Training

on
Read&Write 9
GOLD

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 Agenda
• 9:00 am Course Goals & Objectives
• 9:10 am Introduction to Read&Write GOLD
• 9:30 am Speech, Spelling, Word Prediction, Dictionary,
Word Wizard, Homophone Support,
Calculators, Daisy Books, Pronunciation
Tutor
• 12:00 pm Lunch
• 1:00 pm Scanning, Fact Finder, Fact Folder, Fact
Mapper, Screen Masking, Speech Input,
Translator, Study Skills,
• 3:15 pm Review & Close
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 Objectives
Learn to use the key features of Read&Write
GOLD in order to familiarize yourself with
the functionality of the software.

Be confident in the use of Read&Write

GOLD in order to pass your knowledge on
to others.

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Read&Write GOLD Key Features
• Speech
• Spelling
• Word Prediction
• Dictionary & Word Wizard
• Calculators
• Scanning
• Fact Finder
• Fact Folder
• Fact Mapper
• Screen Masking
• Speech Input
• Translator
• Study Skills
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 The Toolbars

• Choice of Toolbars:
– All Features
– Reading Features
– Writing Features
– Research Features
– My Features
– Study Skills
• Docks to sides or top

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 Seeing and Using
Read&Write GOLD

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 Getting Started
• Start software and move/dock toolbar
Toolbar can be customized. We’ll look at that
when you are more familiar with the software.
• Click on arrow to the left of the word TextHELP
• Select Current Toolbar and click on all
features

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• Open Microsoft Word-watch demo-p 7
• Now you type: Karyn-click play speech button
• Now type the following:
“ I went to visit my sister Karyn in New York this
sumer. We went to see the Statu of Liberte
one day.”
• Place curser in the first sentence or highlight both
sentences.
• Click on the green “Play Speech Button.”
• Try the rewind, pause, stop buttons
• Click drop down menu, choose “speak as I type” and try it
• All functions have videos-let’s look at this one
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 Speech
• Texthelp male and female
voices specifically tailored to
educational use
• Adapt the pronunciation of
words
• Choice of on screen visual
displays
• Screenshot Reader
• Speech Maker
• Daisy Book Reader
• Pronunciation Tutor
• Ability to read PDF files
• Read Dragon Recognized Text

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 Speech
• Reading Text P7 Exercises 1-4
• Change Pronunciation P11 Exercise 5
• Web Highlighting P12 Exercise 6
• Screenshot Reader P13 Exercise 7
• Reading Dragon Text P15 Exercise 8
• Speech Maker P15 Exercise 9
• PDFaloud P17 Exercise 10

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 Spelling
• Speech enabled
• Specific LD errors
identified
• Audible definitions &
Sample sentences
• Custom Dictionary
• Auto corrections
• Phonetic map
• Flexible spelling
correction
• Error Log

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 Spelling
P 20 Exercises 1-5
• Features: underlines in red, auto correct, spell
check as you type, custom dictionary, review
spellings, gives definitions
• Unlike spell check in Word, RW9 uses
phonemics in the spell checker
• watch sample
Wut cawzes an aminal to be in dangr?

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 Spell Check
Go back to your Word document. Use Spell Check
to spell check selected words, your entire
document or as you type.
 Highlight the word you want to check or
have your curser in the document.
 Click on the “Spell Check” icon.
 The Spell Helper window will appear.
 Spelling options now???

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 Dictionary
• Speech enabled
• Choice of Basic,
Advanced or Web
• Defines Nouns, Verbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
• Easy to use
• Sample sentences and
descriptions
• Word Search
• Browser buttons

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 Dictionary
• P37 Exercise 1-2

Look up earth
Click replace to
add to document

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 Dictionary (Cont)
• Go back to your Word document and highlight word you
want to check
• Click on the Dictionary button
• If you click on Play button, the program will read the
highlighted word or meaning.
• Click on Advanced to view a list of
search types & view synonyms

Web definitions uses Dictionary.com

website (Internet Explorer)

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 Word Wizard
You can use this to:
• help find words or phrases that you cannot
remember.
•Search for words using opposites or other
relationships. Unlike a thesaurus, it gives you
words that are associated with the word, not
just synonyms.
•Type word opposites and click word wizard
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 Word Prediction
• Learn as you type
• Customize display
• Customize database of
words suggested
• Phonetic based
predictions
• Homophone indicator
• Dictionary look up
• Language classifications
and context indicator
• Speech feedback

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 Word Prediction
• P 27 Exercises 1-7
Tries to predict and complete what you’re trying to write.
Demo-I click on prediction button and start typing
I enj -use dictionary if needed

the -click ear for homophones

Story starter, ISAT practice, journals

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 Prediction Screen
Highlight word or hit F# key
to insert word

• indicates best choice

 indicates next best choice
∆ indicates not a good choice
Book is dictionary-hover over
word and it will appear
Ear is homophone

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 Prediction (Cont)
• Have your Word Document open.
• Click on the “Prediction Button”. You will
see the Prediction window appear.
• Type two more sentences using the
Prediction feature. Be sure to check the
dictionary feature by hovering over the
predicted word until the dictionary appears
and click on it to get the meanings of the
word.

