Our App of the Month for September is BBC News. The BBC News app allows you to keep up to date with the daily news from the BBC in an organised and easy to use fashion...
Read more about BBC News - App of the Month September 2012.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 3/09/2012 2:00 PM by Andrew Ronksley
NVDA Addons is a site that lists available information about and download links for add-ons for NVDA, the free Windows screen reader. What is an add-on? An add-on, also called a plug-in, is software designed to enhance another programme...
Read more about NVDA addons - Website of the Month September 2012.
Tag: Website of the month
Posted at: 31/08/2012 11:50 AM by Steve Griffiths
If you are blind or partially sighted, you may well know large print and audio versions of newspapers are available from organisations like TNAUK, the Talking News Federation or RNIB...
Read more about eNewspapers.
Tag: Technology news
Posted at: 3/08/2012 3:00 PM by Steve Griffiths
Net-Guide is a search engine that returns an accessibility rating for each site that is returned in a search...
Read more about Net-Guide - Website of the Month August 2012.
Tag: Website of the month
Posted at: 1/08/2012 2:40 PM by Steve Griffiths
Fleksy is a typing application for the iPhone. It's been getting lots of positive comment from blind users who find typing on a touch screen difficult or slow...
Read more about Fleksy - App of the Month August 2012.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 1/08/2012 12:00 PM by Steve Griffiths
Apple have released a new version of the operating system for their laptop and desktop computers. The main changes are the introduction of features you may be familiar with if you already have an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch...
Read more about Mountain Lion on the loose.
Tag: Technology news
Posted at: 26/07/2012 10:45 PM by Steve Griffiths
VisionAssist is a CCTV application for your iPhone or iPad. What makes it so interesting is that it is described in the app store as: "A very impressive app that could, over time, make portable electronic magnifiers obsolete"...
Read more about VisionAssist - App of the Month July 2012.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 5/07/2012 12:50 PM by Moderator
Fantastic Fiction is a UK based website containing information on over 30,000 authors and over 350,000 books...
Read more about Fantastic Fiction - Website of the month July 2012.
Tag: Website of the month
Posted at: 5/07/2012 12:45 PM by Moderator
With the growth of shopping, banking, travel and general information online rather than available over the telephone or via printed material, there is a great opportunity for blind and partially sighted people to have independent access to such...
Read more about IT training feedback wanted.
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Posted at: 5/07/2012 12:30 PM by Steve Griffiths
Here you can find a list of 50 popular iOS applications that are compatible with Voice Over. This list has been put together as a follow up to last month's 50 popular iOS Applications which were not Voice Over specific...
Read more about 50 Popular Voice Over Compatible iOS Apps.
Tag: Technology reviews
Posted at: 21/06/2012 6:00 PM by Moderator