Browsealoud
Browsealoud reads aloud all website content including PDF and MS Word documents.
This is extremely helpful to over 7 million people in the UK with literacy problems, 8.6 million registered disabled people (source: Disability Rights Commission), 2 million UK residents with sight problems (source: RNIB) and 12 million people aged 60 and over who may have developed sight issues.
The software is free for users to install and as you move your cursor over the words they are spoken aloud. Download Browsealoud.
Web for the visually impaired
Our website includes the facility to increase the font size to improve accessibility.
Resizing the text
To increase the text size
Internet Explorer: View > Text size > largest
Firefox: View > Text size > increase
Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels)
Alternatively you can scroll the mouse wheel while holding down the control key or hold the control key while using the plus sign button to your required size.
Braille
Some of our home’s documents can be made available in Braille by request. Please phone our Communications Department on 01903 529779 for more details.
Other languages
Free translations are available through Google and Yahoo but we are happy to help with any specific enquiry.
Jargon
Guild Care is committed to producing information on our website in plain English.
We have tried to avoid the use of complicated terms, often referred to as ‘jargon’, wherever possible.
In some cases we may have to use technical or legal terms relating to a subject that you may not understand.