Sense is a UK charity that provides support to everyone with complex disabilities and people who are deafblind. Their technology section provides access to computing aids, entertainment and virtual assistants, mobile technology, and alternative and augmentative communication.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is one of the UK’s top charities for sight loss and has compiled a collection of technology and useful products. They offer sections on guides and factsheets, news about the latest technology, technology support and grants, and accessible technology events. In addition, they have a technology shop… Continue reading Royal National Institute of Blind People: Technology and Useful Products
An online shop created by Chime, the National Charity for Deafness and Hearing Loss founded in 1964, which offers a range of assistive technologies for home, school, and the workplace. The shop offers the option to shop by product categories or by brand.
The National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI), the national sight loss agency, has created an online shop that allows access to a range of products that otherwise would only be available in their Dublin and Kilkenny charity shops.
MyClearText provides high quality on-site and remote speech-to-text reporting. The client can choose the layout and colour scheme of the text and background. They can also provide overlaid subtitles via software called Text-on-Top. They also provide a service of pre-prepared subtitles for website videos or podcasts. A draft transcript can be made available within 24-hours… Continue reading MyClearText
Premier Captioning & Realtime Ltd provides realtime speech to text verbatim reporting in Ireland. Communication Access through Realtime Transcription (CART), often known as Speech-To-Text transcription (STT) is a method of providing access to meetings, conferences, lectures etc for those who are deafblind and who have residual vision to read the captions. The service can be… Continue reading Premier Captioning & Realtime Ltd
The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs arising from disabilities, with particular emphasis on children. They provide support for children with Visual Impairments or who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing through the Visiting Teacher Service. Their local service… Continue reading National Council for Special Education
The Deaf Village Ireland (DVI) is an inclusive state-of-the-art facility providing sporting, social, religious, heritage, educational, community and cultural services and amenities for Deaf and hard of hearing people in Cabra, Dublin 7. It has an integrated communication ethos where both Irish Sign Language and English are used. Within DVI the Inspire Fitness Centre and… Continue reading Deaf Village Ireland
Irish Deaf organises Irish Sign Language (ISL) and Speech to text service, Deaf awareness training and sells sign language books, DVDs and merchandise. The ISL classes are offered in classes at a centre for adults. The online ISL classes are for both children and adults. The speech to text stenographers can be on-site for meetings… Continue reading Irish Deaf
Chime is the National Charity for Deafness and Hearing Loss. They provide dedicated information and advice on hearing loss, deafness and tinnitus. They run weekends for those newly diagnosed and provide social and support groups, in addition to Chime’s Family Support Team and advocacy services. Their audiologists provide free hearing tests and give advice on… Continue reading Chime
