Connect: Technology

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Tips and advice for online dating if you have sight loss

Dating apps provide lots of opportunities to meet new people if you are blind or partially sighted. If you're thinking of giving it a go, read our guide to getting started on online dating.

 
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Safer Internet Day 2020

Safer Internet Day takes place on 11 February 2020, and this year the organisers are exploring whether young people feel free to be themselves online.
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RNIB and Alexa can answer your sight loss questions

RNIB and Amazon have worked together to make information and advice about living with sight loss accessible through its voice assistant, Alexa.
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Code Jumper: Making a digital future accessible for all children

Code Jumper, a new educational tool has been created to help children aged seven to 11 with vision impairments to learn to code.

A short history of the Technology For Life team

In October 2019, our Technology for Life team celebrated a year since volunteers were integrated into the service.
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Making social media accessible

Read our hot tips on how to make your social media accessible for everyone.
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Be My Eyes expands help function to connect businesses to blind and partially customers

The free app that connects blind and partially sighted people to sighted volunteers for visual support has added a new service.
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25% off O2 Refresh for RNIB Connect members

O2 is offering 25 per cent off to RNIB Connect members on phone and airtime.
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Image descriptions on Twitter

RNIB’s Social Media team share six tips for writing helpful image descriptions.

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