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Accessible BBC Listen Again

The British Broadcast Company (BBC) allows people to listen to vast quantities of their radio output up to a week after it is first broadcast on one of their dozens of radio stations. This service, called Listen Again, relies on a web browser interface that might be difficult for some users, especially people with screen readers. Accessible BBC Listen Again allows you to access the BBC's Listen Again content through a truly accessible interface designed to work with any screen reader.

Accessible Radio

Accessible Radio is a way to listen to radio stations on the internet that is easy and simple to use and is designed to work with any screen reader.

Accessible RSS

Interested in keeping up with the headlines and newspapers? A new technology called RSS has recently taken the Internet by storm. Websites provide "feeds" of their latest stories and headlines, and you can get these simple lists, updated every few minutes. Accessible RSS is an accessible application that lets you access these RSS feeds.

Accessible Web Directory

This simple program lets you explore the DMOZ web directory, a catalogue of good websites.

AccessiblePodcatcher

AccessiblePodcatcher (formerly AccessiblePodcaster) is a simple way for blind and screen reader users to use podcasts.

AMIS

AMIS is a software program that you can use to read DAISY books. AMIS is a multilingual player for reading books complying with DAISY standards.

Audio Enriched Links

Audio Enriched Links provide previews of linked web pages to users with visual impairments.

Big Calculator

You can either click on the buttons with the mouse or use the numeric keypad to perform calculations.

CHIP Speaking

CHIPSPEAKING is a desktop augmentative communication device that supports up to 99 messages. Users can record in their own voice (or care-givers can record the voice of someone else of the same gender and age) or take advantage of computerized voices.

CLiCk, Speak

CLiCk, Speak is an open source, freely available extension for the Firefox web browser. It is part of the CLC-4-TTS Suite of products, it features a mouse driven interface, and it reads web pages - hence its name.

Daisy Pipeline

The Daisy Multi Format Converter allows conversion of DAISY books between different formats.

DSpeech

This is a TTS (Text To Speech) program with functionality of ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) integrated. It is able to to read aloud the written text and choose the sentences to be pronounced based upon the vocal answers of the user.

E-triloquist

The program has an input area on the screen for entering a text or audio phrase which is to be spoken or played. With the touch of the "Enter" key or a mouse click, the text is converted to speech and sent to a voice synthesizer which conveys the message in mellifluous tones. Audio phrases are played as recorded.

EdWord

EdWord is a talking word processor that allows you to combine text with symbols.

EdWord and EdWeb

EdWord is a talking word processor that allows you to combine text with symbols. EdWeb is a talking web browser that can display web pages as a combination of text and symbols.

EmacSpeak

Emacspeak is a speech interface that allows visually impaired users to interact independently and efficiently with the computer.

Fire Vox

Fire Vox is an open source, freely available talking browser extension for the Firefox web browser.

FoxyVoice

A Firefox extension that speaks web pages as you browese. Uses Microsoft SAPI for speech on Windows only.

Gaze Talk

GazeTalk is a predictive text entry system that has a restricted on-screen keyboard with ambiguous layout for severely disabled people. The main reason for using such a keyboard layout is that it enables the use of an eye tracker with a low spatial resolution (e.g., a web-camera based eye tracker).

Gnopernicus

The Gnopernicus project aims to enable users with limited vision, or no vision, to use the Gnome 2 desktop and Gnome/GTK+-2 applications effectively.

HELP Read

HELP Read™ is FREE software that reads along with you while you do the reading. Whether you’re younger or older, new to reading or have your own library, HELP Read™ should be able to help you read more and understand more of what you read.

Hotspots

Hotspots is now open source and public domain or free software. It may be used by a number of users on one computer or by one user on a number of different computers.

Jupiter

This software makes Linux accessible to the blind user.

MAGpie

MAGpie 2.01 is a tool for creating closed captions and audio (video) descriptions. Authors can add captions and audio descriptions to QuickTime, Real, or Windows Media Player.

Microsoft Reader

Microsoft Reader is used to view certain eBooks on your computer. An additional piece of software, 'Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech Package' can be downloaded in order to speak your eBooks to you, giving you access to all manner of novels and non-fiction eBooks without the need to read them from the screen.

MyFTC

My Freedom To Communicate (MyFTC) is Assistive Technology (AT) software that uses text-to-speech technology to enable nonverbal individuals to communicate easily in real life situations.

NVDA

Non Visual Desktop Access

Orca

Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech, braille, and/or magnification.

Power Reader

A dyslexic text reader/learning tool, a graphical, interactive text reader integrated with computer text-to-speech whose level of focus, complexity, and detail is adjustable according to the user's needs.

PowerTalk

PowerTalk automatically speaks any presentation or slide show running in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. You just download and install PowerTalk and while you open and run the presentation as usual it speaks the text on your slides. The advantage over other generic 'Text To Speech' programs is that PowerTalk is able to speak text as it appears and can also speak hidden text attached to images. Speech is provided by the standard synthesised computer voices that are provided with Windows.

ReadPlease

Reads any text you see on your screen - all purpose text-to-speech software.

RockBox

Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for archos mp3 players. The firmware includes many enhancements on the standard version, including audio prompts for files which can be useful for people with problems with their vision.

Sayz Me

Sayz Me is a free text-to-speech reader for Windows. Text is typed in or copied from the clipboard and then read aloud.

Speakup

Speakup, written by Kirk Reiser and Andy Berdan, is a screen review package for the Linux operating system.

Special Access To Windows

Software that enables Windows to be controlled by one or two switches,a joystick, a trackerball or a headpointer. SAW 5 has many additions and feautures to make creating interfaces easy for those who use alternative inputs.

Speegle

Provides voice output from 'Google' like web search engine

Sreader

A screen reader using software or hardware speech synthesizer.

SymVoc

SymVoc is aimed to help less able people to communicate with others using symbols and speech synthesis.

Tablet PC Speech Assistant

The Tablet PC Speech Assistant is a program which runs on the Tablet PC or the more portable Ultra-Mobile PC. The software was originally built by Todd Landstad, a software engineer with years of experience with Tablet PC development. He developed the Tablet PC Speech Assistant as an aid for people who have problems speaking. The Tablet PC Speech Assistant can make it fairly easy for some people to have phrases that they often use spoken by the default voice on the Tablet PC. Given that the software require fairly good handwriting ability, and access to specific hardware, it will not be practical for some people.

Talking Notes for Powerpoint

For those with speech problems who need to talk to a Powerpoint presentation.

Thunder Screen Reader

Thunder is free screenreader talking software for blind and visually impaired people.

WebbIE

WebbIE makes surfing the Internet easy. It lets you read web pages as simple text, and navigate them with the arrow keys. You can easily fill in forms, hear a summary of page content and list the links, and copy and paste web page information to your own computer.

WeMedia Talking Browser

A talking browser designed for vision- and learning-impaired Web surfers.

WordAid

WordAid is a lexical word listing program (as opposed to a word predictor) with text-to-speech support that can aid the development of literacy.

WordTalk

WordTalk is a free plug-in developed for use with all versions of Microsoft Word (from Word 97 upwards), which can help people with reading difficulties use Microsoft Word more effectively.

WWAAC Web Browser

This is a talking, keyboard, switch and mouse pointer accessible web browser with page summarising tools. It has a highly configerable user interface and was developed as part of an EU project.