Scenario of how this software program helps people with Dyslexia TalkingDesktop software helps you with your reading Are you struggling with dyslexia or another reading disability? You are certainly not alone. According to government statistics, 25 million Americans (one in ten) are functionally illiterate, and the main cause behind this is dyslexia or one of its variations. The situation is similar in the United Kingdom, where an estimated 10% of the population show some signs of dyslexia. For anyone who needs help with their reading, enjoying and benefiting from the Internet can be almost impossible. The wealth of information that is available online means nothing when you struggle to read it. Things that other people take for granted - email, forums, newsgroups, blogs and favorite websites - lose their charm when every word is a potential hurdle to be jumped. This is why TalkingDesktop is the ideal software for dyslexics. This listening and talking program lets you access and enjoy the online world in a way that make sense to you. By letting TalkingDesktop read websites and online news outloud, you can get through information faster than ever. With a range of pleasant and natural sounding voices, TalkingDesktop is both easy and enjoyable to use. What Mary (our software ) says or you can say is in blue italics Your Interactive Home - present day It's morning as you enter the kitchen (your computer is sitting on a table in the corner), Mary senses (microphone) your approach and says good morning, it's 7:30 Monday November 10, 2008. As you busy yourself with making coffee, you look out the window and wonder what the weather will be like today. You ask Mary U.S. weather and the latest weather map (which you have pre-designated) is displayed. You are curious about hurricanes in the Caribbean so you say caribbean weather and the latest weather map from that region is displayed. While drinking your coffee, you ask the computer for news headlines from around the world. While listening to your computer read the news out-loud, one of the headlines is interesting so you interrupt Mary by saying the first word or two of the headline and the news story is displayed in our voice web browser. You see an interesting news headline concerning greenpeace founder so you say greenpeace and that article is displayed in your web browser for review. You ask the computer to read that web page to you. You are interested in world events, so you say Kremlin and a current web camera shot of Red Square in Moscow is displayed. You arrive at the office and start the TalkingDesktop program. Mary greets you by saying Good afternoon Mr. Smith , then she presents the internet connection window to you so that you may connect to the internet. You want to know how the stock market is doing so you say stock ticker and your personal stock list is displayed with last price, volume and percent change. In the meantime, Mary has activated the scrolling news headlines so that you can see the latest news from around the world. You say New York Markets to display a graph of the Dow Jones and Nasdaq. It's time to do some work, so you say word processor and your word processor opens up. To begin you say dictation to activate the dictation mode. After such a busy morning, you decide to leave for lunch. . . . Upon returning from lunch, Mary hears you approach and informs you verbally that some stocks alerts have been reached based on your stock parameters. You work awhile longer and then decide that you are done for the day, saying shutdown computer. Mary asks for confirmation of this request and you say yes , the program closes all windows, closes TalkingDesktop and shuts the computer down.