Infosound, which is a registered charity, brings free, accessible, impartial and relevant news and information to vision-impaired (blind and partially-sighted) people across the UK on subjects that directly affect living with sight loss.

We are delighted that information services across the UK, such as talking newspapers, talking magazines and radio stations, are major carriers of the audio material that we produce.

There are many different ways to listen to Infosound since, at any one time, we are offering a selection of news and information in three separate audio services:

The instant Infosound Select.
Available on this web site, in our podcast and on the Sonata Internet audio player. This is our core service - a selection of short individual audio items on a variety of different subjects, each of which can be heard just as soon as it has been produced - sometimes, on a daily basis.
¦ Listen to today's Infosound Select ¦

The weekly Infosound Briefing.
Available on this web site. As from next Monday, this weekly audio feature will focus on one specific topic that's relevant to someone in the UK who lives with sight loss. It lasts for between 10 and 15 minutes and the latest edition is published between 9 am and 12 noon on a Monday.
¦ Listen to the Infosound Briefing for the week beginning 23rd January 2012 ¦

The monthly Infosound Despatch.
Available on standard audio CD (and on this web site). This monthly magazine compilation contains a number of items on a variety of different subjects concerned with living with sight loss. It usually lasts for at least an hour and the latest edition is published in the first week of the month.
¦ Listen to the January 2012 edition of the Infosound Despatch ¦

The individual 'Select' audio items and the weekly 'Briefing' audio feature can also be heard on some local talking newspapers and magazines, on some Community and Hospital Radio stations in the UK and on some Internet information services.
 

A few of the topics we're covering today:

• Local support from local Macular Disease Society groups.
• An LED light wand and other battery-powered cupboard lights.
• The 'Cooking for VIPs' book, now available in large print as well as Braille and audio.
• Living Paintings - bringing the visual world to life through touch and audio.
• How typescopes can help to reduce glare off the page when reading.
• National Talking Newspapers and Magazines expands its range of titles.
• New laundry-proof labels for RNIB's Penfriend labelling device.
• Vitalise guided Spring breaks in the UK for vision-impaired people.
• Audio described cinema and DVD information.

¦ more on these and other topics ¦

Talking newspaper groups, radio stations
and other information providers -
much, but not all, of the audio that we produce can be downloaded and re-distributed in other audio publications and programmes.
For more information please refer to our
Media Support section.