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This Web Site
 The main way to hear our information about living with sight loss is direct from this web site. You can listen to the weekly Infosound Briefing, a 15-minute bulletin of news and information on a variety of topics, which also offers longer individual audio features to hear. You can choose to play them straight away or download them into your computer to hear later. On this page we give advice about how to listen to audio on this web site.
You may also care to read our editorial code of practice.
The Infosound Podcast
 A computer can be set up to automatically receive the latest Infosound Briefing. This is delivered in a 'podcast', which are often referred to as 'feeds'. To be able to receive our podcast, all you need to do is to copy and paste the following feed URL (the 'address' on the Internet where our podcast can be found) into your podcast capturing software or browser and your computer will then be able to receive the latest weekly Infosound Briefing as well as longer interviews and audio features:
http://www.infosound.org.uk/podcast.xml
Audio Compact Disc
 This postal-only service is delivered direct to individual blind and partially-sighted people who do not have direct or indirect access to the Internet. It contains a selection of audio features on a variety of subjects, but does not offer all the different audio items that are available at any one time on this web site. more ....
Talking Newspapers/Magazines and Radio Stations
 There are over 500 local talking newspaper and magazine groups across the UK and many of them carry our audio features as part of their mix of local news and information. Details of your nearest talking newspaper/magazine group are available from the Talking News Federation.
Some local, community and hospital radio stations also broadcast our information in audio to their listeners, as does RNIB's Insight Radio, Europe's first radio station for blind and partially-sighted people.
Internet Radio
 Internet radio offers access to thousands of radio stations all over the world, as well as access to news and information services. We have been making our information available in this way for some time.
British Wireless for the Blind Fund runs its own Internet audio service, specifically for blind and partially-sighted people, opening up access to thousands of different sources of news, information and entertainment. The latest Infosound Briefing can be heard in this way. The equipment needed to pick up all available Internet radio services (which does not involve using a computer) is available to buy from British Wireless for the Blind Fund and, in some cases, it can be provided on free permanent loan.
Twitter
 Twitter is a way for individuals and organisations to keep in touch - online and via a mobile phone. We like to keep those who are interested up-to-date with what we're doing by posting short text messages. It's an informal way to let you know what we're doing and to highlight interesting information that we've come across. Our messages can be read by accessing the following link :
http://twitter.com/Infosound
You Tube
 We currently just produce an audio trail to promote what we offer on YouTube but this popular online library offers the potential to spread news and information for vision-impaired people, their families, friends and carers. Although You Tube is predominantly a site for posting video content, our contributions contain a still image and the all-important audio.
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