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BrowseAloud
This website is speech-enabled, which means that you can download the free BrowseAloud 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 browser plug-in, and is a computer program that will read aloud content from the Devon & Cornwall Police website, including PDF and MS Word documents. Once it is installed on your machine, as you move the cursor over words, they are spoken aloud.
Why speech enable our website?
Speech enabling our website provides an additional way of accessing our content for people who find it hard to read. This includes those with dyslexia or learning difficulties, those for whom English is not their first language, or anyone with a mild visual impairment. It is not designed to replace other screen readers.
What is browseAloud?
Browsealoud is a solution that allows you to have website content read to you. As you move the cursor over text, it is spoken aloud. BrowseAloud is free to download and you have control over the voice, word pronunciations and speech highlighting.
How does it work?
You download a free, small browser plug-in. Once the plug-in has been installed, content on this site can be spoken aloud. Does it work on all pages? BrowseAloud will read every webpage on our site. It can also read pdfs in Adobe Reader Version 6.0 onwards. This meets the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Level A guidelines for accessibility.
More information on browseAloud?
For further help and assistance with the BrowseAloud product take a look at the their customer support document select this link.
To listen to the BrowseAloud help document listed in the righthand column select this link for an MP3 version.
For the BrowseAloud video tours select this link.
To Download browseAloud select the image below (you will be taken to an external site). A browseAloud icon will be placed in your system tray which is at the bottom right of your browser.