Listen to our website by downloading free software called Browsealoud.
Browsealoud allows our web pages to be read out loud and helps:
- people with visual impairments
- people with learning or literacy difficulties such as dyslexia
- those for whom English is not their first language
BrowseAloud Reading Features
If you download the free Browsealoud software you can easily:
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select from high quality male or female voices
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change pronunciations and speed of the voices
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choose for sentences to be read one at a time, or read continuously
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read accessible web pages, and Flash videos
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save text as an MP3 sound file to listen to later
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turn the reader on and off
By December 2009 Browsealoud will also be able to read PDF and Word Documents on this website.
BrowseAloud Display Features
Sentences are highlighted in colour as they are read out. You can:
- change the colour of the text and background to suit your visual preferences
- opt to display a large text ticker-tape at the top of each page which magnifies and highlights individual words as they are read out
Examples
The following examples show how text is highlighted, and how a ticker-tape can magnify words:
