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The UK Rehabilitation Council (UKRC) exists to provide an authoritative voice and focal point for anyone with a stake in medical and vocational rehabilitation and to support those who are working to help sick and injured people regain their independence.

As part of their ongoing commitment to reducing accessibility barriers, the UKRC have enabled an innovative new product on their website called BrowseAloud. BrowseAloud helps people with literacy difficulties, dyslexia, mild visual impairments or where English is spoken as a second language.

To see how BrowseAloud works, simply click the BrowseAloud icon on the homepage www.rehabcouncil.org.uk to download the product free of charge.

Brenda Williams, acting CEO, UKRC comments:

“We chose BrowseAloud because we wish to make our website more accessible for people with visual or other communication difficulties. As a rehabilitation organisation we should be seen to be leading in good practice, and revamping our website to conform with accessibility guidelines is consistent with what we’re trying to achieve.”

BrowseAloud is a text-to-speech solution that reads all accessible website content aloud in a high quality human sounding voice which can be altered to suit the individual’s specific needs. As text is read aloud, words are highlighted; a useful tool which aids literacy and comprehension.

A new version of BrowseAloud was recently launched, introducing new features such as a translator, allowing for single word translation between English, French, Spanish and Italian; and a screen masking facility, allowing users to apply colour filters to the screen. Enhancements were also made to existing features such as text magnification, talking dictionary and MP3 Maker.

For further information on BrowseAloud email rebecca@browsealoud.com or email quote@browsealoud.com.

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About BrowseAloud

BrowseAloud is the world leading text-to-speech solution from Texthelp Systems Ltd, which is designed to improve website accessibility for those with literacy difficulties, learning difficulties such as dyslexia, mild visual impairments or where English is a second language.   With a choice of 17 high quality voices covering 9 languages and a number of unique features, BrowseAloud is quickly being adopted as the product of choice worldwide.

Texthelp Systems Ltd was formally incorporated in 1996 and specialise 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 10 consecutive years, Texthelp Systems Ltd has been a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award winning company.

About The UK Rehabilitation Council

The UKRC is a community of rehabilitation associations, rehabilitation providers, clients and other stakeholder groups. Its main goal is to ensure access to high quality medical and vocational rehabilitation services in the UK.