A2i Blog

26 February 2017

The blind chef and his autistic assistant

We love this fascinating BBC News video of blind professional chef David, and his kitchen assistant Peter who has autism, working together as a team to cook food for a café in Scotland. BBC News – The cafe where the food is made by a blind cook and his autistic helper …

21 January 2017

Stick it to them! Audio on USB sticks: saving money and the environment.

Did you know we can produce audio on USB keys? For longer documents, regular magazines or mail-outs, producing your communications on USBs can save you money – and is a more environmentally-friendly choice. When Susie started A2i back in 1999, most customers preferred audio tapes. Today, we are rarely asked for tape transcriptions – our most …

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21 January 2017

Meet transcriber, Liam Wood

Liam joined A2i 18 months ago, with a background in sales and customer service. Liam’s faster than lightening to pick up the phone, so he’s probably answered your query if you’ve called the office recently! In just this short time, Liam has become proficient in reading Braille and is currently working towards RNIB’s Certificate in Contracted …

18 May 2016

Make your tweets more accessible

Calling all Twitter users! Do you want to make your tweets more accessible to your blind and partially-sighted followers? Twitter has recently introduced a new and simple feature to make tweeted images more accessible… By giving users the option of adding descriptions (known as ‘alt-text’) to images in tweets, Twitter has taken significant steps to …

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