This Website is now speech-enabled, which means that users of our Website can download free software onto their personal computers. The free software is called Browsealoud, and has presence on over 2000 Websites in the United Kingdom and United States. These are mainly government and educational institutions but include the BBC, Google and a number of UK local authorities.

Browsealoud is a Windows Browser plug-in designed for use with Internet Explorer 4 upwards or Netscape Navigator. If you install the Browsealoud plugin on to your PC, you can have the web pages on the Stockport Council Website read to you (and other sites that are Speech-enabled).

This may help those people who have a good understanding of the English language but do not find reading online easy.

Downloading Browsealoud

When you follow the download Browsealoud link you will be taken to an external site where you will find full instructions to carry out the download and installation. A browsealoud icon will be placed in your system tray which is at the bottom right of your browser.

You can open the Browsealoud application by double clicking the icon. You will find that you can update browsealoud and customise it to suit you. You can select from a list of voices and adjust the way you hear the voices by changing the pitch and speed.

To download the free software, see 'Related Links' or click on the Browsealoud image above.

Regular Updates

More Websites add their names to the Browsealoud enabled sites and Browsealoud will prompt you to make regular updates. This is quick to do and will ensure that you will be able to read all those sites who have registered with Browsealoud.