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From: Giovanni Duarte
Date: Mar 23, 2011 6:24PM

Hi,
I have actually used BrowseAloud to the implementation level. This is a
great technology and the person who developed the application was to help
his father who was losing sight - if I recall correctly.
Anyhow, remember that it is not only visual impairment that will benefit for
speech technologies. There are students who have learning disabilities and
reading and listening at the same time is a great tool for them. In
addition, this tool has more "powers". For example, you can export the
speech to an MP3 file on the fly or use translation and dictionary tools.
They even have a highliting feature. I see it more as a study tools that can
enhance your learning experience. I work for an university in we were about
to implemented but for other reasons we couldn't.

BTW: This plugin doesn't need any installation and works in any browsers. I
have been involved in an MathML project and it also works with MathML. It is
a well-developed tool.

Giovanni.