Plug-ins are small computer bits of software that let you view a document, interact with an image, listen to music or watch a video.
If you did not have the right plug-in on your computer, you would not be able to listen to your favourite song or see animations and video on screen.
Please note that Stockport Council are not responsible for content on external websites.
Media Players
- Microsoft - Listen to our audio and video files using Windows Media Player for Windows, Mac OS or Solaris
- Real - Listen to our audio and video files using Real Player Basic
- iTunes - Listen to our audio and video files using Apple iTunes
Plug-ins
Macromedia Flash & Shockwave - Over 390 million web users have downloaded this popular plug-in to enabled video and animated content.
Viewers and Readers
Adobe Acrobat Reader - Used to read the many PDFs that are on our website.
Access.Adobe - If you need to convert PDFs to text or HTML
Browsealoud - Free to download (however this software only works with speech-enabled sites e.g. stockport.gov.uk, the BBC, Google, and many other local authority websites)