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Introduction to Read&Write for Windows

Kimberly Nix, PD Manager [email protected] www.texthelp.com read&write texthelp for Windows

Literacy Support Software for all Learners

Training Objective: To become familiar with the key features, their functionality, and potential applications and benefits of the Read&Write for Windows program for students and instructors.

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Works with All Key Programs: • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.) • Internet/Web (HTML) in Internet Explorer, Chrome*, and Firefox* Browsers • PDF's (both accessible and inaccessible) • JPG, PNG, Flash • Many proprietary programs: (Canvas, Moodle, D2L, etc.)

Launch using either the or desktop icon: n rw Training Guide: pp. 3-7 Read&Write p text help* Using with Chrome or Firefox Browsers *For Chrome, an extension called Support for Read&Write Desktop must be added for Read&Write for Windows to work on HTML. If not prompted to do so or denied doing so please click on this link Support for Read&Write Desktop in Chrome. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/support-for-readwrite-des/ofdopmlmgifpfkijadehmhjccbefaeec)

*For Firefox, a plugin must be installed for Read&Write for Windows to work on HTML. If not prompted to install, please visit Firefox Plugin on our Tech Support website.

FOR THE CHROME BROWSER ONLY: Whatfeatures are supported and where?

Supported Features for Various Document Types

Google Docs Word Online Text to speech Picture Dictionary Text to speech Picture Dictionary Dictionary Prediction Dictionary Prediction Highlighters Collect Highlights Highlighters Vocab List Builder Google Slides OneNote Online Text to speech Picture Dictionary Text to speech Picture Dictionary Dictionary Prediction Dictionary Prediction Highlighters Highlighters Webpages Text to speech Dictionary Picture Dictionary Prediction Highlighters Collect Highlights Vocab List Builder ff texthelp Use - Settings

Functionalities of the Toolbar: • Resize icons - small, medium or large Video Support for All Tools: • Display/hide text labels https://goo.gl/v3knf4 • Change toolbar to one of eight colors Training Guide: pp. 5-7 • Turn on/off individual tools • Launch on startup and docking • Keyboard Shortcuts available

Feature Keyboard Shortcuts Toolbar

Button size Medium Speak current Ctrl Alt Z General style Clear Check It

Dictionary Show text on toolbar • Pause speech Ctrl Alt X Highlights Toolbar color H| jg| Prediction

Scanning Launch on Windows startup • Stop speech Ctrl Alt C Screen Masking

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Text-to-Speech Works on MS Office programs The Gladiators of Ancient Rome Works on the Web (Internet Explorer, Gladiator fights were first MlfrUIMtM n 264 BC at the luneral ol a nobleman, Junius Firefox, Chrome) Brutus His sons revived an Etruscan custom ot having slaves fight at a (uneral ot a great leader It was believed a sacnfice would please the gods In this first Gladiator Supports reading comprehension fight three pairs ol slaves (ought to the death From then the ceremony was increasingly used to honour important men and emperors used them to show how Supports close reading & rereading powerful they were Increases sight word vocabulary Changing the Voice: • Speech Tab in Settings •A Read&Write tot Windows Settings □ x • Edit Voice Choice, Pitch, Speed read -write Change How Words are Pronounced Voice Voice US Ava • Vocallzer -

Read/Speak as You Type 0 50 100 Voice speed

Setting up Screen Reading Use arrow keys to change speed

None 1 second Change the Speech Highlighting Word pause Low Normal High Voice pitch

Training Guide: p. 8-15 ^ Test Voice

Pronunciation

Original Word Pronunciation p text help Read the Web Auto Read • Text-to-Speech for websites • Hover Speech - Reads aloud on web pages Speak as I type • • NO CLICKING or HIGHLIGHTING required Screen reading • • Avoids accidental launch • Works in accessible web pages Continuous reading • • Speech Options remain intact Read the web 0 • Training Guide pp. 16-17

Reading webpages in Firefox or Chrome browsers • Open your browser and launch a website • Click on 'Install Now' when prompted and then install • Restart your browser • Note: You will only need to do this the first time you use each of these browsers with Read&Write • Click anywhere on the webpage then hover your mouse over an area of text in order to read it aloud. You can use the other Speech icons on the toolbar to stop, pause or read the previous or next text aloud. flf texthelp Screenshot Reader

• Text-to-Speech - Selected text will be read aloud with highlighting Earthquakes Earthquakes are a naturally destructive • Provides read aloud for "locked" files effect of our earth's constantly changing surface, and thousands of them... • Reads virtually any text including images, □ Flash, and inaccessible PDF documents • Converts "screenshot" of text to Word

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Screenshot Reader • Capture by: General Capture by Drawing Rectangle * Speech

• Drawing a rectangle Dictionary Screenshot to Window Prediction • Drawing freehand I Screenshot Reader Add t0 actlve Microsoft Word document Scanning Highlights • Hover Vocabulary Ust Show Less • Training Guide pp. 18-21

