Reviews
Cliffden Hotel
Venue type: Hotels
Location: Cliffden Hotel Entrace on Cliffden Close, Dawlish Road, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 8TE
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Charlie Allen
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The Cliffden Hotel is a hotel designed for the blind and partially sighted.
Action for Blind People London Resource Centre
Venue type: Other
Location: Action for Blind People London Resource Centre, RNIB, 105 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9NE
Rating: 5 Star rating
By: Charlie Allen
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The resource centre is a place for visually impaired people to test products, talk about services and pick up on literature referencing blind and partially sighted people.
Trekker Breeze
Product type: Mobility aids
Manufacturer: Humanware
Rating: 5 Star rating
By: Charlie Allen
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A Trekker Breeze is a handheld talking GPS.
National Gallery - Metamorphosis Titian 2012 exhibition
Venue type: Museums and galleries
Location: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Prof Whitestick
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The information desk is always very helpful and will take you to the exhibition if asked. There are stairs and a lift to the exhibition. The audio guide is touch screen and is unsuitable. Braille and large print guides are available.
Low Vision Clinic at Kent Association for the Blind
Venue type: Other
Location: 18 Blyth Road, Bromley, BR1 3RX
Manufacturer: Kent Association for the Blind
Rating: 5 Star rating
By: Leslie Cousins
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Kent Association for the Blind is a charity that supports and provides services to people with sight loss.
Kindle Keyboard, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display
Product type: Mainstream technology
Manufacturer: Amazon
Rating: 3 Star rating
By: Leslie Cousins
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For someone who has sight loss, the Kindle Keyboard, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display allows you to download audio books which makes your reading experience easier. The text setting can also be change to suit your reading preference.
PenFriend
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: RNIB
Rating: 5 Star rating
By: Daniel Warrington
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The PenFriend is an audio labeller which provides an audio description of an item.
ZoomText
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: Ai Squared
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Daniel Warrington
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ZoomText is a screen reader which is a specialised type of software that converts electronic text to speech and outputs it to headphones, speakers or refreshable Braille devices, in line with user preferences.
Zoom EX
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: Humanware
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Daniel Warrington
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The Zoom EX is an OCR reader which takes scanned text and converts the scanned image into to an electronic text file, which can be saved and edited. The Zoom EX also provides text to speech.
NVDA screen reader
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: NVDA
Rating: 3 Star rating
By: Daniel Warrington
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NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free screen reader which supports Microsoft Windows.
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