Web navigation
Live · Free
- A Chrome extension
- Works on websites in Google Chrome
- Reads web pages aloud
Your computer, by voice.
AbleSpeak lets people who can’t easily use a keyboard, mouse or screen use a computer by speaking.
- Built in Nairobi, Kenya
- Web navigation live
- Computer control beta
Why AbleSpeak matters
So much now happens ona computer. Many people can’t usethe keyboard, mouse or screen.
Two ways to use it
Listening
Say a command
Heard: “open my email”
Done
Try saying “scroll down”
Computer control
Beta · Windows
- A Windows desktop app
- Works in everyday apps, such as Word
- Reads the screen aloud
How to get started
First, a demo.
We show you AbleSpeak, at your school or online.
Then, try it free.
Start with Web navigation in Chrome.
Next, a pilot.
We help set up Computer control on your Windows computers.
Why we built it
AbleSpeak began at the Centre for Digital Language Inclusion training, facilitated by the Global Disability Innovation Hub. We trained speech models on non-standard speech in Kenyan and Ugandan English, then built AbleSpeak to put them to use.
Organisations we have worked with
Things people say to AbleSpeak
- “search for photosynthesis”
- “read this page”
- “click subscribe”
- “show tags”
- “dictate”
- “new paragraph”
- “open Word”
- “what is on my screen”
- “undo that”
- “read the question”
- “answer B”
- “stop”
A demo, or a pilot?
A person on our team replies within 24–48 hours.