Easier access?

We have access to assistive technologies in the college, but what about at home. These could help a little.

• Thunder is a screen reader that works with Windows word processors and email (Microsoft Word, Notepad, Outlook Express) and a text-based web browser, WebIE. It costs £159 plus VAT but is free to home users. http://www.screenreader.net/
• TV Raman, a blind employee at Google, has an experimental version of Google that favours search results with simpler page layouts, which are more accessible to the visually impaired. http://labs.google.com/accessible/

Source: Guardian Unlimited Technology