[nabs-l] FW: Metro Introduces Tool to Help Web Site Visitors Browse Content

[Joe Orozco]

For anyone in the DC area.

Subject: Metro Introduces Tool to Help Web Site Visitors Browse Content

Software reads aloud Web content as user moves cursor over words. 

Metro has a new software tool to help visitors browse its Web site.
BrowseAloud is a free download available at www.MetroOpensDoors.com that
will read aloud text as the user moves the cursor over words.

"The software is especially useful for anyone who has difficulty reading
online, including people with mild visual impairments, low literacy and
reading skills, and learning disabilities such as dyslexia," said Suzanne
Peck, Metro's Chief Information Officer. It also can be helpful for people
with limited English language skills who may find it easier to listen to
spoken words instead of reading text on a page.

Information about the BrowseAloud free download is available at
www.wmata.com/accessibility/browse_aloud.cfm
and through the "speaker" icon located at the bottom right side of every
page on Metro's Web site. Once a user installs the free software on their
computer, he or she can move the cursor over a selection of text and
BrowseAloud will highlight the words and read to them aloud.

Rikki S. Epstein
ADA Operations Manager
Office of ADA Programs
Department of Access Services
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 600 5th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-962-1125 (phone)
202-962-2722 (fax)
repstein at wmata.com

 




      
 

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