Infosound Charity Support

Infosound Charity Support is primarily for British talking newspapers and magazines, local sight loss charities, information services, radio stations and any

other charity or not-for-profit organisation providing services for vision-impaired people. It is separate from our own information service that we provide direct

to vision-impaired members of the public across Great Britain.

Infosound

Infosound is a small, independent, registered charity that produces impartial information on subjects relating to living

with sight loss for vision-impaired (blind and partially-sighted) people across England, Scotland and Wales.

Everything we produce is original and in audio; it is free, objective, non-commercial, non-political and strictly impartial.

Using Infosound Audio Material

Using our audio material is free, but it may only be used by charitable or community-based organisations providing

information, in audio, to blind and partially-sighted people free of charge; it may not be used for commercial or

promotional purposes or associated with any form of advertising.

We neither ask nor expect to be credited as the source of our material you use, but should you wish to explain to your

listeners the inclusion of Infosound material in your audio publication or programme, Should you feel inclines to

publicise the Infosound service that we provide to vision-impaired members of the public we would be very grateful.

In both cases, the wherewithal to do that can be found in the Infosound Promotional Material and Scripts section below.

There are no stipulations for using our audio material, except that none of our articles may be edited, changed or

augmented in any way and they may only be heard by your listener as downloaded and in such a way that they play

all the way through, uninterrupted, exactly as produced by us.

For those who are interested, we have some technical information about our audio below.

Current downloadable Infosound Audio Articles

Here we list the latest audio articles that we currently have for you to download and use. In each case, the audio article's title is intended to give a description of what it

is about. It is worth pointing out that this selection of audio articles may be refreshed at least every few days, so it could be a good idea to check this page fairly

frequently.

• The talking MedCenter clock that helps to schedule the taking of medicines throughout the day

duration 6:29 | published on 21 Apr 2018 | relevant until 01 Jul 2018

• The Listening Eye telephone support service for vision-impaired people

duration 4:54 | published on 17 Apr 2018 | relevant until 17 Jul 2018

• The multi-function radio/player that’s continuing to include cassette tape recording and playback

duration 6:37 | published on 12 Apr 2018 | relevant until 12 Jul 2018

• Three accessible well-known board games

duration 7:00 | published on 07 Apr 2018 | relevant until 07 Jul 2018

• A Guide Dogs campaign against walkway obstructions and where to report them

duration 7:57 | published on 03 Apr 2018 | relevant until 30 Jun 2018

• Non-slip products for use in the kitchen

duration 6:33 | published on 27 Mar 2018 | relevant until 27 Jun 2018

• The updated, voice-controlled RNIB In Your Pocket audio reading device and mobile phone

duration 7:55 | published on 24 Mar 2018 | relevant until 24 Jun 2018

• The down-side of electric and hybrid vehicles for vision-impaired people

duration 6:25 | published on 21 Mar 2018 | relevant until 31 May 2018

• A guide aimed at making the home and other buildings more suitable for vision-impaired people

duration 8:27 | published on 18 Mar 2018 | relevant until 18 Jun 2018

• The Nimble finger-tip safe cutter

duration 3:42 | published on 15 Mar 2018 | relevant until 15 Jun 2018

Technical Information

Each of our audio features is produced as a downloadable mp3 file. They are all compressed mono mp3 files at an 80Kbps constant bitrate and at a sampling rate of

44.1KHz. This represents 8.8 to 1 compression. The audio is peak limited to -3dBm.

To download these files, left click on the item title. If the audio plays rather than downloads RIGHT click on item title and "save ... as ...". With each feature article we

give you its total duration, the date on which it was first produced and, importantly, the date after which it should not be heard by your listeners, since its content may be

out of date, inaccurate or no longer relevant. With some items, we also mention geographic relevance.

Infosound Promotional Material and Scripts

We would be very grateful if you could promote Infosound to blind and partially-sighted people who might benefit from the free service we provide.

Thank you.

• Infosound general service audio trailer (2:52)

A promotional audio trailer explaining the Infosound service and the charity behind it.

• Infosound Audio Noticeboard audio trailer (2:23)

A promotional audio trailer explaining how vison-impaired people can have their say on Infosound

• Infosound service poster (PDF)

For downloading (hopefully, enlarging) and diplaying. Thank you.

• Infosound in brief (PDF)

A briefing document outlining the charity and its service for, maybe, explaining to clients.

• Listening to Infosound (PDF)

A brief explanation of the various ways in which, and devices on which, Infosound may be heard.

• Promoting yourself on Infosound (PDF)

A briefing on how we may be able to help any VI-related charity to publicise itslef.

A short script for reading at the start of an audio publication or programme featuring Infosound items.

Infosound Sample CDs

We have produced a (roughly) one-hour sample CD that aims to tell vision-impaired people about the Infosound service. On the CD, we explain about the mix of news

and information we produce in audio and how listeners can contribute with their own comments, hints, tips and items of information.

We also list the various ways that Infosound and our associated on-demand service, Infosound select, can be heard: on any phone,

on our web site, on the British Wireless for the Blind Fund's Sonata players, on their Bumblebee tablet and as a podcast.

If you know any blind or partially-sighted people who might benefit from hearing about us, you are welcome to request as many

of these CDs as you need. If you run a resource centre, you might want to keep a stock of them on display so anyone who visits

you can take one away with them.

To request free copies of the Infosound demonstration CDs, please email us at [email protected].