1 July 2005
The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB), the UK's leading visual impairment charity, has upped the industry standard for accessibility by introducing a number of Braille and audio-version features for use by its blind and partially sighted customers.
Barry Goold, IT manager for the RNIB, revealed that the group has adopted software from technology innovator Version One, which will enable the firm to change the appearance of business documents to be accessed by people with visual impairments.
The agreement also sees RNIB implement a new automatic mail solution that can attach formatted versions of documents, using speech or screen magnification software, to make them more accessible for RNIB's blind and partially sighted customers.
Mr Goold said: "We can now design more of our business documents to be accessible to recipients who only have partial use of their sight, using clear fonts and larger point sizes than average."
Ian Vickers, chief accountant at the charity, added: "Version One's products have enabled the production of more accessible document output for many of our blind and partially sighted recipients - laser quality clear print, Braille, audio, electronic e-mail, alternate accessible versions."
The high profile deal continues RNIB's corporate relationship with Version One, continued Mr Vickers, and sets a bold accessibility example for the industry to follow.© DeHavilland Information Services plc
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