Coleraine Borough Council continues to be a ‘Place for All’ by implementing BrowseAloud

ANTRIM, U.K. - July 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Website visitors with print disabilities, including those with dyslexia, literacy difficulties, mild visual impairments and those who have English as a second language can now avail of all the Council’s information and services with great ease.

Coleraine Borough Council covers 190 square miles and has a static population of 56,000. It provides a range of key services aimed at improving the quality of life for all its citizens and future generations including promoting Community Participation, Building Prosperity, Supporting Health & Leisure, Providing Civic Leadership, Protecting the Environment and Planning for the future.

With approximately 104,416 unique visitors to their website, Coleraine Borough Council have chosen BrowseAloud to maintain its objective to ensure quality of life is significantly improved with a strong focus on the Economic, Social and Cultural wellbeing of all citizens within the Borough.

Nial McSorley, Coleraine Borough Council commented, “We have a strong commitment within the Council towards ensuring genuine participation of all sections of community. We chose BrowseAloud not only because of its simplicity and ease of use but also because it was so straightforward to add to our site. By having BrowseAloud, we are helping to improve access to our information and services to those who have print disabilities, and as BrowseAloud supports smartphones, tablets & PC’s, everyone in the Borough has complete access to our site anytime, anywhere.  

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

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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 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 fourteen 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

Coleraine Borough Council:

Coleraine Borough Council was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of the urban councils of Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart, and the rural councils.

The Borough, which covers 190 square miles, has a static population of around 56, 000, although large numbers of tourists swell the population during the summer months.

For more information about Coleraine Borough Council, contact:

Tara Cunningham

T: +44(0)28 70347042

E: Tara.Cunningham@colerainebc.gov.uk

W: www.colerainebc.gov.uk