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Audio
- Assistive Media is
a non-profit entity that produces on-line audio recordings of literary works
for computer users with text-reading/access barriers...free-of-charge.
- EchoSpeech: Voice of the Web-
a free plugin for Netscape Navigator 2.0 that plays compressed speech
- Download Real
Audio Player
- National Broadcast Reading
Service, broadcasting news and information from hundreds of newspapers
and magazines free to Canadian cable subscribers.
- National Public
Radio NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and
distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A
privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a
growing audience of 26 million Americans each week in partnership with more than
800 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations.
- Omni Media Networks Host for Oregon Commission for the Blind Radio Station and the Oregon State School for the Blind radio station
- Radio Information Service(RIS)
Promoting Independence Through Information
- U. S. University Directory: State Universities, Online University Degree Search and College Rankings. A directory of U.S. state universities. Includes information about admissions,
athletic programs, financial aid and student loans.
- Video news releases (VNRs, often referred to as fake TV news) are video clips that are indistinguishable from traditional news clips and are sometimes screened unedited by television stations without the identification of the original producers or sponsors
- The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 100 million people.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: Audio NPR (National Public Radio) audio archives, Washington DC, USA. More than 17000 hours of news and entertainment programs available free online
E-texts
Google Book Search:
Search the full text of books and discover new ones.
Books &
Libraries
News, Magazine,
Newspapers
- Cathy's Newstand: Speech
Friendly Newslinks for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
- Newslink Service is a
source of many newspapers and magazines
- Newspaper and Current
Periodical Room: Library of Congress includes: newspapers, periodicals and
many international publications.
- New York Times Large Print Weekly
If you or someone you know has trouble reading the newspaper, discover The New York Times Large Print Weekly. It brings you the world as only The Times can deliver it -- the best stories from a week's worth of the nation's best newspaper. Printed in easy-to-read, 16-point type, you get world and national news, articles on health, business, the arts, sports, and, of couse, the celebrated New York Times crossword puzzle.
- The New York Times Audio Digest
On the road. At the gym. Listen to the daily audio digest of The New York Times anywhere. The New York Times Audio Digest is delivered right to your computer, Apple iPod, Pocket PC or MP3 Player everyday at 6:00 in the morning. Audible has thousands of audiobooks, audio subscriptions, original programming and more. Join now and get a free MP3 player!
- Reader’s Digest/Large Print
Edition Reader's Digest offers a large print edition. Currently,
the cost of a one-year subscription to the Large Type edition is $19.95.
Contact them at: Reader's Digest, Large Edition For Easier Reading Kable
News, 4279 W. Rte. 64, Mount Morris, IL 61054
Attn JackieYount/NWF.
Phone: (800) 678-9746 between 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- USA Today
- The Games Domain Huge games
repository
- Winamp Keyboard Shortcuts
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