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Home>Council & Services>Accessible Services>Listen to this website with BrowseAloud
 What is BrowseAloud?
What does BrowseAloud look like?
What will BrowseAloud do for me?
Who does BrowseAloud help?
Quick Start Guide
System Requirements
| What is BrowseAloud? | | | BrowseAloud makes websites more accessible and reader-friendly to those who require online reading support. the service assists those with literacy difficulties, dyslexia, mild visual impairments and those for whom English is a second language. It works by reading web pages aloud in a natural-sounding voice. The user simply hovers the mouse pointer over the text to hear it read aloud.  Top
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| What will BrowseAloud do for me? |
| Reads web pages aloud in a natural-sounding voice (includes websites, intranets, extranets, html, accessible Flash, form fields, alt tags) | | Reads secure web pages | | Reads PDF and Word documents in their original format | | Highlights each word as it is spoken to show you where you are on the page | | Magnifies text to your chosen font size and font style | | Translates word-for-word between English, French, German, Italian and Spanish | | Looks up accurate dictionary definitions | | Masks information on the screen to help you focus on a particular area | | Converts text to MP3
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| Who does BrowseAloud help? | | BrowseAloud helps any website visitor who requires online reading support. This includes those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments and those with English as a second language.
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| System Requirements | | In order to download and run BrowseAloud, you must have the following System Requirements:
PC users:
Operating Systems: Windows 7, Vista or XP
Pentium Processor 800MHz + upwards
Sound Card + Speakers
15MB Free Disk Space
Recommended Browsers:
Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8, Firefox 3.6
For PDFs:
Acrobat Reader 9
Apple Mac users:
OSX 10.3.9 or later (now supports Mac OSX Snow Leopard)
256 Mb RAM (512 Mb is preferable)
Compatibility with Power PC or Intel processor.
Browser: Safari v3 or later
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| Uninstalling BrowseAloud | | Browsealoud is a virtualised application which does not require any program files to be installed on your computer. It can be removed from your computer as below:
1. Ensure Browsealoud has been closed. Browsealoud can be closed by right clicking on the Browsealoud icon in your system tray and clicking on 'Exit Browsealoud'.
2. Locate the Browsealoud file that you downloaded and saved on your computer.
3. Delete this file.
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