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The 15-state Accessible Instructional Materials
(AIM) Consortium is working to improve academic
outcomes for approximately 1.3 million K-12
students with print disabilities within the
member States through the timely acquisition and
delivery of high-quality educational materials in
accessible formats (audio, Braille, eText, large
print).
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WYNN version 5.1Two versions available
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• 1. WYNN Reader Contains reading supports
  (simultaneous highlighting of text as it is
  spoken), writing, studying and internet supports.
• (WYNN Reader is covered in this presentation)
• 2. WYNN Wizard Contains all features in Reader
  version PLUS OCR and scanning.

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File formats supported by WYNN
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• .wyn - WYNNs own exclusive file format
• .doc - Microsoft documents
• .txt and .rtf - generic text and rich text
  files
• .html - web pages and web documents
• .pdf - REQUIRES WYNN Wizard
• .opf - DAISY and NIMAS files

WYNN opens text-based NIMAS and DAISY files (e.g.
Bookshare books). But will not open recorded
audio DAISY books (e.g. RFBD)
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Program Startup Sign-in
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• Signing in retrieves your custom audio and text
  settings

New users, type in your name and click OK
Returning users, find your name in the drop-down
menu. Click OK.
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Rotating color-coded Tool Bars
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• 1. Blue Tool Bar for file management (opens
  files, opens web browser, saves, prints)
• 2. Green Tool Bar changes how text looks and
  sounds
• 3. Pink Tool Bar study tools (dictionary,
  highlighting, adding text or recorded notes)
• 4. Yellow Tool Bar writing tools (word
  prediction, spell check, outlining)

Next button cycles through the 4 toolbars.
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Common buttons(found on left side of ALL
Toolbars)
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Next button moves you to the next color toolbar
Toggles between Read Only mode and Write mode
File List displays all of your open files
Read and Pause the narration
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Blue toolbar (File Management )
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Open / Close books
Switch from blue to green toolbar
Open web browser
Read / pause book
Open the list of current books/files
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Green toolbar (Reading Styles)
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Common tools found in all toolbars
Set color of Background
Change Text size
Rate of speech
Line and word spacing
Move one segment at a time
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Pink toolbar (Study Tools)
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Common tools found in all toolbars
Set Bookmarks
Dictionary
Spell out word
Add text and recorded voice notes
Highlighter tool
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Yellow toolbar (Writing Tools)
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Common tools found in all toolbars
Spell check
Text Options
Find word
Word prediction
Go To Page
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Open a DAISY book
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• Click the OPEN tool

1. In the Files of Type box, choose
DAISY/NIMAS Files (.opf)
2. Browse the Look In window to find the book
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File List tool
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You may open more than 1 book at a time. Then
use the File List tool button to see a list of
all books youve opened.
All books youve opened are shown in the File
List window.
Close File List window
Use the File List window to open or switch from
one book to another.
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3 ways to move around a book
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• 1. From the Yellow toolbar, choose GoTo
• In the GoTo Page dialog box, type in the page
  number and click Go.
• Keyboard shortcut Ctrl-G

2. Use the scroll bar to move, then click on the
text to place your cursor in a sentence.
3. Page up, Page down keys, and keyboard arrow
keys also work.
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Read a book
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1. Click once in the text to put your cursor on a
   word or sentence, then..
2. From the Common set of tools (found on the left
   side of all color toolbars), click Read.

When reading, the same button changes to look
like this. Click to Pause the reading.
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Close a book
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• When finished using a book, click Close to
  remove it from WYNN. Once closed, the book will
  no longer appear in the File List window.

Click the Close tool to close a book
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Text Display tools (in the green toolbar)
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Size button toggles between different text sizes.
Each click moves to a new setting.
Color button toggles to different text and
background colors.
Make lines shorter or longer by using the Margins
toggle
Line and word spacing toggles here
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Audio tools (in the green toolbar)
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Rate button toggles for faster and slower speech
The user may choose to Self-Pace to have the
reading pause at each line, sentence or
paragraph. Click again to continue reading.
To Pause longer or shorter periods between
sentences.
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Speech Settings
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Settings Menu Choose Speech Settings
Click Speech Settings tab
Change Voice
Change Volume
Change Rate
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Bookmarks and Highlighting
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In the Pink toolbar, click the Bookmark tool,
then.. Choose a style/color of bookmark
Bookmarked text looks like this
Click the Highlight tool, choose a color, then
click and drag through text
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Text notes and Voice notes
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Text and Voice Note tool buttons (Pink toolbar)

• To add a Text note
• Click the Note tool
• Type your note
• Click OK
• (Click Read to listen)

• To add a Voice Note
• Click the Voice Note tool
• Record your note with a microphone.
• Click OK

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Finding Mark-Ups
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Bookmarks, Highlighting, Text Notes and Voice
Notes are all called Mark-Ups.
To find any Mark-Up, click Find in the Yellow
toolbar, then choose Mark-Up
Choose the type of Mark-Up to find, then click
the Find Next button.
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Read Only Mode, Write Mode, and Masking
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In all toolbars, there is a button that toggles
back and forth between Read Only and Write.
Masking uses shading to emphasize text area
In the Green toolbar, use the Mask button to
toggle between line, sentence, paragraph, and no
masking.
You MUST be in Read Only mode to use masking.
Screen shot of Sentence Masking
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Text to MP3 Conversion
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• It is possible to convert text from any document
  into an MP3 or WAV file. This allows users to
  listen to a file later at their convenience using
  any MP3 compatible device, including portable
  devices like iPods.

• To convert text to MP3
• Open any document
• From File Menu, choose Save to Audio.
• Select a page range to convert.
• Click Save Page Range
• Name file and Save.

Hint Choose only a few pages to convert to MP3
at any one time.
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Freedom Scientific, Learning Systems Group offers
Three CustomizedLevels of Training
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• Training provides teaching strategies and tips
  for customizing WYNN
• LSG has a new WYNN Training Module CD
• GoToMeeting allows us to conduct real-time online
  training of WYNN
• LSG offers instructor led training for WYNN and
  TestTalker on location at your school or
  organization

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The development of this project by the AIM
Consortium at the Center for Applied Special
Technology (CAST) and the Michigan Department of
Education IDEA Mandated Activities Project
Michigans Integrated Technology Supports 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, Michigans
Integrated Technology Supports, or the Center for
Applied Special Technology (CAST)
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