Audio
If you want to listen to Digital Kent Talking News from a memory stick then you can use a Boombox. The Boombox has a large volume control, a play/pause button, a previous track button, and a next track button. You can use these to skip through the articles or music on the memory stick. If you stop the player, it will remember its place when you resume. It can be run on batteries or plugged into the mains with the supplied adaptor.
Daisy
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is a type of digital file that has special features that make it easier to navigate. In the case of audio books, the listener can easily move through chapters and create bookmarks. DAISY formats can be played on DAISY players as well as some CD players that can play MP3 CDs. DAISY players come in both portable and desktop versions and prices start at £220.
DAISY audio players at RNIB's online shop
Radios
Modern sets often rely on visual information in order to tune them. Buttons and knobs may be close together and hard to tell apart. Specially adapted radios and Digital radios for people with sight impairments are custom built to be easy to operate. Features can include:
- High contrast yellow, raised controls to help those listeners who have some residual vision
- Bookmark feature so you can play your CD or SD card from where you left off
- A CD player so you can listen to Digital Kent Talking News
- Recording facilities to enable you to take part in 'voice correspondence' - sending and receiving audio letters from friends and family
British Wireless Fund for the Blind is a Kent-based charity that distributes radios to sight imapaired people via more than 300 local agents throughout the UK. They are made available on free permanent loan and repaired by the Fund when necessary. Visit their website