Hello and welcome to Infosound.

We are a UK-wide registered charity that produces free information, in audio, for vision-impaired (blind and partially-sighted) people on subjects that directly affect living with sight loss.

We are non-commercial, non-political and editorially impartial. Our core aim is to share information, knowledge, experience and opinion.

We are delighted that information services across the UK, such as talking newspapers, talking magazines and radio stations, are major carriers of the audio material that we produce. And we know that support professionals for vision-impaired people also listen to the information that we produce.

On this web site, which is designed specifically for vision-impaired people:

We outline the different ways to listen to the information we produce - here online, on audio CD, on an Internet audio player, on a mobile phone, on Twitter and Facebook as well as via talking newspapers and magazines, on radio stations and on other information providers.

We present our Audio Messageboard, that enables blind and partially-sighted people to share comments, opinions, tips and experiences about living with sight loss by simply phoning in and postings their message for others to hear.

We explain more about Infosound and how, and why, we produce information in audio for blind and partially-sighted people in the UK. We talk about our editorial code of practice and mention ways in which our work can be, and is, supported.

Separately, we provide a dedicated Media Support Service for UK talking newspaper groups, radio stations and any other public-service information providers by offering free audio content that can be downloaded for use in their audio publications and radio programmes.

Workarounds
We're asking vision-impaired people to talk to us about how they get around problems in everyday life caused by their sight loss so we can share their solutions with others.
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Some topics we're currently covering

• Starting to learn Braille.

• Good news for the talking ATMs campaign.

• The Sovereign USB audio player.

• Poor bus services for vision-impaired people.

• Two safer food graters for kitchen use.

• The updated Sonata Plus Internet audio player.

• Guidance on flying for vision-impaired passengers.

• The Chatter-Box message recorder.

• Email and telephone befriending services.

• Eyeshields to help some vision-impairment.

• A simple portable colour video magnifier.

• Fitness support for vision-impaired people.

• The Sound Beacon obstacle detector.

• The Meteor vibrating watch.

• UK-wide touring sight loss information units.

• A talking cordless telephone.

• An update on benefit changes.

• The Listening Eye telephone helpline.

• National Talking Newspapers and Magazines.

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