Hi Dan,

ReadPlease is more a Text-to-Speech program, than a reading program.
ReadPlease do not let you select your own foreground and background colors
and font style and size.
BTW: ReadPlease is one of the most popular programs on web site.

Regards Peter Verhoeven
Internet : http://www.magnifiers.org (The Screen Magnifiers Homepage)

At 09:23 16-11-2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Though it's promising, Reader's Pal has some bugs to be worked out.  For
>example, getting it to read text from the clipboard can be a challenge and
>some features (such as speed control) didn't work for me.
>
>For something similar (and also free), check out ReadPlease
>(www.readplease.com). It too requires a mouse to be used, but many people
>with reading disabilities I've worked with lately have been quite excited
>to use it.
>
>-*- Dan Comden                   [log in to unmask]
>     Adaptive Technology Lab      http://www.washington.edu/computing/atl/
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>On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Peter Verhoeven wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > What do you think of a program 169 KB in size, that reads aloud ascii,
> > clipboard an HTML files to you?
> > A program, that lets the users select their own background and foreground
> > colors?
> >   A program, that can display the text word-by-word, multiple words by
> > multiple words and screen by screen?
> > A program, that let you set your reading speed?
> > And important a program that is free?
> >
> > Readers's Pal is such a program. Reader's Pal is so small, because it uses
> > the resources that is already on most computers (Visual Basic Runtime 5,
> > Microsoft Text-to-Speech adn Internet Explorer 4 or higher).
> >
> > Reader's Pal runs on Windows 95 and higher.
> >
> > It is useful for those people who have not the money to buy an expensive
> > screen reader of screen magnifier, people who get tired eyes from reading
> > on a computer monitor, but sometimes is also a good addition to your screen
> > reader or magnifier.
> >
> > More information can be found at:
> > frames : http://www.magnifiers.org
> > no frames http://www.magnifiers.org/main2.html
> >
> > Regards Peter Verhoeven
> > Internet : http://www.magnifiers.org (The Screen Magnifiers Homepage)
> >
> >
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