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| Organisation seeking to offer disabled individuals access to information that can widen opportunity and enrich lives. | |
| The SpeecHTML software allows users to access Web pages over the telephone, instead of via a Web browser. This is commercial software with demonstrations and free trials available. | ||
| Research library of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, with details of services and facilities, an online catalogue, and links to electronic resources for researchers in the field of visual impairment and blindness. | ||
| Betsie is software (a Perl script) which is intended to make it easier for people using text to speech systems for Web browsing. It rearranges the content of Web pages, renders text in a large, clear font, makes all frames horizontal, removes all table related tags, removes Javascript, and carries out numerous other operations. Most BBC pages are accessible via Betsie, but results from other pages are less reliable. | ||
| A free transcribing service whereby blind, and sighted, users are able to send letters in Braille in over 19 languages by entering a postal address and message. A member directory is provided to encourage individuals with an interest in Braille to meet and communicate. | ||
| Index of resources on deafblindness including conferences and courses, journals and periodicals, equipment, WWW access for deafblind people and services provided by email. | ||
| US society aiming to help blind people achieve self confidence and self-respect, and to act as a vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind. Includes full text of the Braille Monitor newsletter, reports, resolutions and speeches and information about independent living. | ||
| The aim of Deafblind UK is to further the interests of deafblind persons by every means and in every way open to it. Includes a section devoted to Usher syndrome, a 24 hour free helpline and information about services, and training and facilities available to members. Also features a guide to communicating with a deafblind person using the deafblind manual alphabet. | ||
| Organisations offering services to deafblind people and their families. Provides contact details including email addresses for those organisations which have them. | ||
| Free library service for visually impaired readers who want books in accessible formats. Provides online monthly and yearly additions lists, a quarterly bulletin, and some electronic texts in ASCII braille grade 2 fomat. | ||
| Focuses on raising awareness of the potential rise in cases of blindness and eye disorders by the year 2030. Adopting a US emphasis, FAQs provide details of adult and children's eye disorders, as well as indicators of self assessment diagnosis, which is not intended to be an alternative to a professional eye examination. Also promotes eye care in children from birth, while a safety section examines issues in a variety of environments. | ||
| Includes contact details for centres, schools, associations, and family support groups. | ||
| Lists current projects supported by the Library and Information Commission, intended to improve information services for those with visual impairments. Provides grant number, name of grantee, duration of grant, amount of award, contact details, and a description of each study. | ||
| An automated catalogue of numerous mailing lists relevant to specific complaints and other aspects of medicine and health care, with descriptions and subscription details. | ||
| Extensive searchable and browsable index of neurological diseases. | ||
| Documents and links to Internet blindness resources. Headings include Braille history, literacy, translators and advocacy, deaf blind, other disabilities, eye conditions, organisations and research news. | ||
| Information on SSC publications and videos and a selection of articles from around the world relating to the education of sensory impaired young people. Also provides access to the Sensory Information Service database of contact details for related organisations. | ||
| US not for-profit organisation, offering a lending library service to those who cannot read standard print because of a visual, perceptual, or other disability. Includes latest news on RFBD, the products and services they offer, opportunities for getting involved, FAQs, information on adaptive technology, and links to related resources on the Internet. | ||
| Listing of information sources for the blind which offer material in a range of formats such as Braille, recorded cassettes, large print, and electronic texts. Also features links to national organisations, adaptive computer technology suppliers, government agencies, information on guide dogs and mobility, audio books, tactile maps and graphics, and greeting cards. | ||
| Documents and links to Internet blindness resources. Headings include Braille history, literacy, translators and advocacy, deaf blind, other disabilities, eye conditions, organisations and research news. | ||
| Facilities to learn the Deafblind Manual Alphabet and the Two Handed Manual Alphabet used by sighted deaf people. Also provides information about Braille, Moon, Cochlear Implants, the Retinal Implant Project, the causes of deafblindness, and articles about deafness and deafblindness. | ||
| Service which transcribes print, electronic, or taped materials into Braille documents for blind people. Describes the arrangement of dots in Braille with some examples of letters and contracted words, and outlines the methods for conveying numbers, music, and computer notation. | ||
| Information on SSC publications and videos and a selection of articles from around the world relating to the education of sensory impaired young people. Also provides access to the Sensory Information Service database of contact details for related organisations. | ||
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