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ELECTRONIC TEXTS FOR VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS How to Get It… How to Use It…. Kathy Zingg, Speech/Language Pathologist Southeastern Regional School District S Easton, MA kzingg@sersd.org ; 508-230-1489.
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ELECTRONIC TEXTS FOR VOCATIONAL PROGRAMSHow to Get It…How to Use It… Kathy Zingg, Speech/Language Pathologist Southeastern Regional School District S Easton, MA kzingg@sersd.org; 508-230-1489
WHAT IS ELECTRONIC TEXT?text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn-WHY OBTAIN AND PROVIDE ELECTRONIC TEXT?provides ‘read aloud’ access to text via electronic text readers
ELECTRONIC TEXT READERS -Kurzweil -Natural Reader naturalreaders.com -Read Outloud Built into PDF
KURZWEIL • kurzweiledu.com • Scan material into computer • Utilize ‘Read’ function to hear text read aloud in voices of choice, and at speed of choice
NATURAL READER naturalreaders.com Download free version ‘Go to Miniboard’ > Highlight text you’d like read > Click ‘Read Icon’
READ OUTLOUD Accessible directly through PDF View > Read Outloud> Activate Read Outloud> View> Read This Page Only
HOW TO GET IT… 1. Teachers 2. Textbooks • PUBLISHERLOOKUP.COM publisherlookup.org 4. Website -Phone Contact -Email Contact pearsoned.com
HOW TO GET IT, CONT… -Bookshare/NIMAC Training - Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities
HOW TO USE IT… -Text Readers… Kurzweil/Natural Reader/Read Outloud -Teacher/Student Access Shared Folders Flash Drives Laptops/PCs
SHARED FOLDERS ACCESSING READ ALOUD RESOURCES FROM SHARED FOLDERS Electronic texts are available via our Shared Folders. To access… -‘Shared folders’ are only accessible using a teachers login. -Once logged in, follow the following procedures: START>RUN>fileshare-serve>Shared Kurzweil>(choose file you’d like…). -Transfer to student logins/desktops/computers via a flashdrive. That’s it! If trouble, call Mrs. Zingg, (x489) or email (kzingg@sersd.org).
FLASHDRIVES -Copying files onto flashdrive: -To Save onto flashdrive: -To Transfer file from teacher computer to student computer: • !