~15 thousand

Number of Questions in the Audio Question Bank

In the 2016 “You Imagine, We Realize” contest, the “Audio Question Bank” project won the “Education” category first prize with the highest score. The project now aims to create personal, professional, and academic learning environments for visually impaired individuals based on equality of opportunity. Audio Question Bank involves the transmission of updated trial tests and question banks prepared for exams such as TYT and AYT to the appropriate medium after being vocalized.

KKB established a team of volunteering KKB employees to launch the Audio Question Bank project in cooperation with the Association of Visually Impaired in Education (EGED) and Istanbul University, Department of Library and Documentation, Unimpeded Information Center. After taking vocalization courses from EGED, KKB volunteers started to vocalize question banks to be used in preparation for university admission exams. From 2017 to the end of 2019, nearly 15 thousand questions were vocalized and put to the use of all the libraries serving visually-impaired individuals. One in every three visually impaired had access to the resources generated under the Audio Question Bank effort through the online e-library of the Visually Impaired Technology and Education Laboratory (GETEM) and prepared for exams.

The societal benefit created by the project was recognized and awarded by various platforms. In 2019, the Audio Question Bank won the Innovation Award at the TİSK Corporate Social Responsibility Awards organized by the Turkish Confederation of Employers’ Associations (TİSK), and the Gold Award in the Social Responsibility Project Communications category at the Istanbul Marketing Awards. Also, the Corporate Social Responsibility Association deemed the project worthy of the Grand Prize in the 11th edition of the awards presented to businesses contributing to sustainable development goals.

To ensure the sustainability of the Audio Question Bank project, infrastructure efforts have started to transfer content vocalized by KKB Volunteers to the digital platform. KKB will continue helping visually impaired students access current question banks as part of the Audio Question Bank project.