premier literacy, inc. e-text reader igt version 7.31 (igt = i nter g lactic t ranslator)

Premier Literacy, Inc.E-Text Reader IGT

Version 7.31

(IGT = InterGlactic Translator)

Premier Literacy toolbar

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Installer puts the Premier Tools shortcut on your desktop

Shortcut opens this toolbar

Find EReader icon and click to open

E-Reader screen – 3 parts

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1. Menu

3. Reading area

2. Toolbar

Opening digital books

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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

Opening non-DAISY books (other formats)

E-Reader will open books in formats other than DAISY, including rich text (.rtf), word (.doc), web (.html)

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If your book is not DAISY format (.xml), choose a different format when you use the Files of type: window

Managing book filesWith 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

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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

Reading digital books

E-Reader begins reading from the cursor location. Click once to move the cursor to any spot in the book, then:

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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

Voice options (click the Voices tool)

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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

Display options

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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.

More Display optionsSince E-Reader is essentially a word processor,

you may use standard word processor tools to change the appearance of the book.

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From the Edit menu, Select All text in the book.

Then, use the text tools to change the appearance in the whole book.

Navigation

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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.

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.

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HighlightingTo 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.

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Text with yellow highlighting

Highlight extractionE-Text Reader allows you to extract highlighted text and will

place it in a separate document for you to save or read aloud.

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Click the Extract tool button Select the

Extraction colors, then click Extract

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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.

SummarizerE-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.

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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.

FindYou can search the document for a word, or a part

of a word.

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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

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.

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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

Hot keys:

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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)

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