Important Announcement

Welcome to the site of the RNIB Digital Accessibility team.

The Digital Accessibility team continues to work to make Information Communication Technologies accessible to blind and partially sighted people.

In order to improve this function, we are in the process of moving thecontent of the Tiresias site to the RNIB website. While this takesplace, the Tiresias site will operate in maintenance mode and will not be updated.

You can still access the information on this site by clicking below. You can also find out more about the services offered by RNIB by visiting rnib.org.uk website.

Thank you for visiting the site and please return again soon for more information on the update.

Tiresias provides information on:

the importance and benefits of ICT accessibility;

numerous Research resources to help support primary research are available such as, details of ICT projects, ICT related standards and available ICT devices, an expansive list of Scientific and Technological reports and information on selecting partners for research projects;

detailed Design guidelines offering advice and recommendations on ICT accessibility issues and

a collection of Project tools to successfully complete accessible ICT research or design projects including, methodologies for evaluating accessibility.