© 2002-3 webwords.
Concept: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead:
Library and Information Services 2002
webwords was a People's Network Excellence Fund project
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Concept and development: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Library and Information Services.
The webwords site is accessible to WCAG level A. Compliance has been tested to all but one check point of level AA. Level AA is not claimed as there is one issue we have yet to resolve.
webwords does not just rely on compliance to web accessibility standards. By offering a quality browsing experience webwords aims to make spoken word books more accessible to audiences.
The webwords project aims to enrich the quality of the experience of choosing an audio book for visually impaired people using library catalogues.
webwords benefits everyone who loves spoken word books, whether visually impaired or not.
This website has over 1700 samples from 9 leading publishers. Use the search facility the site to find a sample then use the link to listen
Please note: your computer must have sound capability and a media player enabled for MP3 format files to hear webwords samples.
You can search for a title of a sample on this site. When you have found one, you will find a link in the record to the webwords site. This link will download the sample so you can hear it for yourself - Simple!
webwords was a People's Network Excellence Fund project funded by the National
Lottery’s New Opportunities Fund.
Concept and development: © 2002 The Royal
Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Library and Information Services
We are
very grateful to all our Publisher Partners for giving
permission to use their copyrighted material from which to construct the test
samples.
Information about Publisher Partners can be found using the publisher link on each page
Design advice was sought from the Berkshire County Blind Society, Dolphin Computer Access Dolphin Computer Access and the Royal National Institute for the Blind Royal National Institute for the Blind among other agencies.
© 2002-3 webwords. Concept:Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Library and
Information Services 2002 webwords was a People's Network Excellence Fund project
© 2002-3 webwords.
Concept: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead:
Library and Information Services 2002
webwords was a People's Network Excellence Fund project