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May 4, 2010
Dolphin EasyConverter – Tool to create alternate formats
Filed under: Alternate Formats, Digital Talking Books, Learning, Print Disability, Visual — techeditor @ 2:22 pm
EasyConverter is a tool by Dolphin to create alternate formats (altformat) of either printed documents or Microsoft Word, PDF, HTML or text files to large print, Braille, MP3 and Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) versions.
EasyConverter is a good option for people who do not have an altformat creation experience. A teacher can help his/her students with visual and learning impairments to cope up in their studies by converting the printed documents and text files into altformat versions.
The interface of EasyConverter software presents easy to use icons which have the options of Scanning, choosing to convert an already saved Word or PDF file, options of altformats, a conversion button and a saving the converted file button.
The altformats which are created by EasyConverter are:
- Large Print: Helps you make the text in your document larger for easy viewing.
- MP3: Converts text into audible files of MP3 frmat which can be heard in any media player.
- Braille: Converts text into Braille for the blind.
- DAISY: Converts text into Digital Talking Books.
EasyConverter has Optical Character Recognition Editor (OCR) application known as the OminPage. This OCR editor makes scanning PDF and printed documents more precise and simpler.
Also included with EasyConverter, is Dolphin EasyReader is a digital talking book player. EasyReader makes it possible for users to listen and read content with the help of a combination of speech, images and text. Use the EasyConverter and help your students educate themselves in a simple manner.
So, if you have this product in mind, do write to us to give it a try at: sales@barrierbreak.com
No CommentsMay 3, 2010
Easy Tutor – Learning made Easy
Filed under: Alternate Formats, Assistive Technologies, Learning — Webmaster @ 10:38 am
In today’s time, the world is moving so fast that it is like a rat race for children to get hold of the cheese called success. If the child has a difficulty in acquiring knowledge which the parents want him/her to, then the child may have a reading or a writing disability.
There are many ways to ease the difficulty of reading and writing and one of them is through Assistive Technology.
Dolphin’s revolutionary product called Easy Tutor is a software that makes it simple for the person with learning disability, especially with Dyslexia, to read, write, spell and understand printed material in Microsoft Word, Excel and Internet Explorer.
Every feature on Easy Tutor makes sure that the person is exposed to each and every part of the page displayed on the computer screen.
Some areas in the English language like Homophones (words which sound the same but spell and mean different) and Spellings, can be identified and understood by a single click on Easy Tutor.
Easy Tutor will suggest words of the English language to you when you are typing, through an option called Predict.
Easy Tutor can also Scan your printed documents in Microsoft Word. You can read or convert and save it in your computer as any readable file format.
Finished typing? Don’t worry through Easy Tutor you can record your entire text into an Audio File (.wav) to listen to it whenever and wherever you want. The Audio Quality of this software is very clear and simple to understand.
Want to read in PDF files, Easy Tutor has an option to convert MS Word documents to PDF files too. You can also choose different colours to change the colour of your computer screen to view it in a better way.
Easy tutor also has a Help and Settings option which will assist you into understanding its features and make use of them effectively. You name it and the service is just a click away on Easy Tutor.
For demos and sales contact : sales@barrierbreak.com
No CommentsNovember 19, 2009
Accessibility Knowledge Series II – DAISY: Books Which Every One Can Read!
Filed under: Accessibility, Accessibility Knowledge Series, Alternate Formats, Assistive Technologies, Daisy, Elderly, Learning, Mobility, Print Disability, Visual — Shilpi Kapoor @ 2:17 pmDAISY: Books Which Every One Can Read!
Any one who has a problem in reading a normal print book can read the book prepared as a DAISY Book. Persons with blindness, low vision, Dyslexia, Learning Disability or those who cannot use both hands due to any disability and thus are not able to hold a book and turn pages can benefit from DAISY Books.
Types of DAISY Books:
- Master document that can be used for creating Braille, large print or DAISY Digital books. These are also called DAISY-xml documents.
- Audio Only DAISY Books: These are advance and new generation talking books.
- Full Text full audio DAISY Books: While listening the books, you can also view the text of what is being spoken.
- Text only DAISY Books: You will need to have a mobile phone or computer or a DAISY Player with Text to speech engine to read such DAISY Books.
Navigation in the book based on sentence, page, chapter or subsection is a unique feature of DAISY Books.
Another advantage of DAISY system is that once the source document is produced, Braille, talking book, large print or e-text versions of the book can be prepared with in minutes.
We can read these books on mobile phones, computers, CD players and dedicated DAISY Players. DAISY books are also available through internet or telephone based libraries.
We can produce DAISY Books using special software for production of DAISY Books. Many of these software are available free of cost. Some of these are sold by companies such as Dolphin Computer Access, Innovative Rehabilitation Technology Inc or Plextalk.
For information on DAISY Forum of India and list of organizations visit: www.daisyindia.org. Bookshare India also provides text only DAISY Books to its members. Or send e-mail to dfi@saksham.org
Reference:
http://www.daisy.org
http://www.saksham.org
http://www.daisyindia.org
This Accessibility Knowledge Series has been provided by Dipendra Manocha, Director of the Regional Resource Centre (New Delhi), DAISY for All
Disclaimer:The views expressed herein are solely those of the author as an individual with interest in accessibility and assistive technology and do not claim to represent those of Techshare India, BarrierBreak Technologies or Net Systems Informatics.
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December 17, 2008
Do people with disabilities need access to libraries? How can we support them with assistive technology?
Filed under: Alternate Formats, Assistive Technologies, Elderly, Hearing, Learning, Mobility, Visual — Shilpi Kapoor @ 1:48 pmPeople with disabilities have an equal right to education and accessing information is a key to education. Libraries are an integral part of education institutes whether schools, colleges and universities.
So what is the type of support that people with disabilities need beyond accessible infrastructure. Let me list some of my thoughts down.
For students with low vision, who can see if with magnification, it would be good to have desktop magnifiers for patrons to access the books and newspapers. This would give people the option to magnify the text and read the documents easily. Check out Optelec ClearView + .
The Optelec ClearView + would be great in public libraries where even senior citizens visit the library.
For people with who can’t read with magnification, alteast having one computer, with scanning support and a screen reader support would be an advantage. Check out a combination of Cicero and Supernova.
To provide access to the books in alternate formats like braille, large print and daisy (digital talking book) format it would be essential to have a software that would do this. Check out EasyConverter
Providing books in alternate format will also help print disabled and students with learning disabilties.
It would be a good start to see this available for persons with disabilities in Indian libraries.
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