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National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - http://www.loc.gov/nls
A free US program of braille and recorded materials. |
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Recording For The Blind and Dyslexic - http://www.rfbd.org
Educational library for people with print disabilities, with a 77,000-title library of taped textbooks, reference and professional materials for people who cannot read standard print because of a disability. |
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VisionConnection - http://visionconnection.org
Vision information and an accessible community for people who are partially sighted or blind. Searchable database of resources, and articles. |
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The Voice - http://www.visualprosthesis.com/voice.htm
Translates images from a camera into sounds that one hears via stereo headphones and targetting vision substitution for the totally blind. |
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Louis Database - http://www.aph.org/louis.htm
Database of accessible materials for people who are blind or visually impaired. Contains information about more than 145,000 titles of accessible materials, including braille, large print, sound recordings, and computer files from over 200 agencies throughout the United States. |
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The Blind Readers Page - http://blindreaders.info/
A source of information about books and reading, blindness and other disabilities and library services for the blind and physically handicapped. |
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Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted - http://www.csbps.com
Provides assorted information and resources for visually impaired people. |
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Blind Confidential - http://blindconfidential.blogspot.com/
Weblog serves as a commentary on issues regarding people with vision impairments. |
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Lowell Association for the Blind - http://www.lowellassociationfortheblind.org
LAB is a non-profit, community based organization dedicated to working with the blind and visually impaired. Serving the Greater Lowell, MA / Merrimack Valley community. Find the services, news, resources and contact details. |
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The Eye - http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm
Includes what to do when meeting a person with vision impairment, the signs of vision loss, legal blindness, braille and other health related links. |
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C O L O R S - http://www.colorsmagazine.com/blindness/
Features an Italian magazine that provides articles with stories about lives as a blind. Also available to download in audio readings in mp3 format. |
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AccessDome - http://www.accessdome.com
Resources for the blind. A web portal designed to enhance vision impaired and print restricted access to the web. |
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Accessible Games - http://www.sonokids.com/
Portal for blind and visual impaired children. Accessible games, and remixers. Make a hompage for free with screenreader. |
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SeebyTouch - http://see-by-touch.sourceforge.net/index_.html
The free of charge project, especially for the blind, provides a possibility to perceive pictures over the tactile sense - consisting of a picture transforming multi-platform software and a tactile display, built up easily with help of the construction manual. |
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SensibleGraphics - Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired - http://www.ks-huseby.no/sensiblegraphics
Information on tactile graphics for the blind and visually impaired. Graphic files free to download. |
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Kenneth Jernigan: 'power to the blind' - http://www.braillerman.com/jernigan.htm
Article on the late director of the Iowa Commission for the Blind. |
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Modifying Games for the Blind - http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/GamesForTheBlind.shtml
Tips on adapting board games with tactile markings, from adding Braille markings to playing cards or game tiles, to using glue to create raised lines on map boundaries. |
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Blindness in Depth - http://blindness.growingstrong.org
Provides articles and links to information about the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual impact of blindness. |
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Living with Vision Loss - http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=40
If you are among the more than 10 million people in North America who are visually impaired, you know how important it is to find ways to accomplish routine daily tasks. |
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V I P News - http://www.vipnews.org.uk
A voluntary site for daily updated links to related news stories from around the world. |