In the know podcast

Keep up with interesting news and updates from RNIB on a range of topics covering eye health, campaigning, hobbies and leisure ideas, RNIB services, gadgets and gizmos, advice and general interest stories for anyone affected by sight loss.

There are four ways you can listen to the In The Know podcast:

  1. Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes - you can download all of our podcast or individual episodes from iTunes. iTunes can automatically download new episodes when they are published.

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  4. Or you can download individual podcast episodes from our website - choose any of the links below to download the individual files.

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Louis Braille

The raised dot system invented by Louis Braille revolutionised communication for blind people. Celebrate Louis Braille's life and bicentenary and learn a little more about braille.

Leave a legacy

Guests at a supporter reception talk about how RNIB has affected their lives and about remembering us in their will.

Cooking with sight loss

Dolly has a serious sight problem, but still enjoys cooking. Hear about the changes she's made to her kitchen so she can carry on cooking, and listen as she demonstrates cooking an evening meal.

Tele befriending

RNIB runs telephone social groups for people with sight problems - listen in to a meeting in this edition of the living with sight loss podcast.

Echolocation - making images through sound

An interview with Daniel Kish from World Access for the Blind, who trains people in using echolocation. He shows how blind people can create an image of the world around them using clicks and other sounds, and explains that discreet clicking doesn't have to ruin a first date.

Last updated: 2 November 2011

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