Suggestions for Web Readers? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Cliff on Monday October 8, 2001 @04:50AM from the when-you-can't-read-all-the-those-lines-on-your-own dept.

lawndart asks: "A co-worker of mine recently had a stroke that removed his ability to read. More accurately he has no shape recognition abilities anymore. Before the accident he was a serious web addict, and is a little depressed that he can't surf anymore. He wants to use web reader software, but obviously needs someone else to find/install it, which is where I come in. I was hoping for some ideas on the best ones out there, with an emphasis on accuracy, and price. It needs to run on a Wintel type box and be relatively easy to use." I would suspect there are such programs already in the market for the blind, so if any of you have tried then and would be willing to pass on recommendations, please feel free.

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software recommendations by NateDawg · 2001-10-08 06:37 · Score: 4, Informative

I have relatively little experience with this type of software, but I have heard that the IBM Homepage Reader is a pretty good product and it's only $100 or so. It takes a while to get used to this kind of web interface though, and many sites are downright impossible to navigate with these kind of readers. I have a few blind friends and this is the only software they recommend.

-Nate