The present invention is a server-side method and apparatus that enables
visually-impaired users to navigate websites and hear high-quality
streaming audio of narration and descriptions of each website. The system
involves creating an audible website corresponding to an original website
by utilizing voice talent to read and describe web content and create
audio files for each section within an original website, then assigning a
hierarchy and navigation system based on the original website design. To
implement the system, a small program is installed on the home page of an
original website which plays a tone upon a user's visit indicating that
the website is accessible with the present invention. Upon hearing the
tone, a user presses a key on the keyboard to exit the original website
and enter the audible website. Audible narration is played through the
user's computer, reading text and describing non-text information. The
narration includes menus for navigating the site which have a hierarchy
substantially similar to that of the original website. Users navigate the
website menus and move from website to website by making keystroke
commands.