Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, March 11, 2011,
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Accessibility
For those of you who are not aware, RoboBraille is an e-mail service which can convert digital text documents into either Braille or audio files. It is quick and easy to use RoboBraille.
Users simply send an e-mail with an attached text document to RoboBraille.
Shortly after, they will receive the document back from RoboBraille in the specified format - an audio file, for example.
The big plus - It is free for non-commercial users to use RoboBraille.
The Elizabeth FitzRoy Support <http://www.efitzroy.org.uk/> is a national charity providing practical, tailored support for adults with learning and physical disabilities.
Their aim is to allow the people they support to...
live the lives they choose;
make their own decisions;
enjoy a full and independent life.
Many of the people supported are interested in ICT and using the internet. The aim of Sensory World is to create an interactive place for learning that is...
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.