WordRead V3
by Claro Software Ltd
Make your computer easier to use with this innovative mouse driven screen reader, spoken in clear Australian accents!
WordRead V3 adds powerful speech features which allow you to listen to any information on your computer screen – documents, emails, web pages and more.
WordRead incorporates the world-leading RealSpeak text-to-speech voices to provide high quality read back of virtually anything on your PC screen. With RealSpeak speech, the accuracy and human quality of the text read-back is human-like and highly impressive. Adding to the appeal of this program is the fact that all text is read back in a clear, easy-on-the-ear Australian accent. (Great for New Zealanders too we have been told!)
WordRead is ideal for proofreading work by reading out aloud text in a word document or web page. WordRead is ideal for users who require a high accuracy in typed documents, need to avoid text errors in what they have written, or if they need assistance with the reading back of text from the computer.
WordRead will also instantly read back any text that is selected using the mouse. It will read back characters, words and sentences as they are typed. Computer users will find that WordRead ensures the highest quality work when proofreading.
WordRead will work with any application or software program on your PC.
Features and Benefits
Speech FeaturesexpandClick to collapse
WordRead’s ability to make the computer talk is one of its key innovative features. WordRead includes the RealSpeak Australian Lee and Karen voices. These are high quality, human synthesised voices. However, WordRead may also work with any other text to speech synthesiser voices that may be installed on the computer.
Listen to samples of the RealSpeak expressive, natural voices.
WordRead V3 includes the following extensive range of speech facilities:
- Have text read from anywhere within Microsoft Word or the web browser.
- Have any text read back instantly once selected by the mouse. Useful for making web pages and emails speak.
- Echo back letters, words or sentences as they are typed into the computer in most applications. This is useful for positive confirmation that the correct text has been typed in.
- Automatically hear ‘ToolTips’ read by hovering the mouse over the tooltip.
- Automatically hear many menu items and ‘objects’ read by hovering the mouse over the item.
- Make audio files from documents for listening to later on the computer. The files can also be transferred from the computer to a portable audio device such as an iPod (using separate portable audio player software).
- Pause between words gives more clarity of speech if needed.
- Many of these speaking features can be turned off if they are not useful by configuring WordRead in the Speech Settings screen.
ProofreadingexpandClick to collapse
WordRead is the ideal tool to proofread written work. By using WordRead to speak back the text, mistakes that would have not been spotted can be heard. This will improve accuracy and speed of the proofreading process.
Making Web Pages SpeakexpandClick to collapse
WordRead allows most web pages to be spoken back easily in the web browser. To do so, load up the web page that is required to be spoken back and open WordRead.
If the green Play button is pressed the web page will be spoken from ‘top to bottom’ in an order that is related to the way the web page is built.
By clicking the mouse at the beginning of the web page article a ‘virtual cursor’ will appear.
Pressing the green Play button will start the read back, and the sentence will highlight in red.
WordRead will carry on reading the web page until the Stop button is pressed.
An alternate way of making hyperlinks and text in web pages speak is to just ‘hover the mouse’ over the text.
If there is any difficulty reading back a web page, simply select the text with the mouse and press the Play button. WordRead will read anything that is selected with the mouse.
Making Other Computer Programs SpeakexpandClick to collapse
WordRead will speak back any text that is selected with the mouse. To do this, select or block some text with the mouse.
The text will be spoken back immediately once the mouse button is depressed. To read the text back again, press the green Play button on the WordRead toolbar and it will repeat the text.
To not have the text read back when it is select, turn it off from within the Advanced Speech settings.
ScreenMarkerexpandClick to collapse
WordRead now includes Claro ScreenMarker reading and tracking feature. Place multiple markers on the screen and move around using the mouse. ScreenMarker is ideal for proofreading and for use during presentations.
For example, two markers:
Requirements and ResourcesexpandClick to collapse
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows
- Operating System: Windows 7, Vista SP2, XP SP3
- System Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 100 MB
- Optional Software: Microsoft Word 2003, 2007 or 2010
- CD-ROM drive
- Sound card and speakers/headphones required
- Operating System: Windows 7, Vista SP2, XP SP3
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WordRead V3 is targeted at the following age ranges:
- Mid Primary
- Upper Primary
- Secondary School
- Adult
WordRead V3 is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Literacy
- Access to computers
Users can access WordRead V3 in the following ways:
- Mouse/ Trackball/ Joystick
- Keyboard
For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and technical support visit:
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