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This page contains links to some of my favorite sites on the World Wide Web.
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Braille-Related Sites

This section contains sites about braille, as well as places where you can purchase braille books and other items.

Bumpy Pages sells braille and large print products, including greeting cards, restaurant menus, business cards, doggie announcements, labels, documents, adjustable bookmarks and dedication CD’s.
If you're looking for high-quality braille books at affordable prices, check out BrailleBookstore.com. This site allows you to purchase books for children and adults, as well as items like buttons, calendars, magnets, etc. Almost all the items in their gift shop can be personalized with braille messages. Also, don't forget to visit their sister site, MarvelSoft, creators of Talking Typing Teacher, Talking Toolbox, and other programs.
Another great place to buy braille books is National Braille Press. In addition to hardcopy braille books, you can also purchase almost all of their books in PortaBook format, which is a text file of the book written in electronic braille.
Speaking of electronic braille books, The International Electronic Braille Library has many books in this format that can be downloaded for free. Also, be sure to check out The International Braille Research Center for more information about braille.
Everything Braille is a site operated by National Braille Press. It features links to educational materials about braille, as well as lists of adaptive braille products, including printers, displays, etc.

A note about electronic braille books: unless you have a product like the Victor Reader Stream from HumanWare, which can read electronic braille files using it's built-in synthesizer, you'll need a refreshable braille display to read books in this format. If they're not translated into plain text, they'll sound garbled when read by a computer's synthesizer.

Audio Dramas and Old-Time Radio

If you're interested in old and new radio dramas, check out the following sites.

Radio Spirits sells old-time radio programs on cassettes and CDs, as well as DVDs and videos of classic TV programs.
Bill Sparks' OTR Store is another excellent resource to purchase old-time radio shows.

The Twilight Zone on Radio features radio adaptations of various episodes of the Twilight Zone TV series. You can find a listing of stations carrying this program, and order various episodes on CDs. Audio samples are also available.
Alien Worlds is an impressive sci-fi audio drama created in 1979. It features excellent acting, stereo sound effects, and a full musical score from the London Symphony.

Audio dramas are still being produced today. BBC Radio 7 is an excellent radio station featuring book readings, comedy, children's programs, and lots more from the BBC's archives, as well as new material.

Big Finish Productions is a UK-based producer of audio dramas, primarily based on Doctor Who and other science fiction series, but are expanding into other genres. All of their productions feature great sound design, as well as famous actors, many of whom starred in a particular series. For instance, in the Doctor Who range, actors, such as Colin Baker, reprise their TV roles. (Colin was the Sixth Doctor during the 80s.) Highly recommended!

There are also various Christian radio dramas, including:

Adventures in Odyssey from Focus On The Family.
Speaking of "Focus On The Family", check out their Radio Theatre site, where you can purchase CDs and tapes of various stories adapted for radio, such as the "Chronicles of Narnia" series by C.S. Lewis.
The Left Behind series of books has also been adapted into audio dramas. The sound effects and music are excellent, as is the acting. In fact, I personally prefer the dramatic audio versions to the regular books.
Unshackled! is the longest-running radio drama series in history. Since 1950, it's featured true testomonies from people in the style of old-time radio programs, and continues to do so to this day. You can listen to programs going back to 2003 in Real or Windows Media format.
Note that parental guidance is suggested for some episodes due to their subject matter.
Other Christian radio drama shows include Down Gilead Lane and Paws and Tales.

Games

AudioGames.net is an excellent site where you can read about nearly every audio-based game available. As the name implies, an "audio game" is a game that uses sound only, no graphics. This site also contains articles, a forum where you can discuss audio-based games, etc.
Another excellent resource for accessible computer games is Phil Vlasak's "Fantastic Games and Where To Find Them".
If you're interested in playing, or even creating, text adventure games, also called Interactive Fiction, The Interactive Fiction Archive has everything you need. Because it's a big site, you may like to visit Baf's Guide to The IF Archive, which features various listings of games in a variety of genres.

Cooking Tips and Recipes

The following sites contain recipes or items suitable for blind cooks.

Internet Radio Stations

This section contains links to some of my favorite stations that broadcast exclusively on the Internet. If you're interested in finding commercial stations that broadcast online, I recommend visiting Mike's Radio World and Bill Sparks' Radio Look-Up Page.
Note that while you can listen to the majority of these stations on a dial-up connection, they sound significantly better on broadband. Also, I've only provided links to a station's website, rather than streaming links, since they can change without notice.

Internet Radio Stations
Station/Network Description

AfterhoursDJs All live DJs, all the time! Features various types of dance music.

