Hebrew SeniorLife, affiliated with Harvard Medical School and a leader in geriatric health care, research, teaching and housing, has introduced a series of tools on its Web site to make the content more readily available to seniors.
The new tools are designed to allow seniors to access a wealth of information about Hebrew SeniorLife’s health-care and housing options on the Internet. HSL is taking a leadership role in making its Web site (www.hebrewseniorlife.org) accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities, including seniors who have difficulty seeing or reading.
In addition to a standard Web-site feature that allows listeners to increase (or decrease) the size of type, HSL’s new upgrades include a “Listen” button that reads text over computer speakers. The tool is geared toward individuals with visual impairments or reading problems such as dyslexia, and visitors who prefer to listen rather than read. The tool was developed by VoiceCorp LLC.
“We strongly believe that the implementation of our ReadSpeaker application on the Hebrew SeniorLife Web site will help to give larger audiences easier access to on-screen text, in a way that was never previously possible,” says Jin Mehta, business development manager at VoiceCorp. “We hope that the leadership and commitment of Hebrew SeniorLife to making its Web site accessible will inspire others to do the same.”
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