Infosound to Close
It is with great regret that, after much consideration, Infosound's Trustees have decided that the charity must close on 30th April 2026.
Unfortunately, long-standing difficulties securing sufficient funding to maintain the charity's free services for vision-impaired people in the UK have demonstrated to Infosound's Trustees that the charity is no longer viable.
For the past 18 years, Infosound has run a variety of
information services for anyone in the UK living with sight loss.
These have included various audio magazines, a round-the-clock 'radio' service,
an open-access peer support tips and hints platform, as well as producing individual audio features on subjects relating to living with sight loss for UK-wide distribution.
More recently, Infosound has concentrated on audio transcribing written material - in print and online - into the more accessible format of audio.
The Trustees and volunteers would like to thank all those who have supported us financially over the years - the trust funds, the vision-impairment sector charities and some individuals. We have arranged for charity assets of any value to be passed on to other VI charities and we have donated some resources to an ad hoc audio transcription service so it can continue to respond to requests for accessible information in audio.
Finally, we are, of course, hugely grateful to everyone who has listened to us over the years; and, in the case of the Talking News Federation members, RNIB, the Partially Sighted Society and other charities, to those who have carried our audio material on to many thousands of vision-impaired listeners across the UK and beyond.
If you are blind or partially sighted and you need any kind of practical information about living with sight loss - including audio services - we would recommend that you contact:
RNIB: phone 0303 123 9999, email helpline@rnib.org.uk,
The Partially Sighted Society: phone 01302 965195, email reception@partsight.org.uk.
You can find out where your nearest local talking newspaper is by phoning 03000 400 300 (Monday to Friday: 0830 - 1000) or by emailing enquiries@tnf.org.uk.
Accessible Information for Vision-impaired People
