This page contains over a hundred links to websites relating to technology and visual impairment. We are sure you will find something to capture your interest.
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Companies, Organisations and Projects
- The Irish Computer Society
- The National Council for the Blind of Ireland
- CFIT, Centre For Inclusive Technology
- Jackson Technology, a supplier Of Assistive Technology specialising in Computer And Print Access
- Ash Technology, supplier of portable products for partially sighted persons
- The National Disability Authority
- The European Blind Union
- Fighting Blindness, Ireland
- Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
- Braille Chess Association of Ireland
- The National Braille Production Unit>
Blindness/Computer Related
- Blind Programming.com: A website with Computer Programming Resources
- Blinux. The Blind Linux website
- British Computer Association of the Blind
- JAWS Users Mailing List Home Page
- Blind Computing Mailing List Homepage
- accessible programs and Jaws Scripts
- Jaws Guides
- Access Watch
- Access Technology Institute
- Blind Geek Zone
- WebbIE browser, Accessible RSS news reader, Podcatcher and more
- Tom Lorimmer's Whitestick Website
- solve visual captias using Solona
- Web Visum firefox add on for increased accessibility. also solves captias
Screen Readers
- Freedom Scientific Homepage
- Window-Eyes Homepage
- NVDA Homepage
- System Access
- Thunder, a free and open source screen reader.
- Orca, a free and open source screen reader for the Linux operating system.
Magnification
Mobile Phone
- Talks Screen Reader
- Mobilespeak screen reader
- KNFB Reader
- Tweets60 is a free twitter client for Series 60 devices
(3rd and 5th editions) - mobile corner filled with useful information for symbian phones
- Loadstone GPS - free Satellite Navigation system for blind mobile phone users
- Wayfinder, Satellite Navigation system for blind mobile phone users
- IPhone Accessibility
- Voiceover Compatible IPhone Applications
- iPhone manual developed for screen reader users.
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
- Breaking news from Ireland
- The National Library of the Blind, UK
- Nice One, website of Irish media
- Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate
- Talking Newspaper association, uk
- The calibre cassette library
- 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
- University College Galway
Audio
- Listen And Learn Recordings, Tutorials And Walk Through's
- Easier Access Of YouTube Videos
- Download free sound players for your PC
- BlindRadio, A Free Online Directory
- Entertainment.ie, information on Cinema, TV, Music, Clubbing, Theatre, Reviews, Trailers, And Lotto in Ireland
- 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
- Audio View Presented By Joe Bollard on Dublin City FM
- South Dublin Libraries Website
Podcasts
- FSCast, the FreedomScientific podcast.
- G W Micro Podcast
- SeroTalk, the podcast from Serotek.
- Maccessibility podcast, by lioncourt.com. Mac related.
- The Blind Cooltech podcast.
- Stuart Lawler's Podcast
Blindness related blogs
- The SeroTek blog
- The GWMicro blog.
- The Blind Access Journal.
- The LionCourt blog
- Peter Korne's blog.
- Access Watch blog
- The Mark Taylor Candleshore Blog
Social networking websites and accessibility related links
- Twitter.
- Qwitter, a twitter client for Jaws
- Jawter, a twitter client for Jaws
- McTwit, an alternative accessible client for Twitter.
- The mobile facebook site. found to be more accessible by some screen reader users.
- Live Journal, a blogging website.
- Zone BBS, a blindness orientated community.
