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BrowseAloud
Reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online. |
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Point
An online tool enabling website visitors the support of Widgit Symbols to access text-based information.
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Learn More, Register for one of our Free Webinars!
Learn how
BrowseAloud and Point can make your website accessible for
individuals with a print disability, the elderly, new Canadians who struggle
with English or French, or even kids.
Register
for one of Bridges' free 50-minute webinars on Accessibility on the Web with
BrowseAloud and Point. For details and to register, see our events and
webinar page.
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Is your website communicating with all your visitors?
You can improve effective communication with everyone who visits your web site through these easy-to-implement web inclusion tools. Whether you’re trying to reach potential customers, support employees on your Intranet site, or help children using your website, Point and BrowseAloud can help.
By adding symbols to illustrate meaning and enabling your browse-able content with speech and customizable visual supports, you can connect your website with the:
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More than 60% of the 3.3 million recent immigrants to Canada who speak neither English nor French at home
- Over 836,000 Canadians who say they have a visual disability
- Approximately 750,000 Canadians who report having a learning limitation (e.g. dyslexia)
- 20% of the Canadian population who have only the most basic of literacy skills in English or French (Level 1 out of 5 on the IALSS, see below)
Join the dozens of municipalities, libraries, companies, agencies and other organizations in Canada and around the world that have broadened their reach with BrowseAloud and Point. Just contact Bridges or your local Bridges Consultant.
All data from Statistics Canada including the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey and the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS).
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