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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have received recommendations and had good luck using the Voice of Daisy (VOD) app for iOS. It is a full-text and full-audio DAISY player.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have many students who use the GoodReader app to read PDFs and other text files. This app allows students to interact with their readings by highlighting,
adding text boxes, sticky notes, and drawings, which helps some students with learning disabilities learn their material. Other students with mobility or physical impairments could benefit from using this app because they can sync-up their books and read
from GoodReader on their iPad (rather than needing to carry all their books).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I hope this helps and let me know if you have any questions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Service Coordinator, Assistive Technology Resource Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="shannon.lavey@colostate.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">shannon.lavey@colostate.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.atrc.colostate.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">www.atrc.colostate.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelley Haven<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] IPads and Nooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, Carol!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm more familiar with the iPad than with Android tablets like the Nook or the new Kindle Fire, so...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your best bets for the iPad are probably the Learning Ally Audio app (which you mentioned) for listening to narrated audiobooks:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learning-ally-audio/id418888450?mt=8">http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learning-ally-audio/id418888450?mt=8</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">...and the Read2Go app from Bookshare for e-text (mainly because of the tie-in to Bookshare):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://read2go.org/">http://read2go.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read2go/id425585903?mt=8">http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read2go/id425585903?mt=8</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can download e-text textbooks from Bookshare as well, including NIMAC textbooks for the K-12 set who have IEPs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apple's free iBooks app can use the iPad's built-in VoiceOver function:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ipad/vision.html">http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ipad/vision.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">VoiceOver works with text in other apps, too, but will not read aloud books in the Kindle app, and the Kindle app does not currently have text-to-speech. Also, VoiceOver does not visually highlight words or sentences while reading.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check Chapters 22 and 24 in the iPad iOS5 User Guide for instructions on iBooks and VoiceOver:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">...or Chapters 19 and 21 in the iOS 4.3 User Guide:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_2_user_guide.pdf">http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_2_user_guide.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There's also a new "Speak Selection" feature in iOS5 which may work within other apps (see Chapter 24 in the iOS5 manual).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As for what students prefer, this varies by student and by the task. Some prefer the human voices of DAISY audiobooks from Learning Ally for the intonation, inflection, etc.; other prefer to hear the text while seeing it visually highlighted
and prefer apps like Read2Go. Some do fine with the audio-only for novels, but prefer to both see and hear the text when reading for comprehension (e.g., a social studies book). Therefore, I usually have to evaluate this on a student-by-student basis to
equip them with the tools which are right for their needs, preferences, and tasks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Shelley<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shelley Haven ATP, RET<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jan 13, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Carol Brown wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For the IPad, I know there are apps (GoodReader, Speakit! and LearningAlly), but what so your students prefer and why. One student with an IPad said the books were available
as e books for the Kindle from Amazon, but they aren’t text book enabled (??). Any help (experiences, contacts, instruction sheets, etc.) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Carol Brown<br>
Assistive Technology Specialist<br>
Student Accessibility Services<br>
Rm. 244, Corbett Center<br>
MSC 4149<br>
New Mexico State University<br>
P.O. Box 30001<br>
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001<br>
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(575) 646-6840 Office<br>
(575) 646-5222 Fax<br>
(575) 646-1918 TTY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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