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From: Laura Carlson
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2008 6:10AM
Subject: BrowseAloud redux
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Hi,
Some folks on our campus are have recently been contacted by the
marketing department for BrowseAloud [1] and are interested in it. I'm
trying to gather further information on cost/benefits.
I searched the WebAIM achieves and found the "Speech enabling software"
thread [2] from a couple of years ago.
What is your current advise?
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Laura
[1] http://www.browsealoud.com/
[2] http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=2625
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
From: Patrick Lauke
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2008 6:50AM
Subject: Re: BrowseAloud redux
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> Laura Carlson
> Some folks on our campus are have recently been contacted by the
> marketing department for BrowseAloud [1] and are interested
> in it. I'm
> trying to gather further information on cost/benefits.
>
> I searched the WebAIM achieves and found the "Speech enabling
> software"
> thread [2] from a couple of years ago.
>
> What is your current advise?
I don't particularly like the BrowseAloud model...the plugin works on any site, but it checks against a whitelist of urls (of sites that have paid for the service) to see whether or not it should run. It would be far more useful for end users if it ran on every site by default...but then the company's business model would crumble...
http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=52021#52021
and
http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=7541
P
From: fran.paterson@tesco.net
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2008 4:20PM
Subject: Re: BrowseAloud redux
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Have looked at Browsealoud and its partner software Read&Write Great for those with mild problems who are computer literate, and an early/cheaper/entry solution. Providers of websites offering this can make it easy and free for those who download the reader option to see their site, so the cost is at the supplier end.
Advantages - customer does not have to pay, learning curve is gentle, keeping up to date with latest browser developments is easy and free. Computer does not need additional memory or processing power, really useful for those with learning difficulites, dyslexia or low reading skills. Easy to integrate.
Disadvantages - does need some computer/visual skills to get around, only works for contributing sites, not really useful for the totally blind
You can donwload the reader option for free to try, and they will also offer to set a named site up for you to try it out if you contact them
---- Patrick Lauke < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Laura Carlson
> Some folks on our campus are have recently been contacted by the
> marketing department for BrowseAloud [1] and are interested
> in it. I'm
> trying to gather further information on cost/benefits.
>
> I searched the WebAIM achieves and found the "Speech enabling
> software"
> thread [2] from a couple of years ago.
>
> What is your current advise?
I don't particularly like the BrowseAloud model...the plugin works on any site, but it checks against a whitelist of urls (of sites that have paid for the service) to see whether or not it should run. It would be far more useful for end users if it ran on every site by default...but then the company's business model would crumble...
http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=52021#52021
and
http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=7541
P