Help with Hearing the Website

 

You can now listen to our website using Readspeaker.

How Does Readspeaker Work?

Readspeaker will read webpages and documents in Word, PDF (Portable Document Format) and RTF (Rich Text Format) formats aloud to you from our website.

There are no downloads or plug-ins and Readspeaker will work on a PC or Mac and with any browser, with an internet connection speed down to 33.6k. All you need is a set of speakers or headphones connected to your computer.

How Do I Use It?

ReadSpeaker is a server based facility for speech-enabling web-sites. It does not replace screen-readers but it supports people who find it difficult to read and lack tools to help them.

Anytime you want to listen to our website, select the 'Listen to this site' link in the right hand menu of every webpage. 

 

Button	Explanation	Alt-keys
	Reads the text content of the page. You can also select text by highlighting before you click on "Read Text" and it will read only the text that you have highlighted. It is possible to change how it is read under "Settings".	Alt + T
	Reads a list of the links on the page. It is possible to change how it is read under "Settings".	Alt + L
	Stops read-back.	Alt + X
	Here you can enter either the number of a link or the name of the link or part of the name of the link. After that you click on "Go To" or use the Alt-command (Alt+G) to go to that page.	Alt + N
	Here you can make changes to the way ReadSpeaker works.	Alt + I
	Shows the help-page.	Alt + H
	Close ReadSpeaker. The page on the screen will be re-loaded but without ReadSpeaker.	Alt + Z

 

Listen to pages with ReadSpeaker

ReadSpeaker can read the web-page in different ways:

• You can select text by highlighting, clicking on the "Read Text" button and ReadSpeaker will read the selected text only.
• If you have not selected text, ReadSpeaker will read according to the options you have chosen under "Settings". There you can choose if you want the "Read Text" button to read the text only, the whole page including links or section by section.
• If you have chosen to listen to one section at a time, the read section will be highlighted while read. To have the next section read, click the "Read Text" button again.

Links

ReadSpeaker offers different ways of navigating around the site:

• Choose a link by clicking on it with the mouse or use the Tab-key to move between links.
• Choose a link by listening to the link list and write the link-number in link field (Alt + N) and click Enter or click or "Go To" (Alt + G).
• Choose a link by the entering the link-name in link field (Alt + N) and click Enter or click on "Go To" (Alt + G).