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BrowseAloud Summary

Websites are now designed with accessibility as an essential characteristic to ensure that every part of the community can access the on-line content provided.

These citizens can be considered as the "Print Disabled Community" who can be helped by incorporating BrowseAloud 6 on an accessible website. This is a legal requirement under the American with Disabilities Act and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Which Citizens?

BrowseAloud 6 reads websites aloud and addresses the needs of those citizens with:

Browse Aloud
  • Mild Visual Impairments
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Literacy Difficulties such as Dyslexia
  • English as Second Language

Who is textHelp?

  • textHELP has over 13 years experience in Assistive Technology and is considered to be market leader in this field
  • BrowseAloud 6, is Section 508 compliant and is available through the GSA
  • Implemented on over 3,000 websites ranging from Federal, State, City and County Government, to Educational Establishments, Corporate and Not-for-Profit Organizations
  • BrowseAloud 6 is downloaded by the end user and provides the end user with a significant range of options which they can tailor for their own needs

What is "Section 508?"

Consider the Facts:

  • 40% of adult Americans have trouble reading and writing
  • 40-44 million Americans function at the lowest literacy rate
  • 47 million U.S residents aged 5 or older speak a language other than English at home
  • Mild Visual impairments affect 8.3 million Americans of all ages
  • Over 3 million Americans have dyslexia

Legal Obligations & Social Responsibility

Americans with Disability Act (ADA) dictates that the employer must provide "reasonable accommodation" for employees regardless of disability.

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act states that regardless of medium, government must ensure that disabled federal employees and members of the public have the same accessibility as non-disabled members. Where accessibility is not present, government is directed to provide alternative means.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act states that government must ensure that "no individual with a disability" in the United States shall…be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by an Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.