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Blind

Highland Society for the Blind

Accessibility Technology
Caithness Talking Newspaper - John O'Groat Journal and Courier Items on Cassette

Sound Foresight
For details of the Ultracane
GDP Research
The Australian company behind the Miniguide
Nurion Industries
Makers of the Laser Cane
Bay Advanced Technologies (BAT)
New Zealand company producing the Bat “K” Sonar Cane
Seeing With Sound
For details of the vOICe software

16 October 03
Accessible Music

a software tool for blind and vision-impaired people that produces spoken and Braille scores from scanned sheet music in seven languages, is to be launched at the end of the year.  A free demonstration CD will be available from the end of October - email projects@fnb.nl . A free email newsletter on accessible music is available from the FNB Talking Music project site: http://projects.fnb.nl/Talking%20Music

Visual Impairment Scotland
Accessible web site for people with visual impairment.  Has chat room and other information services

A-List
Accessible web site listings

Action for Blind People

Association of Blind Piano Tuners

Audio Games

Big Print

Bill's Audio and Info Page  thousands of audio links

Blindcare

British Computer Association of the Blind

British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society

British Wireless for the Blind Fund

CALIBRE: Recorded Books for the Blind

ClearVsion Project

Confederation of Tape Information Services

Deafblind UK

Deafblind UK Scotland

European Association for the Study of Diabetic Eye Complications

Eyecare Information Service

Fight for Sight

Guardian Newspaper - Audio News
Needs Realplayer 

Glasgow & West of Scotland Society for the Blind

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

International Centre for Eye Health

International Glaucoma Association

Micro and Anophthalmic Children' Society

National Blind Children's Society

National Centre for Tactile Diagrams

National Library for the Blind UK

Nystagmus Network UK

Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Royal National College for the Blind

Royal National Institute for the Blind

Scottish Sensory Centre

Scottish Sensory Centre Resource Library
Specialising in books, periodicals, videos, cassettes and other educational resources which deal with sensory impairment.  Low cost charges.

Sense

Sight Savers International

Wales Council for the Blind

Braille Letters

Braille Music List

Braille Remote Learning

English Braille - American Edition

Introduction To Braille Course

Braille - Transcribers Course

Accessible Games Website
AccessibleGames.com is dedicated to being the best place on the 'net for up-to-date information as well as an extensive archive of articles related to accessible gaming whether computer-based, hand held electronic games, board games, card games, puzzles and much, much more! Check us out today!

E.S.P. Softworks Co.
Computer games? Pinball? Racing? 3D Action? We've got you covered! E.S.P. develops innovative and exciting accessible games for the Windows platform using the latest 3D audio technologies available. We have a wide variety of *affordable* games with playable demos available from our website.

Bavisoft. Software for the blind and visually impaired. (Site ID: 198)
Introducing audio games powered purely with cd-quality sound imagery. Games you have to hear to believe!

Dotless Braille
Site is an introduction to braille for sighted persons and includes new ideas and tools for learning and using braille. Also proposes a new method for displaying braille in print that will allow sighted persons to more easily proofread braille transcriptions to help with the shortage of proofreaders in technical areas.

THE KING JAMES BIBLE IN LARGE TEXT AND SPEECH
King James Bible up in very large text and I am converting the text to computer speech. Just finished the fourth book of the Kings in speech a long way to go but I try and get a book done daily.

Trafford Sensory Impairment Support Service
information and advice for parents and teachers of visually impaired or hearing impaired youngsters 0-16 years LEA support service Trafford, Manchester

National Braille Press Inc.
Publisher, self-help and computer access braille books and children's braille books. Leading provider of braille transcription and pressing services.

Blind Treasures
We strive to help those who have problems getting out to shop. We offer quality adaptive products at resonable prices. We also offer other useful items to the blind.

Sounds of Hope (Site
This site offers information about music therapy and its role in caring for people who are seriously disabled or terminally ill.

Adil's World
This is a personal website describing my life as a blind student in Morocco and my goals to get a college education in the U.S.

TechnoTiger
BC Starkson and TechnoTiger.com can provide computer training to the "World Blind", and we sell audio, large print, and Braille books about the adventures of Boyd Carson. Boyd Carson and his wife, Kristal, are always getting into new adventures, and these books are suitable for ages 16 & above.

International Organization for the Blind
Offering FREE Braille and Large Print books to the Blind and severely visually impaired. Informative site covering various topics on blindness. Extensive links to other related websites. Also includes pages for gift giving.

Lancasters Laughing Place
A quest for "Founding" which includes but is not limited to valor,knowledge,compassion and memories.Home of the "Talking Hands Award" and a member of the disABILITY Compliance Alliance and HDCA

Blind Help and Information
blind-help.com offers info on anything from security on the internet to finding an accessible game, to cooking, and much much more. If you need help with something we'll try our best to help you and then post the information on our page for others to learn from. blind-help has information that is of help to everyone, not one of those sites that only has blindness related info.

The 6 Step Method
The 6 step method of teaching orientation and mobility teaches travellers how to tune in and pay attention to the environment, thereby ensuring competent & confident mobility, while helping to reduce the anxiety associated with mobility tasks.

TravelVision
Orientation and Mobility services for the blind and visually impaired. Other Visions ezine. Blindness resources and referrals.

upwards and out
site for all blind persons to adbertise

PABA Goalball
Site about the sport goalball and Pennslyvania's National Champion team

The Christmas Cabin
Christmas stories, poetry, recipes, chat and more!

American Council of the Blind Lions
This is the home page of the American Council of the Blind Lions. Meetings are held during the week of the convention of the American Council of the Blind.

Teddy's Center for the blind
Teddy's Center is a site with a lot of free resources for the blind computer users.. Free applications, manuals, books, tutorials, tips and hints, and much much more.

Computer Resources for the Visually Impaired
Consulting for the visually impaired. Links to online resources.

Blindcity
Blindcity is a site of links to lots and lots! of blind related web sites around the world. Blindcity's goal is to be the the main site that blind people should go and then they can go off to other sites from there.

Seeing with Sound - The vOICe Learning Edition
The vOICe software translates images from a camera into sounds that you hear via your headphones, thus targetting vision substitution applications for the totally blind.

Carry On Reading
Local Libraries have large print books
Big Print Newspaper Tel 0800 12 40 07

Calibre Cassettte Library
Tel 01296 4323 39 Full Length Books

Listening Books
Tel 0171 407 9417

Talking Newspaper Association
Tel 01435 86 61 02