Browsealoud - Speech Enabled

The Gloucester City Council website has been speech-enabled using a free software download called Browsealoud.

Browsealoud reads out each sentence to you, highlighting the words as it goes.

All seven Gloucestershire local authorities have enabled Browsealoud on their websites too, along with many central government websites such as the Cabinet and Home Offices, and search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

Click on the logo below to take you to the download page, where you can find all the information you need on how to download and begin using Browsealoud.

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In the UK there are:

• Over 7 million people with literacy problems
• Over 1 million people with learning difficulties (source: The Cabinet Office)
• An estimated 6% of the population with severe dyslexia (source: Dyslexia Institute 2003)
• 8.6 million registered disabled people (14% of the population) (source: Disability Rights Commission)
• Two million UK residents with a sight problem (4% of the population) (source: RNIB)
• 12 million people aged 60 or over, who may have developed sight issues (21% of the UK population) (source: National Statistics)

By using Browsealoud will make our website easier to use for large numbers of people.

Links:

• Gloucestershire County Council: http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/
• Cheltenham Borough Council: http://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/
• Cotswold District Council: http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/
• Forest of Dean District Council: http://www.fdean.gov.uk/
• Stroud District Council: http://www.stroud.gov.uk/
• Tewkesbury Borough Council: http://www.tewkesburybc.gov.uk/
• Council Direct: http://www.councildirect.info/
• Browsealoud:http://www.browsealoud.com/