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1. 19 6 6 How use the spell checker nne 19 6 7 How can SprintPlus pause between words or sentences 14 6 7 1 Word by word Sentence by sentence 14 6 7 2 Il osse terr PED A A 14 6 8 How can SprintPlus read e mail internet 14 6 8 1 To start up Sprinter usa roast tnr aa 14 6 8 2 Listening An eee 14 6 8 3 To e A nnen 14 6 8 4 How to move Sprinter eeeeeennnnn nnns 15 6 8 5 Sprinter 10 reiecta 15 6 9 How can SprintPlus read faster 5 15 6 10 How can scan text and read that text 19 6 11 How work with the SprintPlus word processor 15 6 12 RIF and TXT documents 4 16 7 SprintPlus for advanced users 7 1 Adjusting the pronunciation 17 7 2 How can mark and summarize 18 7 3 Adding homophones R 1 1 MET 18 7 4 Saving text as sound 20 8 SprintPDF 5 What is SprintPDF A a Tm 21 8 2 How to read PDF documents in SpintPDF
2. 21 8 21 How to open document 21 8 2 2 Short 2 mmm 21 8 3 How to browse a PDF document 23 8 3 1 How to Zoom IN OUT 4 23 8 4 How to Tun a page 41 4 4 4 4 4 24 8 5 How to fill in a PDF document ccie 24 8 5 1 Typing in a PDF document E Aoc c tl 3 24 8 3 2 Spelling checker In SprintPDF 3 mmm emen 24 SprintPlus 8 6 How mark and summarize 24 8 7 Saving text from a PDF as sound file ee 25 8 8 How to edit a PDF document enm 26 8 8 1 How to avoir reading unnecessary 26 8 8 2 How to define the reading 26 8 8 3 How to read symbols formulas abbreviations etc 27 8 8 4 How to read titles and explanation of tables and figures 27 8 8 5 How to join text to frame or 28 8 9 Language 6 28 8 10 How can see wh
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4. abo all phsszcal Sa 250 3 1 Analyze Recognize Spellcheck and Save 2 Thumbnails 3 Processing area 61 Sprint Plus This OCR window is divided into three areas 1 There is a horizontal bar containing the various functions Analyze Recognize Proofreading and Save 2 Below on the left hand side is a vertical zone in which the different pages of the document are displayed as thumbnails 3 hearea next to it contains a larger zone in which one of the selected pages is displayed in enlarged form This area is called the processing area 16 3 1 Analyze Recognize Proofreading and Save Use the Analyze button to start the automatic structural analysis of the document on all pages of the document text blocks figures and tables are detected and indicated by a colored frame Text blocks are bordered in green figures in red and tables in blue Use the Recognize button to start character recognition All pages are recognized one after the other On the right hand side in the second half of the processing area you can see the result of the recognition process Any recognition errors can be corrected here immediately Double click on another page in the list of thumbnails to view the recognition result for that page and make any necessary corrections 62 Click on this proofreading button to start the proofreading for a selected page of the document The proofreading presents possible recogniti
5. e SprintPlus underlines the homophones in the SprintPlus word processor In MS Word SprintPlus puts the homophones in a box meet meat e Double click one of the homophones SprintPlus displays a window with a drawing explanation and a sample sentence Homophones meat flesh of animals used as food Beef pork and ham are all meat meet to come face to face with Let s meet soon D Click the speaker next to a homophone SprintPlus reads the explanation and sample sentences Click the drawing of the right word This word is then inserted into the text Click the button again to switch off homophones SprintPlus Settings In the settings you can e Select Highlight the text while reading if you want the text to be highlighted while reading In MS Word the text is colored but not highlighted e Enable Autosave if necessary e Adapt the homophones dictionary e Adapt the Pronunciation dictionary For more information on how to adapt the dictionaries see Adjusting the pronunciation of words on page 17 and Adding homophones on page 78 Markers P 2 2289 To highlight important issues in the text Click the funnel and SprintPlus will automatically make a summary of the text with the highlighted items Language switch Click a button to select a language For exemple F to switch to French The word prediction the homophones and the spelling checker will automatically swich to
