Popular KakaoTalk Emoticons You Can Feel at Your Fingertips... Kakao to Distribute 2027 Braille Calendars

8,000 copies to be distributed free of charge to special schools for students with visual impairments and other organizations

Kakao announced on November 4 that it held the "2027 Kakao Braille Calendar Handover Ceremony" at Seoul National School for the Blind. Kakao produced a total of 8,000 Braille calendars this year and plans to distribute them free of charge to special schools for students with visual impairments and organizations serving people with visual impairments across the country.

Now in its third year, the Kakao Braille Calendar lets people with visual impairments experience Kakao's popular IP and emoticon characters through touch. The back of the calendar features Braille alternative text describing the appearance of 12 popular emoticon characters and the emotions each one conveys. Tactile designs have also been added so users can feel the characters' outlines and textures.

Kakao said on the 4th that it held the “2027 Kakao Braille Calendar Handover Ceremony” at the National Seoul School for the Blind.

Kakao Braille Calendar. Kakao.

This year's calendar features 12 popular characters, including Kakao's signature character Chunsik, as well as Janmang Loopy, Kkamja, Manggeureojin Gom, Geukrak Quokka, Jageun Kong Jjangkeun Kong, Gwak Cheol-i, Maseong-ui Pax, Gomdoljing Tokkijing, Tosim-i, Ganadi, and Wadad Gom.

Kakao has provided alternative text for more than 850,000 emoticons for people with visual impairments. It also requires alternative text to be entered when new emoticons are registered. In addition, 500 of the Braille calendars will be sold in limited quantities through Kakao's impact commerce platform, Kakao Makers. Kakao plans to donate all proceeds from this year's sales to the National Museum of Korea to support customized exhibition programs for people with visual impairments.

Kim Hye-il, Kakao's Digital Accessibility Officer (DAO), said, "We will continue working to extend throughout society the efforts to improve accessibility that Kakao has built up through its digital services."

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