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The first genuine symbol web browser to make browsing the web more accessible to people who find text difficult

Free one month trial now available! For details on how to apply click here to visit the Widgit Software website.

Communicate: Webwide lets you see websites in normal view, in simplified layout or with symbol support with full speech support in any view.

Communicate: Webwide is a subscription-based service which gives users a flexible means of accessing information online. This is totally innovative software and is the only product of its kind in the world. It will help any reader who has difficulty accessing the text in standard English language web pages.

Designed for just in time support

Browse in a normal view until you reach a page where you need a bit of help. Then click on the view button to see it how you prefer. You can set font details and background colours to suit your preference. You can hear the pages read with speech synthesis.

Many web pages are too complex for users with learning disabilities or those who have difficulty with text. Webwide gives users options in viewing the web:

Normal view with speech support You can hear any part of the page spoken by clicking on the speak icon. The program will speak sentence by sentence highlighting the currently spoken word. Links can be spoken before they are selected.
Plain text view Webwide can take a normal web page and sort the layout so that it is presented as a clearer, less distracting single column. You may choose to preset the text size and colour, as well as the background, to aide people with visual disabilities or learning difficulties, whilst still including any graphics from the site. This means that you can read the text in your own preferred font style and size, and hear it spoken without needing any other utility programs.
Symbol view Change into symbol view and the text is automatically supported by symbols. You can choose between the coloured and black-and-white Widgit Symbols (formerly known as Rebus Symbols). These have a vocabulary of over 35,000 words. Click here for more screenshots of Webwide.

Finding your favourite sites

You can save your favourites through an easy to access manager. You can add an icon or graphic to remind you what the site is about. There is also a web portal that has links to sites that work well in symbols.

Symbols are accessed over the Internet, not from your machine

Widgit are constantly updating the online repository of symbols and vocabulary that powers Communicate: Webwide. Because Communicate: Webwide is a subscription service, the symbols don’t need to be installed on your machine. This means that you will get access to new symbols and extended vocabulary instantly.

Every time the program is launched any available updates are installed, so you’ll never need to worry about upgrading to receive new features.

For more information about how Webwide works, click here.

What do you need?

You need an Internet account with a standard Internet Service Provider. When you purchase a Communicate: Webwide subscription with us, you will get a small program that is installed onto your computer, a user name and a personal password. You can install the software onto any machine from which you would like to access your Communicate: Webwide service. Then when you log-on to a machine that has this software, you will be able to browse the Internet in Communicate: Webwide.

Can I use this at home as well as in my school or centre?

The software can be installed on both school or day centre machines and in the homes of account holders, so that the Internet can be browsed from different locations at different times. Each account holder has their own username and password. Their preferred settings are saved on the Webwide server and can therefore be accessed from any computer with Communicate: Webwide installed.

Can my organisation have a number of user accounts to allocate as we wish?

Each purchasing organisation can have group accounts for the number of users they need. The individual accounts can be re-allocated as required.

Free limited one month trial. For details on how to apply, click here to visit the Widgit Software website.

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Prices

	Code	Media	Platform	$AUD Price	$AUD GST
	Communicate: Webwide Subscription - Single Subscription	Price per subscription per year (Includes Webwide Software and Manual Pack)
	WICOMWEB	CD-ROM	Win 98, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista	$89.00	$0.00
	Communicate: Webwide Subscription (Additional Year)	Price per subscription per year
	WICOMWEBA	Paper Licence		$69.00	$0.00
	Communicate: Webwide Software and Manual Pack - Additional or Replacement	This pack contains the manual and CD with the software that is included with each subscription. Only one pack is needed for each organisation or site, although additional or replacement packs can be p
	WIWEBWIDE-CD	CD-ROM	Win 98, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista	$49.00	$0.00