BrowseAloud: Our Website Talks!

What is BrowseAloud?

BrowseAloud makes websites more accessible and reader-friendly to those with literacy difficulties, learning difficulties such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments or where English is a second language. BrowseAloud has a choice of 17 high quality voices covering nine international languages and a number of unique features.

The BrowseAloud software is free for visitors to Belleville Public Library. Download BrowseAloud now.

What does BrowseAloud look like?

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

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

System Requirements

PC users:

Operating System: Windows 7, Vista or XP
Recommended Browsers: Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8, Firefox 3.5
Pentium 350MHz & up Processor
Pentium Processor 800MHz + upwards
Sound Card + Speakers
15MB Free Disk Space

Apple Mac users:

Operating System: OSX 10.3.9 or later (now supports Mac OSX Snow Leopard)
Recommended Browser: Safari v3 or later
256 Mb RAM (512 Mb is preferable)
Compatibility with Power PC or Intel processor
20MB disk space