Infovics

Infovics is our quarterly audio magazine. It is circulated via post to all our members, and continues to be an excellent resource for technical information, articles of interest, and much more.

This publication is very VICS focused, and Stuart Lawler the editor, gathers information and interviews from far and wide when putting the whole thing together. It generally includes technical features, articles of interest, and interviews with prominent people in the area of access to technology.

It is an excellent resource for spreading information throughout the VICS community in a very accessible format, and in some cases, puts voices to the names we are all so familiar with.

The magazine is produced in Stuart's own personal studio in Drumcondra, and circulated by The National Council for the Blind of Ireland. VICS are most grateful to the NCBI for their help in getting Infovics to our members.

Summer 2008 Edition - Part 1

Summer is back and so is Infovics, with part one of a two-part offering, the second of which will be available in July.

On this edition

• We check in with mark Magennis and Josh O'Connor from the Centre for Inclusive Technology (CFIT), to see what they've been up to.
• Brian Dalton introduces us to the power of Skype.
• Tony Murray, Brian Dalton and Tim Culhane reflect over the last three years of their time with Vics and highlight some of the best moments for each of them.
• We've also got information on the up-coming Vics AGM and a great song from Divine Comedy

In order to listen to the online edition, you need to have a media player installed on your computer. There are many available, such as Winamp for example.

Three Ways To Listen.

If you want to kick back and listen to Infovics online right now, simply activate the following link. Listen to Part 1 of the Summer 2008 edition

Alternatively, you can download the entire Infovics magazine as a single mp3 file, (please note this file is approximatly 70 megabytes in size!), by simply following the link below. Download the current Infovics Magazine as a single mp3 file

Or finally, why not subscribe to the Infovics Podcast and have the latest edition of our magazine downloaded directly for you whenever it is available. Then you can put it on your favourite mp3 player and take Infovics with you when your on the move!

Simply paste the following link into your podcatcher client and your done!
http://www.vicsireland.org/infovics/podcast.xml

If it all seems a bit too confusing and your totally lost, then don't worry, help is at hand! Accessing the following link will bring you to a really good article all about Podcasts, what they are, and how they work. Activate this link to read the article on podcasts!

Contacting The Editor.

Any questions, comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to email the editor!