Audio Outsource, Dundee, launch new accessibility service

If you’re concerned about accessibility and inclusivity in your company, Audio Outsource is pleased to announce a new service to help address a common problem. Our document narration service turns your important documents into Audio Book formats for ease of access by everyone.

Kerr Mathieson (owner) said: “The service is designed to turn your staff handbooks, contracts or other important documents into easily accessible, professionally narrated audio files.  Organised into chapters, these files are ready to be accessed by anyone who would find it challenging or indeed impossible to read and digest.  They would normally be listened to via websites, apps, company intranet, or wherever is most convenient.


There are many scenarios which employers and employees find themselves in, where document accessibility becomes an issue.  Partially sighted, blind, neurodiversity, dyslexia, or simply having an auditory learning preference or style can introduce a real challenge into accessing, for example, a 40 page staff handbook or other important induction documents”

When asked, Why not just use a screen reader?, Kerr commented:

“Well, have you ever had to try and interpret the meaning or tone of voice of an email?  It’s a similar issue with screen reader software.  How does it know what to emphasise, or how to convey importance or meaning in a piece of text? It's also extremely impersonal.

But there’s more to it than that.  If you want to know about holiday entitlement in section 18 of the handbook, wouldn’t it be easier to listen to that chapter rather than scrolling to find it then having it read robotically to you? Or worse still, having to listen through hours of computer generated speech just to hear the relevant section.”

Why not make your important documents accessible to every member of staff, current and future?”

For further information, Kerr can be contacted at kerr@audiooutsource.co.uk or by phone 07788828697.  You can visit the website for more details on this and all other services provided.  

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