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DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI The 15-state Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Consortium is working to improve academic outcomes for approximately 1.3 million K-12 students with print disabilities within the member States through the timely acquisition and delivery of high-quality educational materials in accessible formats (audio, Braille, eText, large print). www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI The development of this project by the AIM Consortium at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) and the Michigan Department of Education IDEA Mandated Activities Project Michigan’s Integrated Technology Supports 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, Michigan’s Integrated Technology Supports, or the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) www.cast.org
Book Wizard Reader opens and reads DAISY books, including those from Bookshare.org and Recordings for Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) Book Wizard Readerversion 1.4 DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI The Book Shelf opens automatically when you start Book Wizard Reader. • Is used to Open your DAISY books. • Is used to Organize your DAISY books www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Ways to open Book Shelf • Start or restart the Book Wizard program. • In the File menu, choose Open Book 3. In the toolbar, use the Open Book tool www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Inside the Book Shelf Search Paths window: (Paths to books on your computer) Books window:(Your current list of books) www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Find and add books to the Book shelf To find books, use the Browse button Open the “Look In” window www.cast.org
Browse to books: Browse to the folder containing the book(s). Highlight the book, then click OPEN.
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI New book added: The path you followed to find the new book now appears in the “Search Paths:” window The title of the DAISY book you found will appear in the “Books:” window www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI To Open a book from Book Shelf… HIGHLIGHT the title in the Books window Then click the Open button. www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI When the book opens…. Text View Window shows book Contents View Window Audio View Window shows audio recording info www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI DAISY book types: Recordings for Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) distributes type #2 • Full audio with title only • Full audio with Navigation center • Full audio with Navigation center and some text – usually only index, glossary. • Full audio and full text, synchronized. • Full text and some audio • Full text, no audio Bookshare.org distributes type #6 www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Bookshare book in Book Wizard Reader: Bookshare DAISY books have: Contents view window AND Text view window But NO audio view window www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI RFB&D book in Book Wizard Reader: RFB&D DAISY books do not have text, therefore, ONLY the Contents and Audio windows are shown (no text window) www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Views When Book Wizard Reader opens a book, it opens all the views (windows) the book offers. The available views depend upon how the book was constructed. A DAISY book may have 1-4 of the available windows: • Audio • Braille • Contents • Text Show or hide the view windows by clicking in the View menu www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Read a book Play Stop To read text, click the Play button in the toolbar. (F5 is the keyboard shortcut for Play) To stop the reading, click the Stop button. (F4 is the keyboard shortcut for Stop) Or….. Press the Space bar once to Play, again to Stop. www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Audio menu Play and Stop Forward and rewind (if built into the book) Volume Up and Down Speed Up and Down www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Settings menu: Choose Set Speech Change the Voice Change the Rate Change the volume Self Voicing: click to put a checkmark if you want to hear menus and dialog boxes read aloud. www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI The next 6 slides show ways to navigate in the book using: • Contents window • arrow keys • “Go To Page” box • Navigation menu • toolbar tools • keyboard keys www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigate with Contents window Most DAISY books have a table of contents. Branches open and close by clicking on the plus and minus boxes. Navigate to any section of the book by clicking on the chapter or section. Remember: each DAISY book may have different information in the Contents window. www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigate with arrow keys Up arrow = move up one line in text Left arrow = move 1 letter or character to the left Right arrow = move 1 letter or character to the right Down arrow = Move down one line in text www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigate using Go To page To quickly and easily navigate to a specific page in the book, press the “g” key on your keyboard. In the GoTo Page window, type the page in the box, then click the OK button: www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigation from the Menu IF your DAISY book is constructed with these elements, you may be able to navigate forward or backward by Units, Chapters or pages: Prior and Next moves by Element (Unit, Chapter, Section, etc.) Level Down/Up changes the element (from chapter to section, etc.) Try with each book to see if this navigation is available www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigation from toolbar Remember that these features must be created when the DAISY book was made. Prior / Next Prior page / Next page Prior paragraph/ Next paragraph Level up / Level down www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigation with keyboard keys Page Up key – moves to next page Page Down key – moves to previous page F8 key – moves to next section of the book Shift&F8 key – moves to prior section F11 key – moves forward one sentence F12 key – moves backward one sentence (hold keys down to fast forward or fast rewind) www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Bookmarks menu To set a bookmark from the spot you are reading, press the “b” key on your keyboard. In the Book Mark List: View all bookmarks Go to a bookmark Remove a bookmark www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Removing books To remove a book from your book list, but keep it on your computer, , highlight the path to that book, then click Remove Path. Title will disappear from Books window. To completely remove a book from your computer, highlight it in the Books window, then click Delete Book www.cast.org
DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI RFB&D Authorization You must purchase a Key Authorization from Recordings for Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) in order to read their books using Book Wizard Reader. Once you purchase the key, Book Wizard will be authorized to open and read RFB&D books. www.cast.org
