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Our core service is the production of short audio features on a very broad range of topics such as finance, leisure, mobility, products, health, employment, training, services, travel, hobbies, daily-living advice and support. We talk to those who have something to say on a subject - for example, those who provide products, services and support and, importantly, we talk to blind and partially-sighted people to share their experiences of living with sight loss.
Our material is produced with the intention of being directly relevant to someone in the UK who lives with sight loss, their families, friends and carers. There are several ways to listen to Infosound audio material but all the audio that we produce can be played and downloaded from this web site and listened to on a computer or transferred to cassette, CD, mp3 player or memory device.
This web site has been designed to be as easy to negotiate and navigate as possible for blind and partially-sighted computer-users and is primarily aimed at those who live with sight loss. But there is one page which is specifically for those directly involved in talking newspapers and magazines, community, hospital and Internet radio stations and other information providers that could benefit vision impaired people. [visit Support for Media Services section]
Infosound - the charity.
Infosound is a charity, registered in England and Wales (no. 1142082) and in Scotland (no. SC039929). Infosound is accepted as a charity by HM Revenue and Customs and is a member of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Talking News Federation.
Infosound serves anyone who lives with sight loss, whether or not they are registered as sight-impaired (partially-sighted) or severely sight-impaired (blind), who is resident in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
We do not charge for our services and as we are funded entirely by voluntary donation we would not be able to operate without the generous support we receive from other charities, some businesses as well as individual donors. We are very grateful to them all.
Charity Trustees: Ms L. Arnold, Mr A. Hindell, Mr R. Myers.
Thanks for the Support.
Most things in life cut both ways - and Infosound is no exception. We are always grateful for the positive feedback we receive about our services from blind and partially-sighted people across the UK - and beyond. But, in turn, we couldn't provide those services were it not for the practical support we receive from others. So, we'd like to say 'thank you' to those who help, or who have helped, us financially or 'in kind' in any way, in particular:
If you feel you would like to contribute to our work, please email us or phone 084 55 55 55 28. Thank you.
And many thanks to those who take the trouble to get in touch with us to voice their appreciation for Infosound services. Some are individual listeners, others are from talking newspaper groups and radio stations that use our material. Some of their comments can be found dotted around this web site.
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