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Please note: if you delete or disable our cookies you may not be able to register on our site and benefit from some of our online features.
You have the opportunity to set your computer to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The way in which you do this depends upon the web browser which you use.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
Our website uses cookies in several places - we've listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
If you use our accessibility settings to change how our website looks, then we will set a cookie so your settings are remembered.
| Cookie name | Typical content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| userColourscheme | Name of the colour scheme (e.g. 'soft1') | 1 hour |
| userFontsize | Font size chosen (e.g. 'larger') | 1 hour |
| userFontchoice | Font style chosen (e.g. 'comicsans') | 1 hour |
| userLetterspacing | Letter spacing chosen (e.g. 'wide') | 1 hour |
These cookies are set for customers who use the Browsealoud service, to read aloud and translate content on our site. The cookies enable the service to function by storing the user’s selections and preferences as they move around the site, including their settings for the tool, any language selection they might have made, the position of the toolbar, and their acceptance of the disclaimers.
| Name | Type | Expires | Contains | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __ba_allow_secure |
Persistent |
1 year |
String value 'yes' |
Stores that the user has accepted the secure transmission and cookies banner which pops down when they first launch the BA toolbar |
|
__ba_launch_audio_alert |
Persistent |
1 year |
Boolean value true |
Stores TRUE after the user has listened to the "I'm Browsealoud" welcome message so it does not play every time the user launches the BA toolbar |
|
__ba_plus |
Persistent |
1 year |
String value 'on' |
Stores 'on' or doesn't set depending if the customer's set-up includes the use of cookies |
|
__ba_sec_trans_ok |
Persistent |
1 year |
String value 'yes' |
Stores 'yes' once the user accepts the translation policies from the banner at the top of the page accepting that page content will be securely transmitted to Google for translation |
|
__ba_settings |
Persistent |
1 year |
URL encoded string "%7B%22....." |
Stores an encoded JSON string containing toolbar settings, including: toolbar has been opened, translation is enabled, current language |
|
__ba_trans_ok |
Persistent |
1 year |
String value 'yes' |
Stores 'yes' when the user accepts the Google translation disclaimer from the Browsealoud banner |
|
__ba_lang_warn |
Persistent |
1 year |
Boolean value true or false |
Stores true if the user selects the "remember my choice" checkbox when translating to a language without speech support. |
|
rwebooks-x |
Persistent |
1 year |
Number |
Stores the x coordinate for the toolbar position |
|
rwebooks-y |
Persistent |
1 year |
Number |
Stores the y coordinate for the toolbar position |
Our site search uses Google Custom Search, which continuously monitors and indexes the content of the site. It is designed to work exactly like Google on the web.
Social sharing audio and video services are run by other companies, who may put cookies on your computer when you use them on our site or if you are already logged in to them.
Services that we may use and their use of cookies:
To improve our service we collect anonymous web statistics using programmes called Google Analytics and SiteImprove. They store several cookies on users' computers or mobile devices to tell us how many people have visited each web page, how they got there, and where they navigated to from there. The data collected is completely anonymous and does not store any personal details.
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites.
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