<div dir="ltr">Hi Brenden, <div><br></div><div>We actually purchased a site license for Snap and Read because it allows for student take home rights. Most of the students who have used it seemed to like it.</div><div><br>
</div><div>A few things about it that I have found. </div><div><br></div><div>1. It always uses it's OCR, even if the document is accessible already. Because of this sometimes there are reading errors. </div><div>
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</div><div>2. Because it is using OCR, if it is having problems getting a section correct, increasing the font size or zoom level usually helps.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Also because it uses OCR, it is not limited to documents only. Any text on screen is readable, including things like menu bars and icon text.</div>
<div><br></div><div>4. The included voices are much better than those included with Windows, and probably on par with the one included with Mac.</div><div><br></div><div>5. It is both Windows and Mac compatible, which is nice.</div>
<div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If you have any other questions about it, please let me know.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu" target="_blank">athen-list-request@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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From: Brenden Goetz <<a href="mailto:Brenden.Goetz@du.edu">Brenden.Goetz@du.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [Athen] Snap&Read<br>
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Just wondering if anyone has experience with the Snap&Read toolbar from Don Johnston. It sounds like it could be a low-cost solution to adding text-to-speech capability on computers campus-wide. If you've used it, or even heard about people using it, please let us know how well it works.<br>
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Brenden Goetz<br>
Assistive Technology Specialist<br>
University of Denver<br>
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