How to use Photoshop

Photoshop is one of the elite graphics packages, it is very powerful and you can create some fantastic results.  The problem is that the power comes at a price and that price is complexity.

I should also say that there are alternative programmes for users who do not require or cannot afford that level of complexity. e.g. GIMP

However, to use photoshop effectively it is a good idea to spend some time understanding Layers.

We are exploring the use of Text to speech - Now looking at product called Natural Reader.

Natural readerThis product is a small download which can then sit on your desktop and can read any highlighted text.

Please add speech to my website

(added Natural reader)

The aim of a web site is to help people keep in touch with the organisation and its aims. But at the moment the internet is often a very wordy place to be. 56% of the adult population has some literacy problems and this increases amongst groups of people whose education was interrupted by ill health or other problems. There is also a significant immigrant community where English is not their first language and reading in a foreign language is difficult.

Fire Vox: OK stop talking now!

I published a short article that looked at adding speech to a website and one of the options suggested was to add the Fire Vox addin to your Mozilla FireFox browser.

Once installed it will repeat key strokes, tell you about the page you are on, any screen events, such as an item gaining focus and in short annoying people.

To reduce the annoyance factor you can change some of the options. firevox

In FireFox go to tools and click on Firevox options.

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