Windows is the most popular computer operating system in the world, so a new version is always of interest. Microsoft launched Windows 8 on 25 October and there are some big changes both to the accessibility and to Windows itself...
Read more about Windows 8 is here!.
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Posted at: 26/10/2012 11:30 AM by Steve Griffiths
Adobe Digital Editions is an eBook reader that allows you to access books from many publishers and libraries,including books protected with the Adept DRM. Until the end of September, the version of Adobe Digital Editions most commonly used was 1...
Read more about Adobe Digital Editions 2 released.
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Posted at: 3/10/2012 5:10 PM by Steve Griffiths
If you like reading eBooks with speech, did you know the Kobo app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is accessible with VoiceOver? This is great news as the Kobo store has over 2 million books in it...
Read more about Kobo access with VoiceOver and TalkBack.
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Posted at: 12/09/2012 1:00 PM by Moderator
If you are blind or partially sighted, you may well know large print and audio versions of newspapers are available from organisations like TNAUK, the Talking News Federation or RNIB...
Read more about eNewspapers.
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Posted at: 3/08/2012 3:00 PM by Steve Griffiths
Apple have released a new version of the operating system for their laptop and desktop computers. The main changes are the introduction of features you may be familiar with if you already have an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch...
Read more about Mountain Lion on the loose.
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Posted at: 26/07/2012 10:45 PM by Steve Griffiths
WebAIM have published the results of their fourth screen reader survey. The 1782 respondents are primarily from the US, but there is representation from the rest of the world...
Read more about WebAIM Screen Reader Survey - what are the trends?.
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Posted at: 13/06/2012 9:30 PM by Steve Griffiths
Are you someone who accesses the Internet most days? Are you a PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet user? Would you like to help us to make the Internet more accessible? If you've answered yes to the above questions then you may be interested...
Read more about WebWatch Consumer Panel.
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Posted at: 31/05/2012 4:00 PM by Moderator
We received some exciting news at RNIB earlier this week after hearing about Research In Motion's (RIM) release of the BlackBerry ® Screen Reader! Great news for blind and partially sighted people who may have previously thought the...
Read more about Research In Motion Launches BlackBerry Screen Reader!.
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Posted at: 14/05/2012 7:30 PM by Moderator
This is the fourth WebAIM screen reader user survey...
Read more about WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey - Number 4.
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Posted at: 10/05/2012 12:00 PM by Sarah Higgins
RNIB has been sharing expertise with several manufacturers in order to improve the accessibility of television for blind and partially sighted people as TV goes digital in the UK. Two exciting new developments come from Panasonic and TVonics...
Read more about New developments in accessible TV by John Paton, RNIB Digital Media Development Officer.
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Posted at: 25/04/2012 4:30 PM by Moderator