And after you've accessed a Web site, the program starts reading the whole page, rather than letting you navigate around the screen to find what you're looking for, as OpenBook 5.0 does. Many of the directions given by the program require several keystrokes, making the experience frustrating. Of all the software we reviewed, this was the easiest to use. OpenBook converts scanned material into electronic information, which can then be read aloud by the program. You can adjust settings, including voice type, language, and even inflection.
Commands have to be simple, though.
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