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Browsers specifically designed for people with disabilities

Braillesurf
Speech, Braille, large text.
http://www.snv.jussieu.fr/inova/bs4/uk/index.htm

BrookesTalk
This browser under development by Oxford Brookes University focuses on facilitating intelligent web-searching. Speech output, screen-magnification.
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/speech/

EIAD
A browser from Sarsfield Solutions which provides enhancements specifically for people with special needs and learning difficulties.
Touch-screen, simplified language interface.
http://gippsnet.com.au/eiad/browser.htm

EMACSPEAK
The speech-enabled environment for EMACS, runs under UNIX or LINUX, includes full Web browsing capabilities through W3.
Speech output, simple keyboard interface.
http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/

HomePage Reader
The speech-based browser from IBM, using Internet Explorer as its engine designed for blind and visually impaired. Speech output and standard graphical user interface.
http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/hpr.html

Marco Polo
A plug-in for Netscape Navigator from Sonicon with speech and auditory icons. Speech output, audio icons, simple keyboard interface.
http://www.webpresence.com/sonicon/marcopolo/

MultiWeb
Disability-specific browser developed at Deakin University.
Speech output, screen magnification, scanning for switch devices.
http://mis.deakin.edu.au/mis/multiweb/

PwWebSpeak
Speech output, synchronised speech and screen magnification, simple keyboard interface.
http://www.issound.com/pwWebspeak.htm

Sensus Internet Browser
A low-vision Internet browser from Sensus in Denmark. Speech output, Braille support, special screen fonts.
http://www.sensus.dk/sib10uk.htm

Simply Web 2000
A talking interface using the Internet Explorer engine. Speech output, simple keyboard interface.
http://www.econointl.com/sw/