Help listening to the website

ReadSpeaker

To help improve the accessibility of our website we use the ReadSpeaker software. This will read aloud the content and links of a web page including documents in PDF format.

ReadSpeaker does not require any downloads, installation or plug-ins of software and works on most computers including PC/Windows, Apple Mac, Linux and SUN.

All that is required is a live internet connection, browser and speakers (or headphones).

How to activate ReadSpeaker

• Click on the 'read this page button' and a navigation bar will appear at the top of the page
• Choose an option; read text, read links or stop
• Make sure your volume is turned up

Listen to pages with ReadSpeaker

ReadSpeaker can read the content of a page in two ways (keyboard shortcuts are shown in brackets):

• Click on 'read text' (Alt + T) and all of the content will be read
• Select and highlight an area of text and click on 'read text' (Alt + T) and that text will be read

Links

There are several ways that ReadSpeaker allows users to navigate the site:

• By navigating the site as you would without ReadSpeaker running
• By using 'read links' (Alt + L), listening to the links and then entering a link number in the 'link name/number' box and hitting either enter or 'go' (Alt + G)
• By entering a full or partial link name in the text box and hitting either enter or 'go' (Alt + G)

Buttons, functions and keyboard shortcuts

The table below displays the button, its function and how to access it using keyboard shortcuts.

Button	Function	Shortcut
	Reads content of page. Certain areas of text can be read by highlighting that text and clicking on 'read text'. It is possible to change how it is read under 'settings'.	Alt + T
	Reads all the links on the page. It is possible to change how it is read under 'settings'.	Alt + L
	Stops reading.	Alt + X
	Goes to a link. Enter the number, the name or part of the name of the link and click on 'go' (or Alt + G).	Alt + N
	Changes settings of ReadSpeaker	Alt + I
	Shows the help page.	Alt + H
	Closes ReadSpeaker.	Alt + Z

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