[Athen] website reader

[Nettie Fischer]

Hi Ken and Thank you,

As you can see, I didn't get to my emails at a very reasonable time so will
take a look at the reference website's tomorrow.  The highlighting player
sounds really nice but - you are so correct when you say reasonable is
relative.  I work in a one-person consulting firm, me being the one-person,
although my husband takes care of the billing.  Also, working for school
districts in the California area, I have been declared a mandatory 10% cut
recipient <gee what a winner!>

Nettie

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Ken Petri <petri.1 at osu.edu> wrote:


> Nettie,

>

> Ohio State is piloting ReadSpeaker Enterprise for the next year. It is not

> free but their pricing seems reasonable (I know "reasonable" is a relative

> term). If you want to write me directly, I can put you in contact with our

> rep. See how the "highlighting" player works here:

> http://www.voice-corp.com/en/text-to-speech-services-for-speech-enabling-the-web/ReadSpeaker-Enterprise/Solutions/Expanding-Player/

>

> Set up on the VoiceCorp end is the most expensive part and then you pay by

> number of page views--bought in blocks, I believe. Implementing on your own

> pages is very simple. Users do not have to install anything.

>

> Once implemented on a web page, the "highlighting" version reads,

> highlights as it reads, and allows for an MP3 to be downloaded. The speech

> synthesizers they use are very high quality. The web developer can set the

> playback speed.

>

> Our pages show it working in a variety of circumstances, explain

> implementation in some detail, and discuss some problems we have discovered:

>

> http://www.osu.edu/resources/accessibility/readspeaker.html

>

> (P.S. please ignore our woefully out of date accessibility advice page---it

> is being revised in the next few weeks. Yes, I know, it's bad....)

>

> RocTalk is another commercial product: http://www.roktalk.com/. No idea on

> pricing.

>

>

> Best regards,

> ken

> ---

>  Ken Petri

>  Program Director

>  OSU Web Accessibility Center

>  102D Pomerene Hall

>  1760 Neil Avenue

>  Columbus, Ohio  43210

>  Phone: (614) 292-1760

>  Fax: (614) 292-4190

>  mailto:petri.1 at osu.edu

>

>

>   On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Nettie Fischer <nettiet at gmail.com>wrote:

>

>>   Hello all,

>>

>> I am trying to find a way to have my website read aloud for my few but

>> inquiring visitors.  Is there a low cost or hopefully free program out there

>> that can be included in a website?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Nettie

>>

>> --

>> Nettie T. Fischer, ATP

>> Assistive Technology Professional

>> Nettiet, ATP Consultants

>> www.nettietatpconsultants.com

>> [916] 222-3492 Office

>> (916) 704-1456 Cell

>>

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Nettie T. Fischer, ATP
Assistive Technology Professional
Nettiet, ATP Consultants
www.nettietatpconsultants.com
[916] 222-3492 Office
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