RNID joins in with UK Online push
News The UK government continued its drive to increase Internet take-up with a visit to the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) on Thursday. Ivan Lewis, minister for adult skills and vocational education, attended an event at the RNID's head...
[July 10, 2003, 16:34]
When is a mouse not a mouse?
News The Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) is trying to address the problem of IT jargon with an interactive DVD which translates technology terms into a variety of UK sign languages. It is available on DVD-ROM and CD-ROM and available via...
[May 26, 2004, 16:55]
Avatar signs Web pages for the deaf
News Computer academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA) teamed with the Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) and Norwich-based animation company Televirtual to build Guido - a virtual signer.
[May 6, 2005, 13:35]
When is a mouse not a mouse?
Talkback RNID is going one step ahead. Unfortunately, there are different Sign Languages in the world, those are incompatible each other. Many things must be done to improve Web accessibility.
[May 26, 2004, 20:36]
Disabled and elderly excluded by new technology
News The Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) and the Disabled Guido Gybels, director of new technologies at the RNID, said technology has often hindered rather than helped full participation in society for many elderly, deaf, blind and disabled...
[May 15, 2006, 16:05]
Pilot scheme launched for emergency SMS service
News Guido Gybels, RNID's director of technology, said: "Access to 999 could literally be a matter of life and death, yet until now many people who are deaf or hard of hearing have found themselves unable to contact the emergency services while on the...
[September 18, 2009, 9:54]
