Curriculum materials, such as newspapers, are often difficult for students with vision impairments to access. Some issues include:
Newspaper articles are available in a number of formats - as voice output via the telephone and via the internet. If voice or enlarging software is to be used in conjunction with these, you will need to check for compatibility. Here is a selection
| Title and Source |
Price |
Comments |
| Book in The Sky (BiTS) www.rsb.org.au |
Free |
Downloadable text (books, newspapers, learning material etc) via satelite to a portable audio playback device, The Audio Navigator |
| Fox News www.foxnews.com |
Free - online version of the daily paper | Today's international news available on the internet Includes some video clips |
| Herald Sun www.heraldsun.com.au Tel (03) 9292 2000 |
Free - online version of the daily paper | Today's articles from the Herald Sun are available on the
internet Includes some audio and video clips |
| Online Newspapers www.onlinenewspapers.com |
Free | Links to thousands of worldwide newspapers available
on the internet |
| The Age www.theage.com.au |
Free - online version of the daily paper View newspapers for the past eight days |
Today's articles from The Age available on the internet |
| Today's News Now www.visionaustralia.org.au |
Free service for people who are are members of the Vision Australia
Library (Cost of the phone call) |
Service for people with vision impairments and print disabilities Use your phone to access daily readings of a wide range of Australian newspapers and magazines Select sections of the paper To call from Melbourne (03) 9864 9777 and use 1234 as the user number and password Tel: 1300 654656 to obtain a user number and password |