19th January 2009
West Sussex county council has improved website accessibility for a number of users in the region with unique needs.
According to a statement released by the council today (January 19th), the organisation has added a new piece of free software called BrowseAloud to its site.
The software, which is compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and other web browsers, allows users to hear web text spoken aloud when they move their mouse over the words.
It will benefit a number of people in the community, said Brad Watson OBE, the county council's cabinet member for communications.
"By adding this excellent piece of software to our website, we're making sure our online services are accessible to everyone, including those with sight, literacy and learning difficulties," he said.
Users can choose whether they want to hear a male or female voice speaking the web text. BrowseAloud can also read Word and PDF documents, or save the audio file as an mp3 to listen to later.
Last week, BT also announced that it is using BrowseAloud software on its website.
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