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IBM reaches out to blind with talking Web browser SOMERS, N.Y., Feb 3 (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a talking web browser, opening the windows of the World Wide Web for blind and visually impaired computer users. The world's largest computer maker said the new software, Home Page Reader for Windows, provides Internet access by speaking aloud the information found on a Web site. The software retails for $149 and is available in English, along with the product's original Japanese version. The software was developed with the help of a blind researcher from IBM's Tokyo Research Laboratory. Versions in other languages will be released this year. More than 850,000 individuals in the U.S. are blind, according to the National Federation of the Blind. Home Page Reader uses IBM's ViaVoice Outloud U.S. English text-to-speech technology and Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator to speak Web-based information. A simple keypad allows blind users to interact with their computers and easily navigate the Internet, IBM said. ((New York Newsdesk, 212-859-1700))

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