Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust speaks aloud with BrowseAloud

Oct. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- BrowseAloud is the most advanced text-to-speech solution available.  It requires zero implementation for the webmaster and is free to the end user.  Once downloaded the user simply hovers their mouse pointer over the text to have it read aloud.  Additional features include dual-colour highlighting, text magnification, a dictionary, a translator, an MP3 maker, and screen masking.

Speaking about their re-designed website, Nicola Licence, Company Secretary said: “BrowseAloud complements the recent re-design of Hereford Hospitals website, making it more accessible to as many of our website visitors as possible.”

Fiona Gurney, Communications Assistant adds: “We are thrilled to have BrowseAloud on our site as we wanted to make our site accessible to all our website visitors and BrowseAloud is the most widely recognised speech-enabling solution on the market.”

David Robinson, BrowseAloud’s General Manager adds:
“We are delighted that Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust has joined the growing number of health trusts extending their website presence to reach the 20% of the population who have difficulty accessing information online.  We look forward to working in partnership with Hereford Hospitals to make website accessibility a reality for everyone.”

Hereford Hospitals new website can be found at www.herefordhospital.nhs.uk. For more information on BrowseAloud, visit www.browsealoud.com or contact Donna on d.thomson@browsealoud.com.

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BrowseAloud is the world leading text-to-speech solution from Texthelp Systems designed to improve website accessibility for those with literacy difficulties, dyslexia, mild visual impairments or where English is a second language.