Links

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Companies, Organisations and Projects

• The Irish Computer Society
• The National Council for the Blind of Ireland
• The ACE Project
• The National Disability Authority
• The European Blind Union
• Fighting Blindness, Ireland
• Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
• Braille Chess Association of Ireland
• St Joseph's school for the visually impaired

Blindness/Computer Related

• Blindprogramming.com: A website with Computer Programming Resources
• Blinux
• British Computer Association of the Blind

Accessible Web Design Resources

• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• the NDA IT Access guidelines
• The Institute for Design and Disibility in Ireland
• The European institute for design and disibility
• The eAccessibility lab at the Research Centre for Networks and Communications Engineering

Online Newspapers and Text Resources

• The Irish Times
• The Irish Examiner
• Independent Newspapers, Locals and Provincials
• The National Library of the Blind, UK
• Nice One, website of Irish media
• Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate
• Talking Newspaper association, uk
• Arts and Litreture Daily
• Ireland on the web
• The calibre cassette library
• Irish news headlines
• Irish newspapers on line
• Library of Congress

Sites of educational interest

• The Open University website
• The FAS training website
• Saint Josephs school for the Blind
• Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
• University College Dublin
• Trinity College Dublin
• Dublin City University
• University College Cork

Audio

• Download free sound players for your PC
• RTE Radio1's Audioscope with presenter Bethan Collins brings news and views for and about blind and visually impaired people
• RTE Radio1's Outside The Box is a programme for and about people with disability, presented by Dave Thomas
• A list of independent radio and tv stations in the Republic of Ireland
• Radio and tv stations and sites from around the world
• ACB Radio

Online Resources

• The microsoft accessibility site
• Eircom Golden Pages
• Searc's web guide to Irish resources
• Oasis, Information on public services
• This simple and easy to use site provides web based access to your POP3 account
• South Dublin Libraries: South Dublin Libraries Website and Quick Guide to downloading digital media