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Dolphin Easy Reader
Version 5.01
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Easy Reader screen…
Open book
tool and
Bookshelf
Toolbar
Reading
controls
Reading
window
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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:
Click the Speak to
me tool button
Click No
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Click the
Settings tool
Settings and the
Setup wizard
Check here to auto-load the
last book you were reading
Check here to auto-start the
reading when you navigate
to a new place in the book
Use the Setup wizard in
the Help menu to select
the program features you
need
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Toolbar basics
Use the red “x” to
close the tool
options window
Click any tool
to see the
options it
contains
In this
example, the
Highlight
options are
shown in the
properties
window
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To Open a book :
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
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To open the Bookshelf
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
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
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Reading DAISY books
1. 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.
Move to
beginning of
book
Play and
Pause
Move
backward
Move
forward
Move to
End
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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
particular book.
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Scrolling navigation
To 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
Click the Up
arrow to move
backward
Click-hold-drag
the bar up or
down
Click the Down
arrow to move
forward
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Page navigation
When the
page list
opens,
scroll to the
page you
want, then
click on it.
Click the
black downarrow to open
the page list
Control-PageDown
Moves down one page
Control-PageUp
Move up one page
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Open the
EasyReader
DAISY manual
from the Help
menu for practice
Book Headings
Click on the
Headings
tool to open
the list of
headings in
this book.
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Navigation by headings
Blue arrow with a “1”
shows Level 1 headings
Red arrow with a “2”
shows Level 2 headings
Orange arrow with a “3”
shows Level 3 headings
Double-click on any heading to jump
there in the book
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Bookmarks
To add or edit a bookmark,
click the Bookmarks tool
The underlined bold text
identifies the book heading
where the bookmark was placed
(the chapter or section)
The titles in regular text are
the bookmark labels.
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Adding a bookmark
Click the Add
button
Rename the
bookmark here
if you choose
Click OK
when done
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Navigating to bookmarks
Open the
Bookmarks tool,
then double-click
on a bookmark
title to jump there
in the book.
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Adding audio notes
(requires microphone)
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
After
recording,
click OK
X deletes the
current note
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Quick Voice options
Quick voice tools found
below menu at top of page
Use the slider bar to increase or
decrease the reading speed.
Volume
slider
Mute and
un-mute
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Book Voice property page
To open the Book Voice property
page, click the Book Voice
tool button in the toolbar at the
left side of your screen.
Use dropdown
menu to
change My
reading voice
Change volume
Note: Click the
red “x” to close the
property page
Check to use
the human
recorded
voice if
available
Change
voice speed
and pitch
Test new voice
settings
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Screen Style
Style refers to the text
and background colors
used in the book.
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)
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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.
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
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Search
Use the Search tool to open the Search
Properties window
Type a word (or part of a word)
into the Search for: box. Then,
click the Search button.
Search Results are shown
in the Search properties
window.
Or, use Quick search at top of your
screen (type a word, then click the
binocular icon)
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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)