If you want to find out what's on TV and what is audio described, check out our daily TV Guide podcast from RNIB Connect Radio. Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect (https://audioboom.com/channel/weeklyconnect) - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Conversations (https://audioboom.com/channel/conversations) - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics. Read On (https://audioboom.com/channel/readonair) - The Au ...
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RNIB Connect Radio is the UK radio station sharing stories of people living with sight loss. Listen to blind and partially sighted people talk about a wide range of topics of relevance to them and join the conversation yourself by emailing radio@rnib.org.uk Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect (https://audioboom.com/channel/weeklyconnect) - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Read On (https://audioboom.com/channel/readonair) - The Audioboo ...
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RNIB Connect Radio is the UK radio station for blind and partially sighted people to find out what is happening in the community. You can also contribute and share your stories by emailing radio@rnib.org.uk (mailto:radio@rnib.org.uk) . Get involved and join the conversation. Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Conversations (https://audioboom.com/channel/conversations) - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics. Read On (https://audioboom.com/ ...
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If you are blind or partially sighted and have an interest in sport, whether it be as a participant or as an observer, this podcast is for you! Get involved and join the conversation by emailing radio@rnib.org.uk (mailto:radio@rnib.org.uk) Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect (https://audioboom.com/channel/weeklyconnect) - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Conversations (https://audioboom.com/channel/conversations) - Blind and partially ...
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Tech Talk is a podcast and radio show for blind and partially sighted people who are interested in accessible technology. Find out about the latest products from specialist equipment to off the shelf solutions. Get involved or join the conversation by emailing techtalk@rnib.org.uk Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect (https://audioboom.com/channel/weeklyconnect) - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Conversations (https://audioboom.com/cha ...
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A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios. We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks. Presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood, you'll find a new episode here every Friday at 1pm plus bonus content such as longer uncut interviews and episodes of our occasional extra show, The Book Group. Talking Books is a free service from RNIB giving access to over 40,000 fiction and non fiction books for adults and ...
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Full interview on Friday's show, but here's a clip from my interview with Booker winner 2024, Samantha HarveyRNIB Connect Radio
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S2 Ep755: 'Down The Line' - Chatting With Record Breaking Football Fan Jon Attenborough
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Dundee United supporter Jon Attenborough and guide dog Sam recently became the first man and dog pair to visit every single SPFL stadium. RNIB's Neil Atkinson spoke to Jon about his experiences.RNIB Connect Radio
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538: Tech Talk 538: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Glidance, Sight Village South East Exhibition
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This week, we’re speaking to Sony Interactive Entertainment about the ways that PlayStation is being made more accessible to blind and partially sighted gamers. Plus, we’ll hear how Hubert got on when he visited this year’s Sight Village South East. You can listen to the show live in the UK every Tuesday at 1pm on Freeview Channel 730, online at RN…
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In the UK, we’re seeing more programmes on tv incorporating audio description for blind and partially sighted viewers but what about adverts? RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell spoke to Sonali Rai, from RNIB and June Johnson, from AD Text, about the increase in AD adverts and why some advertisers could be missing out on income by not including audi…
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Bonus Episode - Booker Shortlist Special 2024
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We have spoken to all of the Booker Shortlisted authors here at Read On, many on the days leading up to, or in one case the day of, the award ceremony, far too soon to get them onto a regular episode of the show. So here, ahead of the ceremony tonight, is a supercut of all six interviews featuring Percival Everett, Samantha Harvey, Yael van der Wou…
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Each week, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell sits down with Matt Stringer, CEO of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charity. This week Matt talks about the Eyes Have It group, Trustees, and a new RNIB Ambassador. If you, or someone you know, would like information on the support and services available from RNIB…
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RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio theatre reviews. This week Vidar was reviewing the Lawrence Olivier award winning comedy musical Pride and Prejudice* (*sort …
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S2 Ep817: What Is Purple Tuesday?
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Each year we highlight Purple Tuesday and encourage business owners and service providers to make their services fully accessible for people with disabilities. RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell spoke to Gavin Neate, from NeateBox, to find out why the world of commerce needs to embrace accessibility and why the Welcome web based app can help busine…
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S2 Ep817: Help Your Child Receive An Accessible Letter From Santa!
