1. Premier Literacy, Inc. E-Text Reader IGT Version 7.31 (IGT = InterGlactic Translator)

2. Premier Literacy toolbar www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Installer puts the Premier Tools shortcut on your desktop Shortcut opens this toolbar Find EReader icon and click to open

3. E-Reader screen – 3 parts www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI 1. Menu 3. Reading area 2. Toolbar

4. Opening digital books www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI 1. Click the Open tool 2. In the Files of type: window, select: (*.xml) 3. Use the Look in: window to browse to the folder containing your book 4. Highlight the books title 5. Click the Open button

5. Opening non-DAISY books (other formats) E-Reader will open books in formats other than DAISY, including rich text (.rtf), word (.doc), web (.html) www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI If your book is not DAISY format (.xml), choose a different format when you use the Files of type: window

6. Managing book files With a DAISY book open in your E-Text Reader: 1.In the File menu, choose Save as 2.In the File name area, type a name for your books file 3.In the Save as type: drow- down, choose Microsoft Word (.doc) 4.Click the Save button www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Advantages: 1.Familiar format let’s you edit book or add notes, then save changes. 2.Easy to cut-paste book into chapters for summarizing or MP3 creation. 3.Original version of book kept safe from damage

7. Reading digital books E-Reader begins reading from the cursor location. Click once to move the cursor to any spot in the book, then: www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Click the Read button To Stop, click the Stop button To read one word at a time, hold the Ctrl key and tap the right arrow To spell out a word one letter at a time, tap the right arrow

8. Voice options (click the Voices tool) www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Use the Voices drop-down menu to find a new voice, then click once to select Use sliders to change rate and pitch Use the Test button, then click OK or Cancel

9. Display options www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Use the Zoom tool to change the size of the document From the Settings menu, highlight Colors, then choose a new combination for the background and text colors.

10. More Display options Since E-Reader is essentially a word processor, you may use standard word processor tools to change the appearance of the book. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI From the Edit menu, Select All text in the book. Then, use the text tools to change the appearance in the whole book.

11. Navigation www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI To move around the book in E- Reader, use the scroll bar on the right side of your screen. You may: 1.Click the arrows to move up or down (hold the mouse down for a fast scroll) 2.Click and grab the slider bar and drag it up or down Note: We will discuss the use of Bookmarks next to help with navigation.

12. Bookmarking To set a bookmark, move to any page and click once to put the cursor at the spot to be bookmarked. Then, click the Mark tool. To move around or locate your bookmarks, use the Prior and Next buttons. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI

13. Highlighting To highlight text: 1.Select a block of text by using your mouse to click- hold-drag through the text to be highlighted. 2.Use the Color button to choose one of 4 possible highlight colors, then click the Highlight tool. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Text with yellow highlighting

14. Highlight extraction E-Text Reader allows you to extract highlighted text and will place it in a separate document for you to save or read aloud. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Click the Extract tool button Select the Extraction colors, then click Extract

15. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Remove all highlighting from this document by choosing Clear Highlights in the Edit menu, or by using the Clear tool in the toolbar. Use Save As in the File menu to save the file for future review. After processing, E- Text Reader will open a new document containing all highlights for the color(s) you chose.

16. Summarizer E-Text Reader has a built-in document summarizer. To reduce the full document to a shorter document containing basic essential information, click the Summarize button. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI You may want to create separate documents containing individual chapters (cut and paste each chapter to its own new document) before using the summarize tool. Choose a Summarize Method then click the Summarize File button.

17. Find You can search the document for a word, or a part of a word. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI 3. Choose a search direction, the click Find Next 2. Type a word or part of a word into the Find what: box 1. Click the Find tool

18. Translation (requires internet connection) From the Translate menu, choose Translate. In the Translate dialog box, pick the language to translate to, then click the Translate button. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI To practice translating, copy (Edit menu – Copy) a small block of text from an existing document, then open a New blank document (File – New) in the E-Text Reader program. Paste (Edit menu – Paste) the small block of text into the new document, then proceed with the translation Translated text appears in its own window, like this one

19. Hot keys: www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI

20. 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)