Sensory Readable

Sensory Readable is the creation of Paul Blenkhorn, Emeritus Professor of Assistive Technology at Manchester University. Paul, the creator of ClaroRead in 2004, has been a pioneer in the field of assistive technology and creates software can that make a difference when it comes to reading and writing.

Sensory Readable is approved for funding by Student Finance England for the Disabled Students Allowance.

Readable Video Playlist

Text To Speech

Select any accessible text and Readable will speak it. Click and Play in Microsoft Word, Edge, Outlook and more. New “Point and Speak” cursor tracking – move your mouse cursor across the screen, Readable detects the text underneath the mouse cursor instantly. You can choose to speak the word or line only, the whole paragraph or everything from that cursor point onwards.

Proof Reading

Readable supports you writing and proof reading (checking) in Microsoft Word.  It provides additional accessibility support for this leading writing and composition tool such as dictionaries, references, spellchecking or speech dictation. Readable includes a homophone identifier, allowing you to identify and check tricky words.

Accessibility

Sensory Readable also provides additional accessibility and ease of use for Microsoft Word. When in Word you can easily change the background colour, character, line and paragraph spacing and font sizes of the document. You can easily switch to the tidy focus mode view to help concentration.