Communicate: Webwide is a subscription-based service which gives users a flexible means of accessing information online. This is totally innovative software and is the only product of its kind in the world. It will help any reader who has difficulty accessing the text in standard English language web pages.
Just in time support:
Browse in a normal view until you reach a page where you need a bit of help, then click on the view button to see it in your preferred style. Set font details and background colours to suit your preference. You can hear the pages read with speech synthesis.
Browsing in normal view, with speech support
Many web pages are too complex for users with learning disabilities or those who have difficulty with text.
You can hear any part of the page spoken by clicking on the speak icon. The program will speak sentence by sentence, highlighting the currently spoken word. Links can be spoken before they are selected.
Viewing the simplified layout in Text view
Webwide can take a normal web page and sort the layout so that it is presented as a clearer, less distracting single column.
You may choose to preset the text size and colour, as well as the background, to aid people with visual disabilities, whilst still including any graphics from the site.
Viewing the simplified layout with symbol support
Change into symbol view and the text is automatically supported by symbols. You can choose between the coloured and black & white Widgit Rebus symbols. These have a vocabulary of over 20,000 words.
Finding your favorite sites
You can save your favorites through an easy to access manager. You can add an icon or graphic to remind you what the site is about. There is also a web portal that has links to sites that work well in symbols.
Symbols are accessed over the Internet, not from your machine
Widgit are constantly updating the online repository of symbols and vocabulary that powers Webwide. Because Communicate: Webwide is a subscription service, the symbols don't need to be installed on your machine. This means that you will get access to new symbols and extended vocabulary instantly.
Every time the program is launched any available updates are installed, so you'll never need to worry about upgrading to receive new features.
What do you need?
You need an Internet account. When you take out a Webwide subscription you will receive a small program that is installed onto your computer, a user name and a personal password. You can install the software onto any machine from which you would like to access your Webwide service. Then when you log on to a machine that has this software, you will be able to browse the Internet in Webwide.
Can I use this at home as well as in my school or centre?
The software can be installed on both school or day centre machines, and in the homes of account holders, so that the Internet can be browsed from different locations at different times. Each account holder has their own username and password. Their preferred settings are saved on the Webwide server and can therefore be accessed from any computer with Webwide installed.
Can my organisation have a number of user accounts to allocate as we wish?
Each purchasing organisation can have group accounts for the number of users they need. The individual accounts can be re-allocated as required.
DWB026y One year Single User £60.00 (£70.50 inc VAT)
