The South Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Network has speech-enabled its
website with a free plug-in from SpeaksForItself. Although this is a
"work-in-progress", it has a potential for accommodating persons with vision
impairment.

Speaksforitself has tools to refine the speech, including different voices,
speaking speed adjustment, etc. It has advantages over other aural
approaches, such as streamed audio, in that the sites load fast because it
uses text strings rather than sound files.  

Check it out and report your impressions to RESNA SIG-11 member Bob Chubon at
rchubon@sc.edu

http://www.med.sc.edu:1014/ruralspeak.htm
http://www.speaksforitself.com/speaksforitself/