Access all areas (15 Apr 2004)

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Access all areas (15 Apr 2004)
Kevin Carey's favourite digital resource is not his PC or his mobile phone, it's his talking microwave. As one of the UK's leading experts in ICT and social inclusion you might expect something a little bit more hi-tech. But being totally blind, Kevin discriminates ruthlessly between the aspects of modern technology that work for him and those that don't. "My Sky TV remote controller is totally inaccessible and I can't use the menus on my mobile phone. Over the last four years my technological life has stood still, if anything it's got slightly worse, but the fact that I've got a talking microwave is just wonderful," he says.

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