The British Lung Foundation is pleased to announce that it has taken up the service of BrowseAloud, as part of our commitment to reducing accessibility barriers to people visiting the BLF website.
BrowseAloud is a text-to-speech solution that reads all accessible website content aloud in a high quality human sounding voice which can be altered to suit the individual’s specific needs. As the online content is read aloud, words are highlighted; a useful tool which aids literacy and comprehension.
Website visitors who may have literacy difficulties, dyslexia, mild visual impairments, or for those with English as a second language will now be able to access the online services with greater ease and confidence.
BrowseAloud has undergone some exciting new changes since the last release; users can now access all the BrowseAloud features with a floating toolbar which includes a talking dictionary, the ability to convert online text to MP3 and a screen masking facility which benefits those with certain visual impairments and learning difficulties.
Other new features include a Translation tool; allowing for single word translations in English, French, Spanish, German or Italian.
Web Editor at the British Lung Foundation, Richard Bloomfield says “It is vital that our website is accessible to everyone. BrowseAloud will help the British Lung Foundation to ensure that over eight million people who are affected by a lung condition and their carers receive the same information and support from our website.”
Ian Stuart, UK Sales Manager for BrowseAloud, adds, “We are delighted to have the British Lung Foundation on board. They join the growing number of organisations who are committed to making online accessibility a reality with our BrowseAloud service.”
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About BrowseAloud
BrowseAloud is the world leading text-to-speech solution from Texthelp Systems Ltd, which is designed to improve website accessibility for those with literacy difficulties, learning difficulties such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments or where English is a second language. With a choice of 17 high quality voices covering 9 languages and a number of unique features, BrowseAloud is quickly being adopted as the product of choice worldwide.
Texthelp Systems Ltd was formally incorporated in 1996 and specialise in the design of assistive software solutions to support those struggling to read and write. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Adobe Solutions Network Developer, Apple Business Partner, HP Business Partner and is ISO 9001:2008 accredited. For the past 10 consecutive years, Texthelp Systems Ltd has been a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award winning company.
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Published on 7 April 2010
