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:
If voice or enlarging software is to be used in conjunction with these, you will need to check for compatibility.
| 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 |
| 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 National Information
and Library Service (NILS) (Just the 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 Can select sections of the paper To try it call (03) 9864 9777 and use 1234 as the user number and password Tel: 1300 654656 to obtain a user number and password |
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