[Athen] website reader

[Nettie Fischer]

Good morning E.A.,

Hopefully you can provide a bit of advice.  I attempted to instacll the JISC
Techdis Toolbar, following the instructions from the website, but, although
I installed Greasemonkey for IE, the JISC toolbar will not install; it keeps
asking for the GMIE to be installed, goes through that installation process,
attempts to install the JISC toolbar but I get an error message (see
attached).  I am thinking that the process is a bit complicated and people
who are not computer savy will not be able to complete the task [?]  Any help
you can provide will be greatly appreciated.  I am not sure what I am doing
or not doing.
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:58 AM, E.A. Draffan <ea at emptech.info> wrote:


>  If you really want to add something that is free, but still allows users

> to make use of their own technologies,  try something like the JISC TechDis

> toolbar on our LexDis site http://www.lexdis.or.uk  It works with most

> browsers, has the odd glitch and is not that keen on Flash everywhere.  It

> has a Scottish voice but that was the only free one we could find! May be

> worth reading the instructions at

> http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ToolBar/functions  If you like it you can

> then embed it in your own web pages

> http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ToolBar/versions  (code at the bottom of the

> page)   But if you want your own logo on it and a few other things, it is

> open source or we could  make you a bespoke toolbar with a little help from

> a source of funding for the time taken!

>

>

>

> We are planning to make a framework that will allow for this sort of thing

> and if anyone knows of any other freely available TTS voices we could

> achieve this more easily!

>

>

>

> Best wishes E.A.

>

>

>

> Mrs E.A. Draffan

>

> Learning Societies Lab,

>

> ECS, University of Southampton,

>

> Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246

>

> http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk

>

> http://www.emptech.info

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] *On

> Behalf Of *Nettie Fischer

> *Sent:* 22 April 2010 04:44

>

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

> *Subject:* [Athen] website reader

>

>

>

> 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
(916) 704-1456 Cell
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