The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information. Nonvision.KingfisherGambia.com - Introduction to Webbie Text Browser
 

2.2 INTRODUCTION TO WEBBIE TEXT BROWSER

WebbIE is part of the Thunder download and is also available as a download from www.webbie.org.uk where there is always the most up-to-date information and the latest developments. From time to time, automatic updates of WebbIE will come to your computer.

WebbIE removes pictures and visual effects so you can read everything line by line - great if you can’t see the screen and want to read long items on the web.

If you have a little sight, WebbIE can give you larger print on the screen on the internet, white letters on a black background to read line by line with choice of font and size, and you can hear it spoken if your eyes are struggling and tired. This is how it is when you first go into WebbIE. If you want to enjoy the pictures etc. there’s just a couple of keys to press, CONTROL with I, and you will see the webpages as normal. You can magnify them, but it won’t talk to you, but press CONTROL I to return to speech.

To launch WebbIE do the following:

VISTA AND LATER:

Press the WINDOWS key to get to the Start Menu, type web, ARROW DOWN and UP to hear "WebbIE" and press ENTER.

XP AND EARLIER:

Press the WINDOWS Key to get to the Start Menu, type P (All Programs) and press W until you hear "WebbIE" then press ENTER. You could ask your tutor or computer buddy to put a shortcut on either the START MENU or DESKTOP to make it easier to find.

To get to WebbIE’s manual with WebbIE on the screen, press ALT RIGHT ARROW until you hear "help", then DOWN ARROW and ENTER on the topic you wish to learn about. We recommend that you visit the website www.mywebguides.co.uk which was put together by five blind people who enjoy the internet every day and want to help you make the most of it.

 

The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information.