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

• Ai Squared Homepage
• Lunar homepage
• Magic Homepage
• Supernova Homepage
• Winzoom Homepage

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.
• Jawter, a twitter client for Jaws
• McTwit, an alternative accessible client for Twitter.
• Facebook
• 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.

Online Resources

• The microsoft accessibility site
• Eircom Phone Book
• Searc's web guide to Irish resources
• Citizens Information, information on public services
• This simple and easy to use site provides web based access to your POP3 account