IBM Home Page Reader (HPR) is a talking Web browser designed for people who are blind or have low vision. HPR can also be used by designers and developers with normal sight who need to test Web sites for accessibility. After a Web site or template has been created, a developer or designer can use Home Page Reader to check the site to ensure that it complies with accessibility requirements. Several techniques are available to verify that the content on the Web pages is accessible to people with disabilities. There's no extra hardware synthesizer to buy. The user simply interacts with the computer using a basic numeric keypad in a Microsoft Windows environment. Home Page Reader audibly communicates complete information from graphical user interface web pages to the user, including tables, frames, forms, and even alternate text for images The full range of web page data is provided in a logical, clear, and understandable manner. Home Page Reader speaks link information or ALT text for objects like images and image maps. In addition, the product speaks HTML 4.0 information provided by web page authors, providing valuable information like summaries and table captions. You can navigate and read complex tables, such as television listings, using table navigation mode. In table navigation mode, you can easily read table rows, columns, and cells, including table cells that span multiple rows or columns. Using the numeric keypad as an interface, Home Page Reader allows the user to navigate and manipulate web page elements like image and text links, form elements, standard text and frames. With the convenient keys help mode, the user can press any Home Page Reader key combination and hear a description of its use.

IBM Home Page Reader, V 3.0