Playback Magazine June 2021 Number 537
Peter gives details of how Playback Magazine and other publications is now available on Alexa
Margaret with something from the postbag
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Brian West tells us about some bargain foods available from Food to Go app, food that is available at a reduced price at the end of a days trading from some of our major outlets www.togoodtogo.co.uk
From TNF Soundings service we hear about the new £50 note and some of its identifiable features to assist the visually impaired
Again from TNF Soundings news of a unique Egyptian orchestra all visually impaired women
In 2019 Barry Snell from RNIB Connect Radio spoke to Tom Forsyth and Laura McLean about their invention of the Ramble Tag guiding aid for the Visually Impaired, Tom was in touch recently and asked if we could repeat the feature https://rambletag.co.uk/
John reads an article from HiFi News magazine about the founder of the Compact Cassette. This finishes with music to end part 1
If you are finding it hard to see your television and enjoy your favourite programmes’ TV accessibility with SkyQ may be the answer. We all want as many of our favourite TV shows and movies to be as accessible as possible. That’s why all Sky boxes come with a range of accessibility settings and features to help blind and visually impaired people get the most from Sky, they offer audio description for certain programmes, subtitled and signed programming for those who are deaf or hard of hearing and their most recent feature, Voice Guidance.
Voice Guidance is a screen-reader on Sky Q, providing spoken navigational guidance for people with a sight impairment. Voice Guidance speaks out items on the screen as you navigate with the remote control. Sky Q – The TV with Apps you love, all in one place | Sky.com
Some reading ideas from Calibre Books
Dianne spoke to us in April 2019 about her research, she tells us about the results of her research Project, she is joined by Hannah Tweed who also worked on the project.
Do you avoid walking under ladders or stepping on the cracks in the pavement? Colin Lawrence looks at some common and not-so-common superstitions and how they originated