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Talking web pages are totally in, dude
A COMPANY called Textic Limited reckons its web vocalisation service is the bees knees and have an analyst report to prove it.
Textic, which makes web sites talk, so to speak, was recently the subject of a lot of poking and prodding by Peter Abrahams, of Bloor Research.
Abrahams came to the conclusion that having websites read out loud to him in a funny computer generated voice “adds an extra level of accessibility” and was also jolly useful for people who couldn’t read.
The Bloor boffin also reckoned that voice enabling a web site would appeal greatly to those who didn’t have enough time to read, to people incapable of reading and understanding diagrams simultaneously and to people who absorb more through listening and reading.
And he thinks it's more fun too.
There are also solid legal reasons for having Stephen Hawking soundalike web sites according to a Textic spokesman, citing a recent Target Corporation class action settlement in the US. The retailer was fined $6 million when its web site was considered inaccessible to some, especially blind users. µ
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Textic.com/bloor.pdf
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ffs theres enough furkin distractions what with flash and all the other carp they push on us !!!

after a couple of 'big black mama's jamaiky herbal smokin remedies' i hear enough voices !!!! pffffffffffft thats all i need, im off to find those suicide sites before the furkin nanny state shuts them down :O)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggg FFS leave me alone you money grabbing barstewards !!!!! i can look after myself, get outa my face with all your crack pot ideas O_o

*note to opera and firefox, gimme a script to block EVEN more stuff /sigh O_O

by the way inqu, you been messing with the verification code ?? it's gornioa, anagram of misspelt gonoria nearly lol, do i win a prize ?? :O)
Had this featuire for years?

I certainly remember playing with it over 3 years ago.
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