Accessibility

BrowseAloud

What is BrowseAloud?

BrowseAloud is a computer program that reads aloud all website content including PDF and MS Word documents.

We have this software available on the Enfield Homes website with the icon located on every page. You can download BrowseAloud here completely free of charge.

How does BrowseAloud work?

As you move the cursor over words, they are spoken aloud.

How can BrowseAloud help you?

The Disability Discrimination Act states that all services should be made accessible to people with disabilities. By letting you have this site read out to users using BrowseAloud, we have made our site easier to use for large numbers of people.

BrowseAloud on the Enfield Homes site can help you if you are one of

• over 7 million people with literacy problems
• over 1 million people with learning difficulties (source: The Cabinet Office)
• an estimated 6% of the population with severe dyslexia (source: Dyslexia Institute 2003)
• 8.6 million registered disabled people (14% of the population) (source: Disability Rights Commission)
• two million UK residents with a sight problem (4% of the population) (source: RNIB)
• 12 million people aged 60 or over, who may have developed sight issues (21% of the UK population) (source: National Statistics)