dolphin easy reader version 5.01

Dolphin Easy ReaderVersion 5.01

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Toolbar Reading window

Easy Reader screen…

Open book tool and Bookshelf Reading

controls

Speak to me (a feature designed for people with vision deficits)

When Easy Reader is first launched, the Speak to me feature is ON by default, and the program will begin reading menus and controls aloud. To turn it OFF:

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Click NoClick the Speak to me tool button

Settings and the Setup wizard

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Check here to auto-start the reading when you navigate to a new place in the book

Check here to auto-load the last book you were reading

Use the Setup wizard in the Help menu to select the program features you need

Click the Settings tool

Toolbar basics

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Click any tool to see the options it contains

In this example, the Highlight options are shown in the properties window

Use the red “x” to close the tool options window

To Open a book :

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Click the Open tool

Using the Look in: drop-down arrow, Browse to find the folder containing your DAISY book.

Click once to highlight the books title

Click Open

To open the Bookshelf

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To add a book you’re currently using to the Favourites list, highlight a book in the list above, then click “Add to favourites”

Thumbnail view of a book highlighted in list at left

Highlight any book in the list, then click Read now

Use the Open tool to open a DAISY book for the first time, then use Bookshelf to re-open the book, and to manage your book collection.

Recently opened books are shown here

Reading DAISY books1. Click once on any

paragraph in the book to select it (should have a yellow background)

2. Use the reading controls to read, pause, or jump.

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Move forward

Move to beginning of book Move

backward

Move to End

Play and Pause

DAISY book navigation“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what

you’re going to get.” And the same is true for DAISY books today!

The DAISY format itself offers book developers the option of constructing each book with navigation features allowing the user to move around by word, by phrase, by sentence, by paragraph, by page, or by up to 6 levels of headings (e.g. Unit, Chapter, Section, Sub-section, etc). But it is costly and time-consuming for the developer to include them all. Therefore, the DAISY books you receive may offer only one navigation option, for instance – navigation by page. Some DAISY books may offer heading navigation, but no page navigation, and so forth.

You will need to experiment with each new DAISY book to find out which navigation options are available for that

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Scrolling navigationTo move around your

book, you may use the scroll bar on the right side of the reading window, or..

If you have a wheel on the top of your mouse, move the arrow over any part of the text and roll the wheel up or down

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Click-hold-drag the bar up or down

Click the Down arrow to move forward

Click the Up arrow to move backward

Page navigation

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Click the black down-arrow to open the page list

When the page list opens, scroll to the page you want, then click on it.

Control-PageDown Moves down one page

Control-PageUp Move up one page

Book Headings

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Click on the Headings tool to open the list of headings in this book.

Open the EasyReader DAISY manual from the Help menu for practice

Navigation by headings

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Red arrow with a “2” shows Level 2 headings

Double-click on any heading to jump there in the book

Orange arrow with a “3” shows Level 3 headings

Blue arrow with a “1” shows Level 1 headings

Bookmarks

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The titles in regular text are the bookmark labels.

The underlined bold text identifies the book heading where the bookmark was placed (the chapter or section)

To add or edit a bookmark, click the Bookmarks tool

Adding a bookmark

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Click OK when done

Click the Add button

Rename the bookmark here if you choose

Navigating to bookmarks

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Open the Bookmarks tool, then double-click on a bookmark title to jump there in the book.

Adding audio notes (requires microphone)

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Audio notes are found at the bottom of the Add Bookmark window

Use red button to record a note

Green button plays back the recorded note X deletes the

current note

After recording, click OK

Quick Voice options

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Quick voice tools found below menu at top of page

Volume slider

Mute and un-mute

Use the slider bar to increase or decrease the reading speed.

Book Voice property page

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To open the Book Voice property page, click the Book Voice tool button in the toolbar at the left side of your screen.

Check to use the human recorded voice if availableUse dropdown

menu to change My reading voice

Test new voice settings

Change volume

Note: Click the red “x” to close the property page

Change voice speed and pitch

Screen StyleStyle refers to the text and

background colors used in the book.

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Use the Color dialog box to choose a new color for Background and/or Text. When finished, click the OK button. (to leave the Color window without making any changes, click Cancel)

Highlight (phrase and word)The Highlight tool is used to change the color of the

phrase or paragraph currently being read, and the color of the word currently being read.

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Change the background color of the phrase being read aloud.

Change text color of all words in the phrase or paragraph being read aloud.

Change background color of the individual word being read

Change text color of the individual word being read

SearchUse the Search tool to open the Search

Properties window

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Or, use Quick search at top of your screen (type a word, then click the binocular icon)

Search Results are shown in the Search properties window.

Type a word (or part of a word) into the Search for: box. Then, click the Search button.

Keyboard shortcuts• F5 or Space key: Play and Stop

• F6 or Right arrow: Jump to the Next phrase

• F4 or Left arrow: Jump to the Previous phrase

• F8 or Up arrow: Jump to the Next heading

• F7 or Down arrow: Jump to the Previous heading

• Control – B: Add a bookmark

• Control – F8: Jump 10 seconds forward

• Control – F7: Jump 10 seconds backward

NOTE: For more keyboard shortcuts, see the Help menu.

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The development of this project by the AIM Consortium and the Michigan Department of Education was funded by Grant # H327S070003 from the U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The contents of this project are not exhaustive and inclusion does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education, the Michigan Department of Education or the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

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