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Launch your internet exploration from this page. Click here if you'd like to find out how to set this page to come up each time you start your browser.
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Note: The appearance of a link here does not constitute an endorsement, although we've tried to eliminate the duds and stick with the best. If a link is inaccurate or causes you problems, please let us know. If you know of a link that ought to be on this page, let us know that, too.
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Places to hear RealAudio and RealVideo


Welcome to RealMedia
If you don't have RealPlayer 3, go here and get it for free.
Note: To watch video or hear RealAudio 3 material, you'll need
at least a 28.8 hookup. RealAudio 1 can be heard on 14.4 hookups,
or even as slow as 9600, and RA 2 is somewhere in between.

Taylor Subscription Talk
TST is the company that puts the Audio-Reader
signal on the Internet as a public service.
They have thousands of hours of talk radio and
audio-described video waiting for you to listen.
Same page, text only

NetRadio
Listen to any kind of music you want, right now! Over 100
"stations" for your RealAudio 3 (or better) player.
You'll need a 28.8 or faster modem, for sure.

The Arena
Blindness-related issues, organizations and technology.
A comprehensive list of news sources on the net.
Over one thousand RealAudio sites for the listening,
arranged for easy navigation with speech output.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
News, analysis, and features about Central and Eastern Europe
and the former U.S.S.R. Thousands of searchable text articles.
Of special interest to sight-impaired users are our RealAudio offerings.
We post two Russian-language news broadcasts daily, and one from
our South Slavic service, which covers the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia,
Serbia, etc.) The South Slavs also offer text of news and feature
programs in their language.

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Search the Web or Usenet for a Particular Topic


AltaVista: Main Page
Digital Equipment Corporation's search engine. Search WWW and USENET. Fast and complete.

Yahoo!
Find your way around the fifty million pages of the World Wide Web

Hotbot
One of the biggest search databases available

Search.com
One Stop Shopping

WebCrawler Searching
Another Good Search Tool

DejaNews
Search USENET - find a post from two months ago, or anyone's full posting history

20/20 Web Search
Enter keyword(s) to begin your search:
Blindness, Computer Vision, Contact Lenses, Designer Eyewear, Education, Equipment, Eyecare, Eyedrops, Eyeglasses, Low-Vision, Medical, Ophthalmology, Optics, Optometry, Research, RK, Sports Eyewear, Sunglasses, Vet-Vision, Vision, Vision-Related & much more.

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Find Someone's Address, Phone, or E-Mail Address, Draw a Map


Phone Book
SWITCHBOARD, Search Tool For Telephone Numbers of
Businesses or People.

E-mail
IAF, The Internet Address Finder. Find someone's E-mail address,
or enter their E-mail address and find out who and where they are.

Yahoo! Maps
Type an address and see a city map that leads you right to it!
Covers the entire US.

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Blindness-related Fields and Services


Blind Links
Adaptive Technology, Advocacy and Training, Books and Magazines, Employment,
Mobility and Braille, Blinded US Veterans

Virtual Vision
Links to organizations and services for people with visual impairments.

The Internet Braille Wizard Access 20/20
Text-to-Braille services over the Internet.

The Arena
Blindness-related issues, organizations and technology.
A comprehensive list of news sources on the net.
Over one thousand RealAudio sites for the listening.

Pennsylvania
Many Nationwide Links Here

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TV and Movies


TV Guide
TV Guide will allow you to set up your own viewing grid.
List the channels the way they are on your cable system.
Leave out the ones you don't care about. List your favorite
shows so you can always find them, even if the networks move
them. Remember, each time you want to change, to press the
GO button. And don't forget to set a bookmark when your page
is fixed up the way you like it. Laid out in a grid structure.

Prevue
This is the TV listing channel you get on your cable TV system,
most likely. Type in your zip code, and get your local listings.
Almost as complete as TV Guide, pages load faster and it seems
to be more dependable. Also at this site, weather, movies and more.

Motion Picture
The complete movie magazine. Can you name every movie Pia Zadora
has been in? They can. Does anybody care? Only you can answer that.
Reviews of thousands of movies.

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Weather


Excite weather
National information provided by search engine Excite.
Find current conditions or forecasts by city and zip code.

The Weather Channel
Very popular weather site, can also be customized.


Remember to bookmark it after you've set it up.

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Software to Download


CNET resources - software central
Almost every shareware and demo program there is can be found here.
Read the reviews before you waste time downloading.

Stroud's Consummate Internet Apps List
Instead of scrolling through 20,000 programs, let Stroud's tell you which ones
they think are best. Everything for the Internet, plus games, utilities, and more.

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Broadcast and print media, News


Voice of America Newswire

News from Reuters Online
Reuters Newswire (text articles)

Wire Services
Other Wire Services (text articles)

Newspapers:
Business and Economy, Companies, Media, Newspapers

MediaSite - Newspapers

Media-Link: US Newspapers

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Government Sites


U.S. House Of Representatives
Your Congressional Representatives

Federal Communications Commission
The FCC's Home Page

The United States Senate
Your Senator

Corporation for Public Broadcasting
CPB Info

Internet Law Library - Code of Federal Regulations
Search the Code of Federal Regulations

FCC document locator
Search for FCC Documents, Forms

Welcome To The White House
Your President

Fedworld Information Network
All types of government information

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Broadcast Industries


Indulge us a bit; we use this page to find our way around, too.

NAB Resource Guide
National Association of Broadcasters, Equipment Manufacturers-Audio Equipment

Harris Broadcast Division
Service Tips
Index of Manufactures
Large List of Radio Links
New and Used Equipment
Service Tips
Technical Paper Links

Electronics Manufacturers on the Net
Alpha Listing of Electronics Manufacturers on the WWW

SBE, the Society of Broadcast Engineers
Newsletter
Job Listings
Certification Info

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Prepared by Steve Kincaid and Art Hadley, Kansas Audio-Reader Network, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS. Links are for informational purposes only and no endorsement is implied. Nobody paid anything to be here. Some we just found and liked, and a few organizations are listed here because they asked nicely.

If you or your organization would like to have your link on this world-famous page, let us know. If you've discovered interesting web pages we ought to know about, tell us! Comments? Questions?

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May 7, 1998 © Audio-Reader, the University of Kansas