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Program
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Read from page
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Highlight in page
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Read in window
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Highlight in window
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Control and operation
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Cost
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Kurzweil 3000
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Y
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Y
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-
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-
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(Highlight) and click. Good stuff. Good voices.
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£175
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Penfriend
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-
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-
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Y
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Y
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Copy to clipboard. OK but reads in an extra window. Basic voices.
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£60
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Reader
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?
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Free
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ReadPlease
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-
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-
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Y
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Copy, paste, then click. Extra window, clunky. Basic voices.
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Free
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Read and Write Standard
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Y ?
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Highlight and click. Slow to start reading, highlight not well synchronised. Good voices.
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£140
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ScreenReader 4
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Y
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-
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Y
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Y
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Highlight and click 'Speak'. Simple and effective. Doesn't highlight on page.
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Free / £30
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Browsealoud
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Y
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-
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-
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-
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Point or highlight and click. Only reads 'speech enabled' sites. No highlighting at all.
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Free to end user
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