The new Clarity theme for Blackberry smartphones is a high contrast theme with large clear fonts...
Read more about Clarity - App of the Month, May 2011.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 2/06/2011 11:22 AM by Steve Griffiths
Tweet list is a iPhone Twitter app which is in essence kind of like Outlook for handling your Twitter. It allows you to read your tweets, retweet and reply to tweets, and organise your tweets into lists...
Read more about TweetList - App of the Month April 2011.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 2/06/2011 11:20 AM by Steve Griffiths
Try out the BBC's new MyDisplay tool Many people with vision impairments struggle to read text on websites because the size of the font is too small, the colours aren't distinct enough, or because the site requires lots of horizontal scrolling when...
Read more about Get bbc.co.uk in the colours that suit you.
Tag: Technology news
Posted at: 26/05/2011 6:10 PM by Andrew Ronksley
Well now you can use the Kindle from your PC! This month there is a new release of 'Kindle for PC' from Amazon that incorporates a text-to-speech engine...
Read more about Do you want to use the Kindle but don't have a Kindle device?.
Tag: Technology news
Posted at: 24/05/2011 12:18 PM by Moderator
You can start reporting problems now! RNIB and Fix the Web have announced a partnership to tackle the issue of inaccessible websites. This is an easy way to report any site. Read more about Fix the Web ...
Read more about How can you Fix the Web?.
Tag: Technology news
Posted at: 12/05/2011 1:32 PM by Moderator
In older versions of JAWS all main configuration changes were made via the Configuration Manager. Normally, you would open the application you wanted to change the settings for then call up the Configuration Manager to make the necessary changes...
Read more about JAWS V12 - Settings Centre.
Tag: Access technology
Posted at: 4/05/2011 5:37 PM by Moderator
Event Details Date: 3rd May 2011 Time: 10 am - 12 pm Location: 105 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9NE Room: Meeting Rooms 5 (Lower Ground Floor) Cost: Free We're very pleased to announce that at this special BlackBerry...
Read more about BlackBerry Themed Phone Watch - May 2011.
Tag: Technology events
Posted at: 21/04/2011 2:00 PM by Andrew Ronksley
Hey, all you JAWS V12 users! Did you know that you can lock your keyboard via JAWS? If you press Insert Spacebar, then tap letter L, it will lock your keyboard. To unlock, use the same keystroke again...
Read more about Keyboard lock with JAWS V12.
Tag: Access technology
Posted at: 17/04/2011 2:54 PM by Moderator
If you use Outlook 2003 (and above) you may already have stumbled upon the option of making a folder into a 'Favourite'. "Why would I want a favourite folder?" you might be thinking. Well, the answer is simple: speed...
Read more about Creating a 'favourite' folder in Outlook.
Tag: Access technology
Posted at: 14/04/2011 4:16 PM by Moderator
Aaaarrrrggghhh, the dreaded R word! Seriously though, the Ribbon in Office 2010 has masses of customisation options allowing you to make some big changes with minimal effort...
Read more about Creating a custom tab in the Office ribbon.
Tag: Access technology
Posted at: 8/04/2011 9:17 AM by Moderator