6. 7 15 4 Speech Voice settings Read Menu s to have the menus read out loud Read spelling suggestions to have the spelling suggestions read out loud Pronunciation dictionary Pause settings Stop speech Read date Read time 7 15 5 Help e About SprintPDF SprintPlus 33 8 SprintPlus and dyslexic children tips for parents and professionals 8 1 Remediation The parent speech therapist or teacher can use SprintPlus for remediation or exercise A few tips Improving spelling Tip 7 Dictate a sentence The child types the sentence Have SprintPlus read after every word or every sentence The child then immediately hears a number of errors Tip 2 The child spontaneously types a text Have SprintPlus read word per word or sentence per sentence Tips 3 Teach the child how to use the spelling checker Teach it how to use SprintPlus for a reading control Tip 4 Teach the child how to use the homophones function 8 2 Facilitating reading 8 2 1 Beginning readers Words Tip 1 Analysis fo synthesis Have SprintPlus read the words sound by sound analysis The child pronounces the word The computer reads again synthesis Tip 2 Synthesis to analysis and back to synthesis De computer reads the word The child spells The computer reads again Tip 3 Tracking SprintPlus s reading Have SprintPlus read the text that contains words with the difficulties you want to practise Use the Highligh
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8. and click the green field e Black squares appear on the corners of the field e Delete To select several fields at once Ctrl left mouse click 7 8 3 How to read symbols formulas abbreviations etc With the Correction tool SprintPDF is able to read symbols and maths formulas 27 Click the Correction tool e While holding the left mouse button move the blue field over the symbol or formula you want to hear then release e When releasing the left mouse button the Alternative text window appears e Type the alternative text e Click Ok How to undo the Correction tool e Click the Correction tool button Black squares appear on the corners of the field e Delete e To select several fields at once Ctrl left mouse click 7 8 4 How to read titles and explanation of tables and figures With the Image tool you can read titles and explanation of tables and figures e Click the Image tool e While holding the left mouse button move the purple field over the symbol or formula you want to hear then release e While holding the left mouse button move the purple field over the title and figure and then release e Click the table or frame with Click amp Read and SprintPDF will read the title or explanation How to undo the Image tool e Click the Image tool button Black squares appear on the corners of the field e Delete e To select several fields at once Ctrl left mouse click SprintPlus 7 8 5 How
9. To have the system automatically recognize the document structure 1 On the SprintPDF menu select Edit gt Auto detection The following window appears on your Screen Sprint Plus 66 5 Checkmark Language recognition if you would like language blocks to be detected automatically Do not activate this option if the document only contains one language If the document contains two different languages you can specify what these languages are This increases the accuracy of the language recognition Once auto detection has been carried out you can use the SprintPDF tools to edit the text fields and language fields Save the document after every auto detection or change 2 Here you specify whether you want auto detection to apply to all pages the current page or a particular range of pages 3 Checkmark Document structure if you want the text blocks and read sequence to be detected Use the slider to indicate whether you want quicker or better detection It is advisable to choose better detection for documents that contain many details and or that use a small font 4 The detection function may for one reason or another find an empty text area If you would like to keep these empty text areas checkmark the Keep empty areas option SprintPlus Appendix Phonetic alphabet UK English e Vowels and diphthongs Symbol woo e Consonants ju you wit wit p n pan bO
10. clock 2 Choose Close SprintoPlus 3 Make sure SprintoPlus is closed properly before plugging out the stick 4 Remove the SprintoPlus stick savely SprintPlus 4 Short manual EC Read the complete text Read rest of text from position of the cursor onwards JON Select the reading unit you want to hear Words Sentences Paragraphs Phonetically Syllables Synthesis Spell Read previous current or next Select a reading unit in the drop down list and navigate through the text from position of the cursor onwards Select the reading speed Read Fast e Read slowly Read slovy e Default speed Default speed e Read fast Read fast Read very Fast e Read very fast In the Voice settings N you can refine the speed Stop speech Click amp Read Use Click amp Read to read difficult parts of the text e Click the Click amp Read button e Select a reading unit in the drop down list e Click an item in the text e SprintPlus reads the preset unit paragraph sentence e Disable Click amp Read by clicking this button again SprintPlus 8 Voice settings Homophones Q e Set the language Homophones are words that sound the same but that ES e Adjust the volume Ey are spelled differently like meat and meet e Define the voice speed more accurately e Insert pauses while reading e Activate Speech while typing e Click this button to mark the homophones
