Listen to this website with BrowseAloud

Introduction

Visitors can listen to this website with BrowseAloud, which is free to website visitors and can be easily downloaded from the BrowseAloud Website.

What is BrowseAloud?

BrowseAloud makes websites more accessible and reader-friendly to those who require online reading support. 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.

What does BrowseAloud look like?

BrowseAloud features and options are accessed from an easy to use, floating toolbar (see above). You can position this toolbar anywhere on your screen or hide from view, as you prefer.

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, Spanish, German and Italian
• • Looks up accurate dictionary definitions
• • Masks information on the screen to help you focus on a particular area
• • Converts text to MP3

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 or French Canadian as a second language.

Download BrowseAloud

How do I download BrowseAloud?

Download BrowseAloud from the BrowseAloud website:

• http://www.browsealoud.com/ca/download

If you need any assistance, please contact our Team at:

• Tel: 877-778-6977

• E-Mail: canada@browsealoud.com.

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 3.5

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

20MB disk space