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Speech Enabling Our Website
This website is now speech-enabled, which means that you can download free software onto your personal computer and have the site read aloud to you.
The free software is called Browsealoud, and is used on over 2000 websites in the UK and USA.
Browsealoud is a Windows browser plug-in designed for use with Internet Explorer 4 upwards or Netscape Navigator. It should be noted that Safari and some other browsers have screen reader features built in.
If you install the Browsealoud plug in onto your PC, you can have the web pages on the Berneslai Homes website read to you.
The software can be downloaded by clicking on the Browsealoud icon below. Once clicked the simple instructions for setting this up will appear on your screen.
Link to the Browsealoud website.
Visit our Equality and Diversity section for other access needs.
Important information for people who do not use a mouse
Browsealoud is a product which has been designed to be used primarily by mouse movements. If you do not use a mouse, or are unable to use a mouse, you should enable mouse keys. To do this:
- Open the control panel select accessibility options.
- Select the "mouse" tab.
- Switch on mousekeys you will be able to control the mouse using your numeric keypad. This will allow you to navigate to text on web pages which would normally be inaccessible using the keyboard. You can change Browsealoud settings by double clicking on the Browsealoud icon in the system tray.