TAFN Shopping Guide Image - A cartoon character of a busy mum, pushing a packed shopping trolley with a screaming brat inside with her left hand, & carrying 2 bags of shopping in her right hand. One bag has a hole in it & the products are falling out! She also has a small cartoon dog on a lead with her, who is bright blue & has a pink tongue!

Welcome to (TAFN) The Accessible Friends Network

ONLINE SHOPPING GUIDE

Website reviews by screen reader users

12th Floor = BookShops

Contributed to by several TAFN members.

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BookShops

Sites Reviewed on this Floor (1):

The British Library

Go back to the 11th Floor/  Ground Floor & Shopping Guide Index  /  13th Floor: Specialist products for blind & partially sighted people

Site Review: The British Library

Web address: http://www.bl.uk/acatalog

Brief Rating: A very good site.

Enter the world of the British Library Catalogue and buy on line.

You will find not only books, maps and manuscripts but many informative and interesting publications and collections of important and historic works on both cd and cd-rom.  Many hobbies and interests are catered for here too, including natural history, best sellers, and children's books

Visit the TAFN webshop at www.buy.at/tafn where you can buy goods online and raise funds for The Accessible Friends Network (UK registered charity No, 1108043) at the same time!

DISCLAIMER: Neither Sue Pallett or the Accessible Friends Network accept liability for any transaction with any of the companies listed on this page, which is intended as a helpful guide and produced and run on an entirely voluntary basis.

Click here to contact Sue / Click here to contact the TAFN Webmaster

Other Pages on the TAFN website by Sue Pallett:-

Sue's Kitchen, a cookery guide for blind & VI people that featured on BBC in Touch, in 2005!

Also the excellent

Sue's Accessible Container Gardening Page

More Online Shopping recommendations by Blind/VI People are always wanted for this page and can help others!  

People from across our network would would love to hear of your online shopping experiences, both good and bad.  Is there a particular site YOU recommend or would like to add to this page?  Have YOU had problems with online shopping, either with screen reader navigation, or customer service?  Or has a particular supplier been especially helpful to you?  

If so please email us and let us know, we are happy to accredit website reviewers for their contributions.

The Accessible Friends Network" logo. description featuring the letters T A F N with grade one braille on each letter, a V.I. awareness symbol on the letter "A", and a handshake between the letters "F" and "N".

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