UKNM: Re: UKNM Digest V1 #261

[Andrew M Warner]

>>Rob Masters wrote:

>>I understand you can add text-to-speech to Lynx (or a Lynx-like browser),

and the BBC were working on >>something too. The RNIB are pretty web aware

so could probably give you more info


The BBC 'something' is a piece of Software endearingly titled BETSIE (BBC

Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer).   Basically it re-orders the

text on a page and strips out the formatting, delivering the page in an easy

to read large text format.  Pages delivered by BETSIE are also easy to read

for screen readers, as everything runs left to right, whereas many web pages

that are in columns or heavily formatted sound like gobbledygook when screen

reading software is used.  The code is available free for those who want to

make their sites accesible via BETSIE.


All the details for those interested are at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie


Andy


Andrew Warner

BBC Online (till Friday)

andrew [dot] warnerbbc [dot] co [dot] uk

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