Audiopoint, the provider of Voice Terminal Services, introduced an upgrade to its services that is aimed at helping those with vision impairments have access to their calendars on Google Calendar. A user accesses the service by calling from any landline or cellphone. Using voice prompts, the user can hear their appointments and add events in more »

To many of us, the net is an awesome place full of possibilities. To others with blindness or low-vision, it is very quiet and dark. One company in particular is stepping up to change that.

Meet VTS or Voice Terminal Service. Instead of requiring special software like Zoomtext that magnifies and reads text, this service requires nothing but a phone line. By calling in, users can get e-mail, stock quotes, news, calendar info and more. According the services users, Google Calendar functions were the most requested. Now updating your calendar can be done almost effortlessly by using the same “quick-add” syntax as you would if you doing it on the computer.