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This part of the website will give you help and advice on how to get and use BrowseAloud

Download & Run - How to download & run BrowseAloud
Frequently Asked Questions - Answers to some common questions about getting and using BrowseAloud
Video Tour - View the BrowseAloud video tour
PC User Guide - View the online BrowseAloud PC user guide
Mac User Guide - View the online BrowseAloud Mac user guide
System Requirements - View the BrowseAloud system requirements
Contact us - Get in touch to ask us any more questions you might have

You need an internet connection to download and install BrowseAloud:

Windows

Windows - how to check what version of Windows your computer has
Windows Download & Run - getting BrowseAloud onto your computer

Remove BrowseAloud 5 and 6

To remove BrowseAloud 5 and 6 from your computer:

BrowseAloud is a virtualized application which does not require any program files to be installed on your computer. It can be removed from your computer as below:

Ensure BrowseAloud has been closed. BrowseAloud can be closed by right clicking on the BrowseAloud icon in your system tray and clicking on 'Exit BrowseAloud'
Locate the BrowseAloud file that you downloaded and saved on your computer. If you cannot locate this, search for a file called BrowseAloud.exe on your computer using the search facility from the Start menu.
Delete this file from your computer.

To remove BrowseAloud 4 or below from your computer:

Click start at the bottom-left corner of your screen
Choose 'Control Panel'
Choose 'Add/Remove Programs'
Choose 'textHELP BrowseAloud version 4' (or whatever version you want to uninstall)
Click 'Change/Remove'

Windows

You need Windows 7, Vista or XP in order to run BrowseAloud on your computer

To find out what version of windows your computer has:

1. Press the Ctrl, Alt and Delete buttons at the same time
This will bring up a window that will tell you what version of Windows you are using
Click Cancel to exit the window

Download & Run BrowseAloud 6

Make sure your computer is running Windows 7, Vista or XP.

Go to our downloads page and click on the download BrowseAloud button.
When the download screen appears as below please choose Save (save the file locally on your PC) and not Run
After BrowseAloud has downloaded, close the download complete dialog and double click the BrowseAloud.exe. The following message may appear, please uncheck “Always ask before opening this file” to prevent this message from appearing in the future and then click run.
The first screen you will be presented with is the License Agreement. You need to choose the "I accept the license agreement" radio button then click Next.:
A ReadMe dialog contains some accessibility information. Click Next.
You will then be presented with the final dialog screen explaining the BrowseAloud Icons as shown below:

Mac - Download & Run

You can install BrowseAloud directly from the BrowseAloud website. You must have an Internet connection and any previous versions of BrowseAloud uninstalled before you can proceed with the installation.

Before you install BrowseAloud, make sure your Apple Mac has the following:

Operating System X 10.3.9 or later
256 Mb RAM (512 Mb is preferable)
compatibility with Power PC or Intel processor.
Sound card and Speakers
20 MB Free Disc Space
Supported Browser - Safari Browser

BrowseAloud Mac Installation steps:

1. Click on the "Mac Download" link, BrowseAloudMAC.zip will start downloading.

2. Once downloaded double click to open the zip file.

3. Drag the BrowseAloud application into your applications folder.

4. Double click to run BrowseAloud.