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NEWSLETTER No. 369
The Share The Vision newsletter highlights how speech-to-text tools are revolutionizing book creation by allowing authors to bridge the gap between spoken ideas and written manuscripts. Medical breakthroughs are also featured, including a pioneering eye injection at Moorfields Hospital that successfully restored sight in ...
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NEWSLETTER No. 368
The RNIB has led major initiatives to raise awareness of sight loss and improve accessibility across the UK. In partnership with LADbible Group, the Blind Hijackers campaign challenged misconceptions by placing blind creators at the centre of popular content, reaching over 300,000 engagements and shifting public perceptio...
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NEWSLETTER No. 365
Celebrities including Jon Richardson, Ralf Little, Dr. Hilary Jones, and Mathew Baynton are supporting the Royal Society for Blind Children’s campaign by recording bedtime stories to address the shortage of audiobooks for blind and partially sighted children. Meanwhile, the RNIB’s In My Way report exposes how obstacles li...
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The Reading Agency (TRA) Resources
Share the Vision and TRA have been working together over recent years to support blind and partially sighted people in accessing reading and library services. TRA have recently produced some guidance in this area, which we are only too pleased to share with you: A summary report on How libraries can support blind and part...
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HiVis 2025: 1-15 June 2025
Taking place across the first two weeks of June, HiVis fortnight gives libraries across the UK the opportunity to highlight services and support for those with a vision impairment. As in previous years, Share the Vision, the library charity that organises HiVis, will be asking colleagues across all sectors to concentrate ...
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Share the Vision Quarterly Webinar
In this webinar we spoke to Emma Brown and Lucy Winton from Guide Dogs to talk about some of the ways that they can support libraries. You can access Share the Vision's quarterly webinar recording using the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mPjcsirUV6Izq9rwRp1D-dwWxj0AAKhr/view?usp=drive_link
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