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• Text-to-Speech -Table of Contents when clicked will show the contents of the PDF. O • Supports reading comprehension - Rotate Counter clockwise will turn the page counter clockwise. O • 2 PDFs can be opened in PDF Reader at - Rotate Clockwise will turn the page clockwise ■B the same time. ^ - Print will open the Printer controls in order to print the document Q. • Text-to-Speech for accessible - Find in document will open a Q (unlocked) PDF's - Zoom In to zoom in to your document. Q • Accessible = OCR (Optical Character - Zoom out to zoom out of your document. Automatic Zoom | Recognition) Actual Size Page Fit • Open PDF document using ' Page Mctth fSEl50% • Click To Speak - default set Reads 100% 125% one sentence at a time. 150% 75% hi - Zoom to choose from a number of pre-set zoom

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v Read&Write tools (Dictionary, Picture - Next Page to go to next page Dictionary, Highlighters, Collection of Highlights, 2 / 6 and Vocabulary List Builder) - Current Page/Total number of pages. • Training Guide pp. 28-29 V texthelp Scan Use our Scanning tool to run your documents ■{fcj Scan X Select your file through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) a . 1 Drag and drop Scan to: or Select File(s) • PDF - the scanned image looks exactly the Make me a same as the source image. Recommended | PDF | Word Doc if layout retention is important. • Word - used if editing the text is required • ePub - to treat headings as book titles Scan from:

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Speech Word Output Dictionary • Multi-page scanning available Prediction Plain text □

Screenshot Reader ePub Output • Training Guide pp. 30-37 Scanning

Highlights Treat heading as book title Q Vocabulary Ust Output Types Show Less Enable ePub □

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About Read&Wrlte 0 texthelp Screen Masking Aids Reading Focus with color overlay or color line Aids Writing Focus for quick location of cursor Different masking types available:

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Tint typing line Screen Masking Change page color ABCDI ABCDI Underline cursor Adjust reading light size Tint whole screen Underline typing line Tint typing line Screen Masking

Change opacity Scanning Choice of 16 basic colors Spelling Highlights Change page color Underline cursor Training Guide pp. 24-27 Vocabulary List Tint whole screen

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1. The planet that we live on • Each definition gives part of speech, synonyms Earth is very pretty from space, synonyms: the earth and can be speech-enabled 2. The ground The earth shook when the plane landed, • Sample sentences and descriptions included synonyms: the earth 3. The soil, sand, small stones, etc. that plants grow in • Easy access to Picture Dictionary He planted the seeds in the moist earth, synonyms: the earth • Training Guide pp. 39-43 4. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife "they consider the church to be independent of the world" synonyms: worldly concern, earthly concern, world 5. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live

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• Multiple meaning pictures available 1. The planet that we live on Earth is very pretty from space, • Can be used with the Dictionary or by itself synonyms: the earth 2. The ground • Training Guide p.44-45 The earth shook when the plane landed, synonyms: the earth 3. The soil, sand, small stones, etc. that plants grow in He planted the seeds in the moist earth, synonyms: the earth

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• Translate single word, phrase, sentence or paragraph • The languages have translations which can be speech-enabled are Italian, Swedish, French, Spanish, English, Catalan, Finnish, Galician, Greek, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Turkish, Hindi, Hungarian, Dutch • Requires internet for translation to work • Contains 52 language translation choices • Training Guide p.83-85

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Make an MP3 voice recording of up to 5 minutes Can be added to a Word document as a comment, inserted into document or saved for later Share document and add voice recordings from additional people ^ Voice Note X Training Guide p. 54-57

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• Converts digital text into a MP3 ► Preview Audio sound file Study Reveals Alligators Will Do Anything For A Tasty Morsel — Even Venture Into Salty Waters! • Works on any unlocked digital text By Shariqua Ahmed on February 1, 2018 (Word, Web, accessible PDF) The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is known to be a crafty and fierce predator that devours anything it can snare. However, given that the reptile lacks salt glands, scientists had always believed • Up to 20,000 characters in one file that its diet was restricted to the fish and crustaceans that dwell in its freshwater habitat. Now, a new study suggests that the opportunistic • Allows for voice choice, selection of Save As speed and pitch in Speech settings Where • Helpful for auditory learners, C:\Use rs\Ki m berly\Des kto p repeated reading, and memorization. File Name Study Reveals Alligators Will Venture into Salty Water^ Training Guide p. 22-23 Create MP3 qp texthelp & & & & Highlighters

• Highlights can be made in four colors

• Highlighted information can be read&write collected and placed onto new Word Highlights Collection document Colors to collect Yellow

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into the microphone Or say, 'Spell it' Many ways to correct what was said/typed: • Speak "Correct that." • Spell it Add words to the Speech Dictionary Speech highlighting Speak with highlighting in document Test or train your microphone set up Dictionary

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About Read&Write qp texthelp Exam Mode Exam Mode will allow a teacher/admin to turn Read&Write toolbar features off for exam scenarios. This setting is for locking down the toolbar on an individual computer.

In the Settings panel, type "adminsettings" in search bar.

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Scanning Features can then be selected to turn on or off. Screen Masking

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