This year we had the pleasure of helping to improve the online dialogue for our clients. This in a year where the growth in consumer use of the Internet in terms of frequency has increased significantly. Engaging in dialogue online, either actively or passively, is now an integral part of our lives.

For the blind and visually impaired, however, this is a very different story. For people with visual impairments, it is not so natural to have an online dialogue. They will always have to use a translation mechanism to understand what is being written. With the emergence of devices such as the Ipad, this will require reinventing how to translate to Braille.

As a Christmas gift, Online Dialogue is donating 5% of its 2010 gross margin to the project “ICT and Braille” of the Bartiméus Sonneheerdt association. Thanks to our clients ABN AMRO, Alliander, Booking.com, Clockwork, Colours, Ecco Europe, Kras.nl, Lage Landen, Language Partners, MoneYou, Muse, KPN, Rabobank, Rang1, Renault Nederland, Staatsloterij, RTL Nederland, The invited, Univé and Van der Valk internet who made this year's event possible.

Happy holidays and here's to even better dialogues in 2011!

On behalf of Anouschka Scholten, Bart Schutz, Maurice Beerthuyzen and Ton Wesseling