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Today's Infosound Select

Cards for hailing a bus or a taxi:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:24 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 22 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 30 June 2012 ¦

Free British Computer Association of the Blind's 'EyeT4All' training days:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 2:27 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 18 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 30 June 2012 ¦

Eye Shields - and how they can help make the most of remaining sight:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:30 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 15 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

RNIB wants to hear where English local authorities are getting it right! (NB: Relevant to those in England only):
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 3:42 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 14 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The Cobolt Speechmaster talking kitchen scale:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:37 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 13 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Dec 2012 ¦

RP Fighting Blindness and their Helpline service:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 2:35 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 11 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Dec 2012 ¦

The Victor Reader Stratus 12 and Stratus 12M DAISY players:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:58 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 09 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

Live audio description in UK theatres:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:52 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 07 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Dec 2012 ¦

Cold Weather Payments:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:28 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 14 Nov 2011 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

Blind Person's Allowance:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 2:30 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 06 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

How vision-impaired bus passengers aren't getting the service they deserve:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:57 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 04 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

Listening on the move with the Sony D-NF340 CD/MP3 Walkman:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:39 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 02 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

Personal Independence Payment and how, next year, it will differ from Disability Living Allowance:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:58 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 01 Feb 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The Young Calibre Audio Library:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:49 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 30 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

Local support from local Macular Disease Society groups:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:16 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 27 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 31 Mar 2012 ¦

An LED light wand and other battery-powered cupboard lights:
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The 'Cooking for VIPs' book, written from the personal experiences of the author, now in large print:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:58 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 23 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

How typeoscopes can help to reduce glare off the page when reading:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:41 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 23 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

How the Living Paintings Trust uses a multi-format approach to make the visual world accessible:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:56 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 23 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

A suite of smart phone applications to help vision-impaired people when out and about:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:53 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 23 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Vitalise guided Spring breaks in the UK for vision-impaired people:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:58 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 16 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Audio described cinema and DVD information:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:39 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 16 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Could shoe chains and shoe grips help getting about more safely and confidently on frozen surfaces?
(This is an updated version of the item on shoe chains that first appeared here on 19th December 2011):
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:56 ¦ further information ¦ further information ¦ Published on 16 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

New laundry-proof labels for RNIB's Penfriend labelling device:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:54 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 16 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The Access-UK Internet forum supporting its members to access computers and other technology:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:11 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 09 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The first high definition hand-held video magnifier on the market in the UK:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 3:46 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 09 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

How the Access to Work scheme could benefit vision-impaired people:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 2:51 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 09 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Long cane maintenance - new kits for repairing a worn-out mobility aid:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:33 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 09 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

National Talking Newspapers and Magazines continues to expand its range of titles:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:58 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 09 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Guide Dogs' 'Streets Ahead' campaign highlights the serious problem of parked cars on pavements:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:55 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 02 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Royal Blind Society specialist and mainstream hotel breaks in the British Isles:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 2:28 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 02 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

An update on making this year's Olympics and Paralympics fully accessible to vision-impaired people:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:54 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 02 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

How claiming Attendance Allowance could be a good idea for some vision-impaired people aged 65 and over:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 3:24 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 12 Dec 2011 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The Macular Disease Society's information leaflets:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:43 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 12 Dec 2011 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

A talking ear thermometer:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 1:14 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 05 Dec 2011 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The new, highly-accessible Insight Radio web site:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:31 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 05 Dec 2011 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The 'Get Started with the iPhone: an Introduction for Blind Users' guide:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:30 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 12 Dec 2011 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Using the Sonata Internet audio player to listen to talking books, newspapers, magazines and radio stations:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:56 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 02 Jan 2012 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

Writing frames and guides:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 3:16 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 28 Nov 2011 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦

The new 'taster CD' to help people find out about RNIB's National Library's talking book service:
¦ play/download item ¦ duration: 4:51 ¦ further information ¦ Published on 28 Nov 2011 ¦ Relevant until 29 Feb 2012 ¦