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IMPORTANT P.O. INFO: P.O.s made out to CalSAVE will be returned for correction. ********************* Make P.O. payable to: Awesome Library (Evaluation & Dev. Institute) 4812 Southeast 28th Avenue #505 Portland, OR 97202 Fax PO to CalSAVE: (866) 488-3729 We will fax you confirmation that we received it. (Be sure to include your fax number on your cover sheet!) Click here to learn how to use the CalSAVE site. Awesome Library Evaluation and Development Institute Then send or fax it to CalSAVE for processing. Web-Based K-12 Education Online Resource Database Services
Improve Reading Skills By adding a voice to Web pages, children and teens can learn to pronounce words as they read them. This multi-sensory approach is a powerful method for improving reading skills. Free online books for children and teens to practice their reading skills are available in the Awesome Library. Instructions for gaining a CD version are at the bottom of the page.And More Having an online voice that can speak articles to you has many other benefits. For example, the "computer" can speak online stories or books to children while an adult supervises. The "computer" can speak news articles to you in one open browser while you are searching for information in another browser window. It can just be more fun to hear what you read as you read it. Awesome Talking Library (Awesome Talkster) can also make the Web more accessible to persons with impaired vision or persons with impaired ability to navigate a page with a mouse. It can be navigated with keystrokes. Talkster can accept additional voices, such as Spanish and other languages, so it can be very helpful in bilingual education. The voices do not translate into other languages, but they can speak online text written in other languages. Awesome Library is available in other languages at the bottom of its Home page so the language version of text can be combined with the same language in voice. See the Help page for assistance with this. Talkster can also make the Web more accessible for persons who do not normally speak English. A visually impaired person can use keystrokes to perform basic browser commands instead of having to place the cursor over commands. Awesome Talkster, custom designed by Web Talkster, combines a browser, directory, search engine, database, and text-to-voice technology. This allows you to select online text and have it spoken to you. You can also have it speak entire pages without supervision. The browser is very fast and has the largest screen area of any known browser. System Requirements for the Awesome Talking Library This program requires: 133 CPU or better (computers sold within the past three years generally have at least this level) Microsoft Windows™ 95, 98, ME, 2000 or XP (will not operate on Windows Workgroups) Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0+ (takes advantage of several .dll files in I.E.) 16 MB RAM Memory (most computers sold in the last 5 years have at least this much) 15 MB free hard disk space Sound card compatible with MS Windows Sound System and speakers or earphone Connection to the Internet Less than 50 CD-ROM's...$10 each 51 to 99...$9 each 100 or more...$8 each Includes taxes, shipping, and handling. Allow 2-4 weeks for delivery. Call (503) 233-2784 for more information. For more information, email jadams@awesomelibrary.org. Please Note: The rates above are the lowest rates available in California for the CD-ROM version of the Awesome Talking Library. |
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