Cairo: The work on producing Qur'an into sign language for the use of deaf people is nearing completion by the Anti-Disability Society in Egypt. According to president Ahmed Yunus, this would help 25 million Muslims world over in understanding the Qur'an. The 10 segments would record the Qur'an on 30 video-tapes and would be put on computer and internet.

The Braille Printing presses of the King Fahd Qur'an Printing Press are considered the largest of their type in the world. They are also the first of their kind to be computer-operated in the Middle East, and have been in operation since 1982, but are now due for overhauling, so that they may be up to date and most modern.

The computerization of the presses has increased productivity in printing the Holy Qur'an in Braille, which are then distributed free of charge to the blind, not only in Saudi Arabia but in other countries as well.

So far the presses have produced 7,000 of the Qur'an in Braille, comprising 54 volumes, and all these have been distributed to the blind in and outside the Kingdom, in Arabic and Muslim countries and to islamic Centers in non-Muslims.

Apart from printing the Holy Qur'an in Braille the printing presses have also printed hundreds of other Islamic religious and cultural books in Braille.

The King Fahd Printing Press also publishes a monthly newsletter for the blind. It is known as "AlFajr," meaning "dawn" and is freely distributed to individuals and organizations in various parts of the world that need it. There are now over 1000 subsrcibers to the newsletter, and so far it has published 310 issues.