Infosound is a small, independent British registered charity with over thirty years' experience producing free and impartial public service information, in audio, for vision-impaired (blind and partially-sighted) people.
These days, we specialise in turning the written word, whether in print or online, into audio so vision-impaired people can easily access news, information and leisure material in the same way as those with sight.
Our services are free of charge. So, may we help you?
Audio is not only an extremely accessible way to reach those with vision impairment, but a voice can communicate so much more than text on a screen or the printed word ever can.
Also, these days, audio can be delivered in a variety of ways and, in most cases, this is on everyday, mainstream devices, such as smart speakers, any 'phone, as a podcast or through the post on USB memory sticks or CDs.
So, however you feel we may be able to help you, please drop us an email to support@infosound.org.uk and we can take it from there.
“Infosound has provided vital support to our organisation.
Thanks to them, thousands of people every week receive essential information on matters that are most relevant to them.
Partially Sighted Society CEO, Anita Plant
Turning Text into Speech
If you have information that you've prepared and you want it made accessible to vision-impaired people, whether customers or members, clients or friends, there are many reasons why you might want to turn that information into speech.
You might wish to make your organisation's web site easily readable by someone with sight loss.
You may be a small charity that has already produced information in large print for those with some partial sight, but want it to be easy to read by those with very low vision or no sight at all.
You could be a business, keen to meet your obligations as a service provider under The Equality Act 2010 (to make "reasonable adjustments" so as not to deny or reduce access to services because of someone's disability), making what you offer accessible to vision impaired customers.
Whatever the reason, there are ways and means to do this, using the human voice, synthetic voices - which sound pretty good these days (take a listen) - or a combination of the two. And we can help with that. Just drop us an email to support@infosound.org.uk to tell us what you have in mind.
Making information accessible to vision-impaired people
