Olga Havel prize awarded to Dita Horochovská for project which brings smart home technology to disabled persons

The 2021 Olga Havel Prize was awarded to Dita Horochovská, founder of the Silou Hlasu project, which brings smart home technology to disabled persons with the help of Brno developers. Horochovská was a pioneer in developing and propagating programs for voice controlled home devices on the Czech scene. With her colleague Lukáš Srba, she founded the association Silou Hlasu, which helps people with limited mobility to work with computers using their voice. The organization has so far trained over 40 clients from different parts of the Czech Republic.

The Olga Havel Foundation, founded in 1990 by the late president Havel's first wife Olga, annually awards people who, despite their disabilities, devote their lives to helping others.