Advance continues to ‘support people at home & in the community’ by enabling BrowseAloud

ANTRIM, U.K. - July 9, 2013 - PRLog -- With a vision to support those who are in a position of disadvantage due to their health or their disability, Advance has extended the reach of its website to 20% of the UK population that requires reading support. This includes the ageing population, those with print disabilities such as dyslexia, literacy difficulties, mild visual impairments or those who have English as a second language.

Advance supports 5,500 customers in 42 local authority areas throughout England. Providing housing support and employment services for adults with disabilities, they work with people at home, at work and in the community.

John Kay, Communications and Appeals Manager of Advance commented, “We feel it is absolutely essential that we can demonstrate how to communicate with our customers in a manner of their choosing. We are continuously looking at ways we can make sure our website reflects best practice in open and accessible communication and we use BrowseAloud because it helps us to meet the expectations of site visitors and offers people a good experience. I would thoroughly recommend BrowseAloud because it offers an array of functions that help both our customers and our business.”

BrowseAloud reads all accessible website content aloud in a high quality, human sounding voice which can be altered to suit the individual’s specific needs. Additional features include dual-colour highlighting of text, text magnification, a talking dictionary, a talking translator, an MP3 maker and screen masking.

BrowseAloud provides instant high quality speech on all devices (Smartphones, Tablet, PC, Macs) at no extra cost to the website user.

To get BrowseAloud for your device, visit the ‘Get BrowseAloud’ page at www.browsealoud.com/GetBrowseAloud. For more information, please contact Keri on Tel: +44(0)28 9442 8105 or Email: k.mcwilliams@browsealoud.com

Note to Editors

BrowseAloud:

BrowseAloud is the world leading reading support solution from Texthelp, which is designed to improve access to online information for those with cognitive disabilities such as dyslexia, literacy difficulties, mild visual impairments or where English or French is a second language. With a selection of 43 high‐quality voices covering a range of languages and a number of unique features, BrowseAloud is quickly being adopted as the product of choice worldwide.

Texthelp was formally incorporated in 1996 and specialize in the design of assistive software solutions to support those struggling to read and write. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Adobe Solutions Network Developer, Apple Business Partner, HP Business Partner and is ISO 9001:2008 accredited. For the past twelve consecutive years, Texthelp has been a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award winning company.

For more information about BrowseAloud, contact:

Keri McWilliams

T: +44(0)28 9442 8105

E: k.mcwilliams@browsealoud.com

W: www.browsealoud.com

Advance:

Advance is a charitable business providing a range of services to meet the needs of people in the community who have a disability or a mental health condition. Advance started in 1974 with its main offices located in Witney, West Oxfordshire, where we remain today.

We became known as Advance Housing and Support Ltd in 1993, adapting and modifying our services and organisational structure in response to changes in the external environment, and in accordance with the needs and wishes of people we house or support.

For more information about Advance, contact:

John Kay

T: 01993 772885

E: john.kay@advanceuk.org

W: www.advanceuk.org