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Graham Lilley, member of the LMBB Society tells us how he reads the pages with his screen reader.
Thank you for the second lot of information about LMBBS. I find it easy to read with my screen reader. Though I save each page to hard disk and read it after going off line. What would be useful to have on the Web Site is the date of each forthcoming conference when it is known.
Hope to see you at the conference.
Many Best Wishes.
Amy Sabo, some of you may know, organises the U.S. LMBB Networking Day Conference. She has sent her favourite links.
Dear Friends,
My favorite web pages are the following:
Thanks for those links Amy!
Audio-tips - a place where the disabled and nondisabled communities can join together and have fun while working to bridge the accessibility gap.
This site is amazing, finally games for Jaws, please visit, try them out and tell us about them - Accessible Games from Jokerdog.com are Windows 95/98 games written specifically for the blind. At this time, the games are designed to interface directly to JAWS For Windows (JFW) version 3.3 or higher games include: Battleship, Memory, Simon, Yahtzee, Freecell.
RNIB's research, shows that:
8 out of 10 people in a recent opinion poll 'strongly agree' that 'blind and partially sighted people should be able to get any information they need in a format they can read like braille, large print or recorded tape as a right'.
8 out of 10 people think failure to provide information in a format which blind and partially sighted people can read should be made illegal.
Nearly 4 out of 10 people currently find it difficult to read the small print in financial agreements or official documents.
Over one and a half million people in the UK struggle to read even standard size print.
Only 1 in 4 of the high street retail and supermarket outlets contacted said they would provide a member of staff to offer unconditional assistance to a blind or partially sighted customer. Many would offer assistance but only with prior arrangement.
Source: RNIB's Report 'Get the message - making information accessible for blind and partially sighted people'.
So why do 75% of UK Businesses Remain Ignorant of the Disability Discrimination Act? Send us your thoughts!
Want to know about the Disabled Living Allowance? Try this site, which also includes strategies to get DLA, or call into your local branch of Action For Blind People.
Scottish People with disabilities have a web site with their news and a place to find audio versions of magazines and newspapers.
Wales Council for the Blind / Cyngor Cymru i'r Deillion - enabling and empowering visually impaired people / i alluogi a rhoddi awdurdod i rhai a nam weledol. As you can see this site is dual language for those in Wales and for Welsh speakers everywhere.