Links to equipment manufacturer's sites,
accessible program downloads and games, are at
Paul Hendrickson's excellent site.
For a screen reader, simple to work with, and less expensive than some:
LPWindows is downloadable here.
Take a look at http://www.whitestick.co.uk
lots of useful info and user friendly hints and tips, with the winamp download set up for you amongst many others.
Video 'Websites That Work'.
Can be viewed with the RealPlayer plug-in wherever you are in the world.
Please note: the faster your connection to the Internet, the better the
results (the film will be of a poor quality if your connection is slow).
The film is 15 minutes long, and explains why accessible Web design is important.
The Webcast is available here.
Check out the games archive at
http://www.if-archive.org
It's a site devoted to interactive
fiction, and has games that run under Windows and dos both.
Audio readings in Real Audio. New selections every month: http://www.AssistiveMedia.org
http://www.lowvision.org/ , Low Vision Gateway. , A starting point for low
vision resources on the web.
E-mail groups for the visually impaired:
The list I used to publish here is probably woefully out of date, so try:
BVIGroups is a selection of E-mailing lists that may be of interest to the DeafBblind, blind, and visually impaired community. It's the most speech friendly website of its sort on the internet. Listen how your screenreader reads in sequencial order, then click and sub; it's as simple as that. BVI-Groups comprises over 200 groups in 17 catagories. You no longer need to read an entire document to find the group you want.
Announcing a new database of audio links, newspapers and blindness related links. http://www.billsparks.org/
Bill Sparks has created a searchable LINKS database of over 2500 links. Included are over 2000 direct links to the audio files (also known as the "LISTEN" link) of online radio stations and other audio sources. This saves time from having to search the station's home page to find the LISTEN link. The database contains the added value of being searchable by call letters, format, city, state, or search phrase.
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Last updated: Sat, 07 Apr 2001.