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The 15-state Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)
Consortium is working to improve academic outcomes for
approximately 1.3 million K-12 students with print disabilities
within the member States through the timely acquisition and
delivery of high-quality educational materials in accessible
formats (audio, Braille, eText, large print).
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Dolphin EasyReader
version 4.01
A DAISY player that reads DAISY, text, html,
DAISY XML, and ANSI/NISO. It contains
navigation controls, visual and audio options.
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Standard Tools View:
Standard/
Compact
Tool View
Toggle
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Compact view toolbar:
Full/compact
toolbar toggle
Mini Player view:
Return to
full view
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Play and Stop
Play/Stop
Tool
Use the Play/Stop
button to start and
stop the narration.
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Volume Controls
Mute
Volume
slider
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Opening a book
Browse
computer to
find DAISY
book
Highlight book
title, then click OK
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Navigate by mouse
1. Use the slider bar to
move around the
book.
2. Left-click on the
text you want to
read.
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Navigating by page
Use Page Up/ Page Down
arrows on computer keyboard
Use page navigation arrows at
bottom of the slider bar
OR…
• Open Navigation Center
• Index tab – type page
number and click the
GoTo Page button
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Navigate by Headings
Back-arrow meeting
a line moves to
Previous heading
(e.g. Units, Chapters,
Sections)
In full view mode
Forward-arrow
meeting a line Next heading
Compact view
Left/right arrows
move by phrase
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Navigation Center
Use the Navigation tool
here to open the
Navigation Center. Nav Center
Tool button
The Navigation Center can:
1. Manage your DAISY
book library.
2. Display the current
book’s Index/Contents
3. Show bookmarks
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Navigation Center Library tab
1. Lists your DAISY books
2. Lets you quickly open DAISY books
3. Lets you add or remove books
DAISY books
you’ve opened
are listed here
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Navigation Center Index tab
Headings
(Units and Chapters)
Double-click to move
to any heading.
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Preferences button:
Opens window with
customization tabs for
General features,
Highlighting,
Playback and screen
Display
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Preferences: General tab
Book startup
options
Self voicing
speaks tools,
menus and
boxes
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Preferences – Highlighting tab
Choose
highlighting
and text
colors
Click Apply
when finished
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Preferences – Playback tab
When to start
playback
Set voice
Set
playback
speed
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Preferences – Display tab
Text color
and
background
Text size
Use style sheet
drop-down
menu to choose
from pre-made
settings.
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Pop-up Menu
Point anywhere on the screen and right-
click
Easy access to
commonly used
commands and
tools
Navigation
controls too!
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Bookmarks
1. Click the
bookmark button
2. Type name of
the bookmark
3. Add text notes if
desired
4. Add audio note
using a
microphone
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Handy keyboard controls:
Play/Stop toggle: Space bar or F5 key
Set bookmark: Control+b
Previous/next phrase: Left/right arrow keys
Previous/next heading: Up/down arrow keys
Previous/next page: Page up/Page down keys
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The development of this project by the AIM Consortium
at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) and
the Michigan Department of Education IDEA Mandated
Activities Project Michigan’s Integrated Technology
Supports was funded by Grant # H327S070003 from the
U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special
Education Programs. The contents of this project are not
exhaustive and inclusion does not imply endorsement by
the U.S. Department of Education, the Michigan
Department of Education, Michigan’s Integrated
Technology Supports, or the Center for Applied Special
Technology (CAST)
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