Audio Book Radio If you enjoy audio books, you'll like this station. It features popular audio books by best-selling authors, as well as works from new and unsigned writers.

Bay Smooth Jazz Radio One of my favorite Smooth Jazz stations. Part of the 1.fm Network.

Bollywood Music Radio Features two channels of Bollywood music, remixes, and Hindi oldies.

Born Again Radio A station playing the best contemporary Christian music and features.

Digitally Imported An Internet radio network featuring over 20 channels of electronic music styles, including Chillout, Ambient, Breaks, Drum 'N' Bass, Trance, Vocal Trance, and Euro-Dance.

Dementia Radio This station describes the music they play as "dementia music". It includes parodies and novelty tunes. May contain adult content.

Frisky Radio A station featuring the best underground dance music.

GrooveRa This site features three channels of great chillout and ambient music.

Kohina Features video game music and chiptunes (music composed with systems like the Gameboy, original Nintendo, Commodore 64, etc.)

LiteFavorites.com A station playing continuous soft hits.

Proton Radio Another radio station featuring various types of electronic music.

Sky FM Digitally Imported's sister network with channels featuring music of all types including 70s and 80s, Country, New Age, Smooth Jazz, Classic Rap, Lounge and World Music.

Slay Radio Features Commodore 64 music remixes.

SmoothJazz.com An excellent station from Montery Bay, California, playing great Smooth Jazz music. They also operate Smooth Lounge, which plays great lounge and chillout music.

Soma FM This Internet radio network features music you won't hear anywhere else. Some of their channels include Groove Salad, Illinois Street Lounge, Drone Zone, Space Station Soma, and Secret Agent.

The Global Voice Features both live and pre-recorded shows produced by blind and sighted broadcasters, as well as a program gallery where you can download or listen to shows at any time. Highly recommended!

UltraRadio Features a variety of genres, including oldies, country, classical, folk, bluegrass and novelty. Operated by UltraHost.

Internet Radio Stations
Station/Network	Description
AfterhoursDJs	All live DJs, all the time! Features various types of dance music.
Audio Book Radio	If you enjoy audio books, you'll like this station. It features popular audio books by best-selling authors, as well as works from new and unsigned writers.
Bay Smooth Jazz Radio	One of my favorite Smooth Jazz stations. Part of the 1.fm Network.
Bollywood Music Radio	Features two channels of Bollywood music, remixes, and Hindi oldies.
Born Again Radio	A station playing the best contemporary Christian music and features.
Digitally Imported	An Internet radio network featuring over 20 channels of electronic music styles, including Chillout, Ambient, Breaks, Drum 'N' Bass, Trance, Vocal Trance, and Euro-Dance.
Dementia Radio	This station describes the music they play as "dementia music". It includes parodies and novelty tunes. May contain adult content.
Frisky Radio	A station featuring the best underground dance music.
GrooveRa	This site features three channels of great chillout and ambient music.
Kohina	Features video game music and chiptunes (music composed with systems like the Gameboy, original Nintendo, Commodore 64, etc.)
LiteFavorites.com	A station playing continuous soft hits.
Proton Radio	Another radio station featuring various types of electronic music.
Sky FM	Digitally Imported's sister network with channels featuring music of all types including 70s and 80s, Country, New Age, Smooth Jazz, Classic Rap, Lounge and World Music.
Slay Radio	Features Commodore 64 music remixes.
SmoothJazz.com	An excellent station from Montery Bay, California, playing great Smooth Jazz music. They also operate Smooth Lounge, which plays great lounge and chillout music.
Soma FM	This Internet radio network features music you won't hear anywhere else. Some of their channels include Groove Salad, Illinois Street Lounge, Drone Zone, Space Station Soma, and Secret Agent.
The Global Voice	Features both live and pre-recorded shows produced by blind and sighted broadcasters, as well as a program gallery where you can download or listen to shows at any time. Highly recommended!
UltraRadio	Features a variety of genres, including oldies, country, classical, folk, bluegrass and novelty. Operated by UltraHost.

Miscellaneous Links

NASA TV is a neat TV channel from NASA that broadcasts online. It features various educational programs about NASA's activities, space, etc., and also broadcasts live events such as space shuttle missions, complete with commentary from Mission Control and transmissions from the astronauts.
Wikipedia is an open-source online encyclopedia, meaning that people can edit any of the articles in case there are, for example, corrections. It's one of my favorite sites, as I like to look up different things, including games and movie titles. There's a lot of neat information to be found here. Highly recommended and addictive!
The World Radio Network is a radio service that broadcasts programming from international broadcasters such as Radio Canada, Radio Austria International, etc. Their English channel for North American listeners is available by satellite radio and the Internet./li>