ULTRALAB BACKED MAC-BASED CHARITY SERVICE HELPS THE BLIND

A Mac-based solution is helping blind and partially sighted users across the North West.

Based in Blackpool, the Blue IRIS service is dedicated to helping people access information.

The service offers visually impaired users audio streaming content, such as newspapers, magazines and its own Visual Impairment News. Effectively it's talking books that are available online. The service is 100 per cent Mac-based, but supports Windows users, too.

Blue IRIS is a non-profit making concern that is run by the Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Blind Society (BFWSB) and was funded by the digital development agency. It works in partnership with Ultralab, Rural Surround, Blackpool Council and Interface ITS.

Click to read the entire article by Jonny Evans of Mac World

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