Program

Read from page

Highlight in page

Read in window

Highlight in window

Control and operation

Cost

Kurzweil 3000

Y

Y

-

-

(Highlight) and click. Good stuff. Good voices.

£175

Penfriend

-

-

Y

Y

Copy to clipboard. OK but reads in an extra window. Basic voices.

£60

Reader

?

Free

ReadPlease

-

-

Y

Copy, paste, then click. Extra window, clunky. Basic voices.

Free

Read and Write Standard

Y ?

Y

Y

Y

Highlight and click. Slow to start reading, highlight not well synchronised. Good voices.

£140

ScreenReader 4

Y

-

Y

Y

Highlight and click 'Speak'. Simple and effective. Doesn't highlight on page.

Free / £30

Browsealoud

Y

-

-

-

Point or highlight and click. Only reads 'speech enabled' sites. No highlighting at all.

Free to end user