EasyTutor (Latest Version: 2.01) is the perfect solution for people who have Dyslexia or difficulty reading, writing and spelling. Computer users can write, read, view and check text with Dolphin Tutor's supporting speech output.
Who uses EasyTutor?
Dyslexic computer users - particularly people in school, university, work, work training schemes and at home.
What makes EasyProducer special?
"Ease of use," says Dolphin sales director Steve Bennett, "students in particular love it"
Key Benefits:
- Reads aloud and highlights text from Word Documents, Web pages and spreadsheets to help with reading skills.
- Highlights text and reads words aloud as you type, forming a link between the spoken word and the written word.
- Predictive text suggests words as you type explaining their meanings as you go helping to develop writing skills and vocabulary.
- Includes its own high quality synthesiser so no need for additional voice software.
- Save text as audio files so you can listen to them when and where you want – or share them with colleagues.
- Easy to understand and use, minimal training required.
- No new software to learn, EasyTutor runs as a toolbar within familiar PC applications such as; Microsoft Word, Excel and Internet Explorer.
- Speech from human-sounding speech synthesiser aids learning of pronunciation.
- Customise your toolbar to access the tools you use most often and alter icon size to suit your needs.
- You control the speed documents are read so you can work at your own pace.
- You can choose how to display text, change problem colours, fonts, spacing and highlights to suit your individual needs and improve readability.
- Includes a dictionary facility offering alternative spellings and definitions as you type.
- EasyTutor breaks words into syllables aiding reading of new words.
- Comprehensive Homophone database helping to check the right word is used and increasing vocabulary.
- Scan & convert documents or PDF files to text and EasyTutor can read them to you.
- Point the mouse at menus to hear what actions they perform.
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Reading Features
Includes high quality human sounding speech output
Read text from any part of a Microsoft Word document
Synchronised speech and word highlighting
Read text from web pages
Read aloud menus and icons using the mouse pointer
Save the on-screen text as an audio file (.wav) to play back on your PC or portable audio player
Scan in and convert printed documents or PDF documents into Microsoft Word documents and have them read back.
Increase and decrease text size
Alter text style
Alter text colour
Change character spacing
Change line spacing
Change paragraph spacing
Writing Features
Letters, words or sentences can be read back as you type
Word prediction when writing
Homophone recognition and descriptions
Homophone dictionary with text and images
Word dictionary with text and images
Thesaurus with text and images
Spell checker
Syllabification identification for pronunciation
Compatible with Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech input software.
Available Languages
UK English (v2.01)
US English (v2.01)
Australian English (v2.01)
Belgian Dutch (v2.01)
Dutch (v2.01)
Swedish (v1.06)
Each language comes with different default voices, appropriate to the country.
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Support
Free lifetime technical support
Full online help facility
Printed User Guide
CD rom, text, and audio user guide
Operating System Support:
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Recommended System Requirements:
Pentium II 750MHz or faster processor - we recommend Pentium III 1GHz, minimum
256MB RAM - 512MB recommended, 125MB of hard disk space for installation
CD-ROM drive
16 bit (65536 colours) or higher graphic resolution
1024 x 768 or greater monitor resolution
multimedia soundcard and speakers - it is recommended to use a separate soundcard i.e.: not on-board
scanner supporting TWAIN or WIA drivers required for scanning from paper.
Microsoft Office 2000, 2003, XP
