Key Benefits:

• Enjoy Digital talking books on your PC, without the need for a special hardware player.
  
• View the text, highlighted as it reads aloud, a useful tool when learning to read.
  
• Alter the colours, fonts, text size and layout of the book to suit you.
  
• Mouse or keyboard operation with the option to announce button functions.
  
• Attractive user interface with compact tool bar option.
  
• Plays various talking books; DAISY, Niso, eBooks and Bookshare books.
  
• Easy to use, requires no training.
  
• Available in a number of different languages.
  
• Manage your digital book library from your computer.
  
• Override recorded audio with your preferred TTS (synthesiser) for high speed listening (only available for books with text).
  
• Books start reading where you stopped last time.
  
• Many navigation options to help you find your place such as headings, chapters, or page numbers.
  
• Add & save multiple bookmarks so you can return to a point of interest.
  
• Add & save your own audio notes to referenced points in the book.
  
• Search facility to find a phrase or word and then jump to that point in the book.
  
• User definable playback speed.
  
• Choose to play skippable content such as page numbers, notes and footers.

Full Technical Specification:

• Playing back Digital Talking Books
  
• Plays all 6 types of DAISY and NISO books
  
• Plays RFB&D audio books (RFB&D version required for this feature)
  
• Plays Bookshare.org text only books
  
• Self voiced operation controls
  
• Mouse and Keyboard controls
  
• Highlight individual words in time with the spoken word
  
• Change the playback display style, using any of the 10 different preset style sheets. Or create your own playback appearance.
  
• Alter font sizes, colours and styles
  
• Alter text, background and highlight colours
  
• Navigate through the DAISY book by sentence, heading or page
  
• Adjust the playback speed
  
• Use your own preferred synthesiser to create the speech when playing a book.
  
• Full word search and find features
  
• Add your own unlimited bookmarks and audio notes.
  
• Full screen mode and compact mode for playback
  
• External footpedal operation support
  
• Options to skip playback of side bars, producer notes, footnotes and page numbers

System Requirements:

Windows

OS Compatibility:

• Microsoft Windows 2000
  
• Microsoft Windows 98 SE
  
• Microsoft Windows NT 4 SP6
  
• Microsoft Windows Vista
  
• Microsoft Windows XP Home
  
• Microsoft Windows XP Pro

Recommended System Requirements:

• Pentium II 400MHz or faster processor
  
• Microsoft Windows 98SE, 2000, XP or Vista
  
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or later
  
• DirectX 8 (for foot pedal support)
  
• RAM - minimum Windows requirements (or at least 64MB)
  
• Hard disk - 50MB of free disk space
  
• CD-ROM or DVD drive
  
• 16 bit (65536 colours) or higher graphic resolution
  
• 800x600 or greater monitor resolution
  
• Multimedia soundcard and speakers
  
• Microphone for creation of audio notes
  

Educational Pricing:

* Up to a maximum of 50 installs
** Up to a maximum of 200 installs

Standalone or Network. Please call sales for Software Maintenance Agreements (SMAs). Easy Reader site licences also allow for the administrator to supply to students who have a need, within the quantity restrictions of the site licence purchased.