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Tuesday 5 August 2003
Listen to the In Touch for 5 August 2003 UK AUDIO NETWORK Peter talked to Bill Teale, who has set up a website specifically for blind and visually impaired people. He gave up his job as a salesman two years ago to run the UK Audio Network, a website which can be used by visually impaired people without the need for a screen reader. It works on a similar basis to some telephone operating systems in that the user presses numbers to choose different options on the site. The site content is narrated by Bill. CONTACT UK Audio Network Email: bill@yrguk.com PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION Dave Kent visited Earth From The Air at the Natural History Museum, London. It features 160 photographs of the earth as seen from the air. Thirty of the photographs have been recreated in a tactile format to make them accessible to blind and visually impaired people. Black and white cellulose acetate and precision etching techniques have been used to present blind people with a very high level of detail. The series of images have large print and Braille narrative panels. The size of the photographs in the main exhibition make them accessible to partially sighted people. The exhibition is on until 31 October. CONTACT EARTH FROM THE AIR Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD Tel: 0207 942 5000 Email: mail@earthfromtheair.com Hours: 10.00am-10.00pm, Mon-Sat until 31 October GENERAL CONTACTS RNIB 105 Judd Street London WC1 H9NE Tel: 0845 766 99 99 (UK callers only - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) Tel: 0207 388 1266 (switchboard/overseas callers) Textphone users call via Typetalk: 0800 51 51 52 HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE (HSBP) John Derby House 88-92 Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0GS Tel: 0161 872 1234 E-mail: info@hsbp.co.uk THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION (GDBA) Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3YG Tel: 0870 600 2323 ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE 14-16 Verney Road London SE16 3DZ Tel: 020 7635 4800 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE BLIND AND DISABLED Central Office Swinton House 324 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8DD Tel: 020 7837 6103 Fax: 020 7278 0436 Textphone: 020 7837 6103 Registered trade union involved in all issues regarding the employment of blind and disabled people in the UK. NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND Far Cromwell Road Bredbury Stockport SK6 2SG Tel: 0161 355 2000 Email: enquiries@nlbuk.org DIRECTORY ENQUIRIES Tel: 195 This service is free if you are blind or partially sighted. Visit the In Touch Message Board Back to the In Touch page The BBC is not responsible for external websites |
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