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RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell has put on his winter jacket and made his way to Santa’s Grotto at the North Pole. He’s chatting with Titch The Elf to find out what the big people need to do to get accessible letters, from Santa, for blind and partially sighted children. We even get to drop in on a call from Santa with two lucky, well behaved, b…
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397: Booker Prize 2024
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This week features each book on the 2024 Booker Prize shortlist and a listen to the audio versions, plus some book recommendations from last year’s winner Paul Lynch. Image shows the shortlisted books on a shelf, spines towards the camera.RNIB Connect Radio
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In this series, archaeologist Simon Tinsley guides us through one of the most dominant, but least understood powers in ancient Greece, the Spartans. In this episode, he looks at the evidence that historians use to study the Spartans.RNIB Connect Radio
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As we all come together for the National Service of Remembrance this Sunday 10 November and observe the 2 minutes of silence at 11am to commemorate the brave sacrifice of all those who lost their lives for their country. Blind Veterans UK the national charity for vision-impaired ex-service men and women will be supporting their blind veterans in ma…
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Football-loving members of RNIB ‘Community Connections’ telephone groups get together each week to talk about the latest going on in leagues across Scotland and England. This time, looking back at a busy week of domestic and European fixtures.RNIB Connect Radio
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As we move from week 7 into week 8 of Strictly Come Dancing our RNIB Connect Radio Strictly Star Reviewer blind ballroom dancer Shaun Hayward is back reflecting and commenting on how well blind Liverpudlian Comedian Chris McCausland and his Professional Dance Partner Dianne Buswell have been faring in the competition. Our Toby Davey began by asking…
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We’re going to chat about an organisation based in rural North Yorkshire and supporting blind and partially sighted people in the area. Joining our Paulina Kuchorew is the chair of trustees at Sight Support Ryedale, Ann Ruddick MBE. Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and under…
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There’s not long to go now before the Self Assessment Tax Deadline, Hywel Davies has been speaking to HMRC to find out how accessible the process is for blind and partially sighted people. For more information, you can visit the HMRC website - Self Assessment tax returns: Overview - GOV.UK Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white backgro…
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Jonathan Abro continues his art adventures in Colombia and Venice. Tune in to 'The Lunch Break' on RNIB Connect Radio every weekday from 12 noon to 1pm for more Travelogues. Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect R…
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The English FA have launched a new strategy to guide their disability football sides over the next four years. Hywel Davies spoke to the FA’s Head of Para Performance to find out how the strategy will be implemented. You can read the strategy in full at this link - Football without limits - FA Disability Football Strategy | England Football…
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Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their regular email newsletter. Audio described shows and even…
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This week, we’ll hear about the wearable visual aid ‘My Eye 3’ from OrCam. Plus, we’ll be finding out about the ‘Easy Reader’ app from Dolphin. You can listen to the show live in the UK every Tuesday at 1pm on Freeview Channel 730, online at RNIB Connect Radio | RNIB , or on your smart speaker. You'll hear new episodes of the Tech Talk Podcast ever…
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The very first VI Rugby tournament will be held in the UK later this month. Hywel Davies has been hearing how you can be there in person.RNIB Connect Radio
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The England Visually Impaired Futsal side are in action this week at the sport’s European Championships in Turkey. Hywel Davies spoke to captain John McDougall ahead of the tournament kicking off.RNIB Connect Radio
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Blind content creator, disability advocate and host of the Happy Hour Show on RNIB Connect Radio, Claire Sisk has just become an RNIB Ambassador! Claire Sisk’s sight loss journey began after experiencing two strokes in 2009. She started her social media channels 'Can See Can't See' to educate and break the stigma around sight loss and has supported…
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RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio theatre reviews. This week Vidar was reviewing David Edgar’s 10th play for the RSC with ‘The New Real’ at the Royal Shakespea…
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This week on Read On we have three very different authors, Ariane Bankes discovers her mother's and aunt's correspondence in The Quality of Love: Twin Sisters at the Heart of the Century, Irvine Welsh tells us about the third Ray Lennox book, Resolution, and Elizabeth Oldfield is Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times in her book, Fully Alive. All …
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Cue: November 5th is International Volunteer Manager’s Day. David Hogg finds out more about the importance that a good volunteer manager has on a team of volunteers,RNIB Connect Radio
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