Web accessibility is about ensuring all users, regardless of physical and mental capability, can access the content and services on our website. By speech enabling our site with browsealoud, we aim to improve accessibility of information to a greater percentage of our customers.
What is browsealoud?
Browsealoud is a solution that allows you to have website content read to you. Simply by scrolling your mouse over the text that you want read to you, browsealoud will read and speak what you require, helping you navigate speech enabled websites more easily. Browsealoud features include:
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Free to download
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Easy to use.
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Control of voice, pitch and speed.
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User defined hotkeys to activate and deactivate speech pronunciation engine to add words and define how a word is pronounced
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The option to add voices to those already on the computer
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The option to have the program start when the computer starts
For more information visit the browsealoud website. How does it work?
It's easy. All you have to do is download a free plug-in. Once installed, content on this website can be read out loud to you. Further information about the browsealoud plug-in.
Does it work on all websites?
Browsealoud will read every webpage on our site. It will also read other websites, but only if they are speech enabled. It can also read pdfs in Adobe Reader Version 6.0 onwards. This meets the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Level A guidelines for accessibility. Read how to find out if a website is speech enabled with browsealoud.
Downloading browsealoud
Click on the image above and you will be taken to an external site where you will find full instructions to carry out the download and installation. A browsealoud icon will be placed in your system tray which is at the bottom right of your browser window.
More information on browsealoud
Visit the browsealoud Frequently Asked Questions web page for more information about browsealoud.
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