More information and useful links

A selection of useful websites that give more information on seeing websites

Links to organisations directly related to vision impairment:

www.abilitynet.org.uk

The AbilityNet website has information, factsheets and step-by-step guides on approaches and technology to help with vision impairment.

www.bcab.org.uk

The British Computer Association of the Blind is a self-help group of visually impaired computer professionals and users. This website contains a lot of useful IT-related information.

www.rnib.org.uk

The Royal National Institute of the Blind website includes a wealth of information on all aspects of vision impairment, including computer access and other technologies.

Links to other useful sites:

Mac OS X Resources

Assistive Technologies for the Mac

This section of the Apple website contains information on all aspects of disabled access to the Macintosh.

www.rnib.org.uk/technology/factsheets/suppliers.htm

This is the links page on the RNIB website and is a comprehensive list of UK vision related organisations, access technology suppliers and trainers.

Links to other useful software:

VisioVoice

VisioVoice is an application that enhances access to Mac OS X for blind and vision impaired users. VisioVoice comes bundled with Infovox iVox,

Main Features:

Document reader

Large cursors

Image zoom

Text zoom

Talking interface

InfoVox natural voices

System-wide keyboard shortcuts

SwitchXS with OS X Leopard support

Provides virtually complete access to Mac OS X and all standard Mac applications for people who can only use one or more switches. It offers full mouse and keyboard emulation by means of a so-called scanning mode.

Fire Vox

Fire Vox is an open source, freely available talking browser extension for the Firefox web browser.

Virtual Magnifying Glass

Free open source virtual magnifying glass. Free for Mac OS x 10.4 or higher.

Webvisum

A Firefox add-on for dealing with 'CAPTCHA’ graphics. Requires Firefox 3.0 or higher.

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