Help listening to the website

ReadSpeaker

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

ReadSpeaker XT does not require any downloads, installation or plug-ins of software and works on most computers including PC/Windows, Apple Mac, Linux and SUN. ReadSpeaker XT works on most web browsers including Internet Explorer (IE), Netscape, Opera, Safari, Mozilla and Lynx.

All that is required is a live internet connection, browser and speakers (or headphones). ReadSpeaker XT will work on slower connections (33k modem and up).

How to activate ReadSpeaker XT

• Click on the 'read this page button' - the speaker icon on the left hand side of every page - 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 XT

ReadSpeaker XT 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 XT allows users to navigate the site:

• By navigating the site as you would without ReadSpeaker XT 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.

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