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 Homophone Support
• P 42 Exercise 1
• Click on the Sounds Like to see
homophones and meanings
• Go to Word Document
..\..\Texthelp\RWG V9 Workshop Tutorials Practice Files\Intro to Causes with

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 Calculators
• Speech enabled
• Standard & Scientific
• Blackboard type audit trail
• Undo button
• 5 memory functions
• In document calculations
• Value converter

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 Calculators
• Standard P45 Exercise 1
• Scientific P46 Exercise 2
• Evaluate P47 Exercise 3
• Convert P47 Exercise 4

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 Working with Daisy Books
• P48 Exercises 1-2-for audio books

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 Using the Pronunciation Tutor
• P50 Exercises 1-2
• ELL students

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 Scanning
One button scanning to:
• PDF - the scanned image
looks exactly the same as the
source image; recommended if
layout retention is important.
• Word – recommended when
need to edit the text.
• HTML - automatically
converted into a font size, color
and background color of choice.
• Multi-page scanning
• WIA and TWAIN
•Scan from a digital camera

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 Scanning
• P52 Exercises 1-5

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 Fact Finder
• Performs Internet search
• Range of search engine
choices
• Launches from any
application
• Efficient way of searching
on a given subject
• Add your own

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 Fact Finder
• P58 Exercise 1
• Click on Fact Finder-if it is not on the toolbar click
the double arrow to the left of the textHELP button
on right of the toolbar.
• Type in question or word
you want to search.
• Click play to read the
web page you’ve selected.
• Try it-type in whales

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 Fact Folder

• Research / Revision aid

• Author, Source, Category
cited
• Output to MS Word or
HTML
• Bibliography

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 Fact Folder
• P59 Exercise 1-5
• Find and organizes
research information
• Creates bibliography
• Demo-whales
– Save text and image
– Organize
– Review Facts
– Export to Word

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 How to capture facts:
• Try it now. Use Fact Finder to find text
and then Fact Folder to organize
information and find another.
– Highlight the text to capture and click on the
“Fact Folder” icon on the toolbar.
– Complete the Fact Details (Title, Date, Author,
Category, etc.)
– Click OK

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 Capturing a Graphic:
• Open a web page containing a graphic.
• Click on the “Fact Folder” drop-down
menu and select Add web image.
• The TextHELP Web Hover box will appear
in lower right hand corner.
• Hover over graphic until it appears in the
box. Click on the image to capture it.
• Fill out the Fact Detail information and
click OK.

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 Reviewing the Facts
• Click on the drop-down list of the Fact Folder
icon.
• Select Review Facts option.
• You can select a Fact to
preview it in the Preview Pane.
• Delete, edit or add facts using
toolbar icons
• Click Word icon to export to
Word and print.

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 Fact Mapper
• Online Mind Mapping
utility
• Brainstorm, Revise,
Outline
• Access to Image Library
• Output to Word
• Output to HTML

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 Fact Mapper
• P 63 Exercise 1-7-must have Internet access
• It simplifies thought processes by utilizing the
mind’s ability to understand and remember
visual information.

• Provides an online graphical user interface

that allows you to add new information
elements to a map.

• Similar to “Inspiration”.
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 Fact Mapper
•On RW9 toolbar, click
fact mapper
•Click file
•Click create new fact
map
•Click new link
•Give it a name
•Highlight that link and
click another new link
•Click file
•Click Word icon to
export to Word
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 Screen Masking
• Tint screen
• Aid reading and improve
focus
• Underline
• Choice of colors
• Has Spotlight option

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 Screen Masking
• P72 Exercises 1-2

• Helps students focus on key areas.

• It will mask out areas of the screen and

change the Windows system background
color.

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 Screen Masking
• Open Word document
• Click on Screen Masking on RW9 toolbar
• Screen will turn yellow and window will open
to follow reading
• Screen Masking Options-spotlight-lets you:
– change size of window
– change line that is highlighted

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 Screen Maker
Use this feature to convert text in any
document or program into speech.

It can then be converted into a sound file

and saved on your computer and
downloaded onto an MP3 player or Ipod.

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 Screenshot Reader
• Allows student to read “locked” files such
as A+LS and pdf’s.
• Click on Screenshot Reader and draw a
box around info you want read
• It can also be set to appear in a separate
box. The box and the way it appears can
be changed in the Screenshot Reader
options.

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 Speech Input
• Integrated voice
recognition
• Speech supported
training
• Alternative words
• Simple to use
• Speech feedback of
composed text

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 Speech Input
• Speech Input in XP P75 Exercises 1-3
• Speech Input in Vista P78 Exercises 1-4

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 Translator
• Online Translation tool
• French, Spanish, German and
Italian
• Translation can be read aloud
• Adapt
– Language
– Voice Speed
– Font Size

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 Translator
• P84 Exercises 1-2
• Translates words to Spanish, French,
German and Italian
• Helps students who are almost fluent
decode certain words

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 Study Skills
• Study Skills on All
Features or Study Skills
toolbar
• Works in MS Word and
Internet Explorer
• Four color highlighters for
highlighting text
• Collect highlights
• Summarize button to
reduce volume of text in a
passage
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 Study Skills
• P87 Exercises 1-2
• Students can highlight text in various
colors by highlighting a portion of the text
and selecting blue highlight from the
toolbar.
• Selecting Collect highlights will organize
the highlighted info in a Word document
• Selecting Summary will produce a brief
summary of article in a Word document.
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