IBM Home Page Reader

IBM Home Page Reader is an Internet browser designed for users who wish to access the Internet in a non-visual or combined auditory and visual way. It is useful for people that are blind or partially sighted users, people with dyslexia or learning difficulties, and users who are learning a new language.

Home Page Reader uses voice to guide users when they are using the Internet to explore the World Wide Web.

Home Page Reader gives people with low vision the ability to resize windows and panes to make the screen easier to see. Users can change the font size, type, color, and background color. In addition, users can follow the moving cursor as the voice reads the words, making reading even easier.

Home Page Reader uses the IBM ViaVoice text-to-speech synthesizer to speak Web-based information aloud just as it is presented on the computer screen. With Home Page Reader, users hear everything from descriptions of graphics to text in column format. It can speak text, frames, image and text links, alternate text for images and image maps, and much more. It even includes special table navigation features that allow users to understand even the most complex tables, such as television listings.

Home Page Reader includes an integrated electronic mail feature, Home Page Mailer, which provides blind and low vision users access to email. Home Page Mailer set-up is simple; accessing mail is as easy as opening the Go menu and choosing Mailer.

System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 98, Millennium, Windows 2000, or XP
• Pentium 233 MHz and 256K L2 cache or equivalent
• 48 MB RAM for Windows 98 & Millennium, 64 MB RAM for Windows 2000 and XP
• 40MB hard disk space available
• SVGA graphics card (640 x 480, 256 colors)
• 16-bit sound card and 28.8 KBPS or higher Windows®-compatible modem
• 4X CD-ROM drive

Cost:

• $150 – single user
• Download free 30-day trial:
  http://www-3.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/hpr.html

Order Information:

Order and download online from
http://www-3.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/hpr.html