Its not often that you find yourself congratulating Microsoft for helping people but wonders never cease I guess.
Reported on news.com.au
MICROSOFTS biggest-ever Australian grant will help create social networks for the blind.
Social networking websites and digitised libraries have become important sources of modern information, but until now they have been inaccessible to the 300,000 Australians who are blind or who have low vision.
Microsoft has today announced its largest Australian software grant, valued at $6.7million, to Vision Australia, a charity supported by The Australian.
The donation will allow Vision Australia to establish its own social networking platforms and build an online “i-access” library where clients can browse and download audio books, magazines and newspapers.
