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Infosound Despatch

The Infosound Despatch CD logo The Infosound Despatch is our monthly CD service, a (very) roughly 1-hour compilation of short audio features on a variety of different topics, all of which are aimed at informing someone who lives with sight

This service is produced in association with British Wireless for the Blind Fund
(Registered Charity No: 1078287)

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If you, or someone you know, would like to receive the free monthly Infosound Despatch on audio CD, please let us know by leaving a message on 084 55 55 55 28 or by emailing audio@infosound.org.uk.

loss about products, services, support and issues that affect everyday life.

The CD is posted, free of charge to anyone who is resident in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and who has a vision-impairment, but they do NOT have to be registered as 'sight-impaired' or 'severely sight-impaired'.

This service might therefore suit someone who has no direct, or indirect, access to the Internet. The monthly Despatch CD doesn't have to be returned so it can be kept for future reference.

We provide the latest edition here to download (just as it is heard on the CD) for sighted vision-impairment professionals, carers, family members and others, to whom we are unable to post the CD.

Individual items from the monthly Infosound Despatch are featured in the Infosound Select service, available on this web site. As from next month, this edition of the Despatch will be placed in our archive for reference.

This month's Infosound Despatch

February 2012 Edition

CONTENTS: New laundry-proof labels for RNIB's Penfriend labelling device; Royal Blind Society specialist and mainstream hotel breaks in the British Isles; Guide Dogs' 'Streets Ahead' campaign highlights the serious problem of parked cars on pavements; an update on making this year's Olympics and Paralympics fully accessible to vision-impaired people; National Talking Newspapers and Magazines continues to expand its range of titles; the first high definition hand-held video magnifier on the market in the UK; how the Access to Work scheme could benefit vision-impaired people; long cane maintenance - new kits for repairing a worn-out mobility aid; the Access-UK Internet forum supporting its members to access computers and other technology; Vitalise guided Spring breaks in the UK for vision-impaired people; the new 'Cooking for VIPs' book, written from the personal experiences of the author; audio described cinema and DVD information; how the Living Paintings Trust uses a multi-format approach to make the visual world accessible; how typeoscopes can help reduce glare off the page when reading; a suite of smart phone applications to help vision-impaired people when out and about.

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All the items in this month's Despatch can be heard individually in Infosound Select.

COMMENT

"I enjoy listening to your mag on the computer. I find the information up to date and helpful."
Frank in Doagh Ballyclare, Co Antrim.

"I was delighted with the CD. The content was just what I have been hoping for in a talking disc and I was absolutely delighted with it. Thank you so much."
Maureen in Sedgefield.

"My copy of this month's Infosound Despatch arrived today and I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. I have to say that it is what has been needed for a long time. As a blind person, I feel that I am always the last one to find out about anything so it is good to have the information about so many varied and different topics all on one CD. Your readers are very clear and articulate which really helps. Please keep up the good work as it really does make such a difference to so many of us."
Paul in Eastbourne.

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