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Nominations for New Media Awards 2005

Browsealoud
Browsealoud is the leading solution for speech enabling website content. By speaking text out loud, Browsealoud improves the quality of information, aiding comprehension and presenting it in more accessible ways for the less literate. Browsealoud enables you to reach a further 17% of the population with literacy difficulties, dyslexia, where English is a second language and those with mild visual impairment. Browsealoud in e-government portals addresses this issue by widening digital inclusion and enabling public bodies to improve communication with many more citizens. Browsealoud is part of Texthelp Systems Ltd, the worldwide leader in Literacy and Accessibility Solutions. Elaine Emerson
Section G4 of the Government Priority Outcomes document states that local authorities must improve the quality of information they provide and present it in more accessibile ways for the less literate. Browsealoud, a speech tool that reads aloud the contents of web pages, has been chosen by the Cabinet Office, British Council and numerous other central and local councils to provide users with the option of speech enablement. This service helps users with low literacy and reading skills, where English is not the first language, dyslexia and users who are mild visually impaired. Browsealoud in e-government portals addresses this issue by widening digital inclusion and enabling public bodies to improve communication with many more citizens. Elaine Emerson