11. PDF 21 Reading speed 7 22 Reading unity Reading unity in Sprint PDF 21 Rest of text 7 Sprinter 14 Stop speech 7 Stop speech in Sprint PDF 22 switch language 13 Voice settings 7 Voice settings in Sprint PDF 22 Whole text 14 Word 11 Word by word 14 Read while typing 13 Reading Voice settings 8 Register 3 RIF and TXT documents 16 5 Saving text as sound 2 MP3 20 25 Scan 58 Scan text 15 Scanning 57 Settings 9 Settings in Sprint PDF 22 Skippy Abbreviations 53 Add every new typed word 52 Adding abbreviations to a wordlist 46 Adding new words 46 Always on top 51 Case sensitive prediction 52 Copying wordlists 44 Creating a wordlist 43 Cropping a wordlist 46 Derivations and compositions 41 Direction of prediction list 50 Jump to the border of the screen 50 Layout 49 Maximum repetition of prediction 51 Minimal length 51 Modifying a wordlist 43 Modifying a wordlist manually 44 Modifying as you type 43 Modifying by means of text files 44 Punctuation 53 Removing words from the list 46 Searching for a word 45 Selecting a prediction 39 Selection 53 Settings 49 Sorting items in the word list 46 Speech 53 SprintPlus Startwords 52 System menu options 55 Track position in text 50 Use recently and frequently used words while predicting 52 Warning 53 Window 50 Wordlists 43 Skippy Word prediction 9 37 okippy Word prediction in Sprint PDF 23 opelling checker 13 oprint in Word 11 oprint
12. Picture Homofonez Delete Add word 3 Click on a word in the list On the right hand side you see the word a short explanation one or more sample sentences the picture 4 You can change the explanation and the sample sentences in this window Click Browse if you want to use an other picture 19 If you uncheck Highlight in text this word is longer marked as a homophone in the text In Homophones window you can connect the words through the Add button If you add two or more homophones you first will need to add them one by one before connecting them as homophones The word four for instance is connected to the word for When you double click the homophone four in a text this window pops up Homophones for Intended to reach OR belongs to The present is for Mary four number Dee 3 and 5 There are four weeks in a month SprintPlus 6 4 Saving text as sound file In SprintPlus you can save a text or part of a text as WAV or MP3 file You can then play this sound file on any computer Or listen to it with an MP3 player You can only save a text as sound file in the SprintPlus word processor Open or type the document that you want to save as sound file If you wish to save only a part of a text then first select that part in your document Select Speech in the menu bar and choose Record Text or Ctrl M Record as sound file File name t ram Files4SprintPl
13. a language For exemple F to switch to French The word prediction will automatically swich to the selected language SprintPlus 23 drawing function bu clicking the again To delete what you Next page L Click the pencil to draw in your PDF document Disable the have drawn click the figure to select it and delete DI Go to last page iq Go to first page Click the browser enter the page you want to consult and press enter Correction Tools x ABC aa gt For more information see How to edit a PDF 7 3 1 How to zoom in out With the zoom you can define the format of your text document Click the letter to write in your PDF document Disable the type lt Previous page function by clicking the letter again Click the Skippy icon start the Word prediction Language Fields NE f R De For more information about the language tields see Language fields on page 26 7 3 How to browse a PDF document Fit page Use the browser un the menu bar i4 4 P bi Page width SprintPlus Zoom out Zoom in Click this window fill in the page size you want and press Enter 7 4 How to turn a page PDF documents can be turned 90 to the left or to the right This tool is useful when a document is turned over when opening it With this function allows you to set your document right e Select Edit Turn page clockwise to the right e Select Edit gt Turn page
14. add words to a new or existing list type those words in the window below the selected list Separate the words with a space comma or semicolon SprintPlus 14 5 Extra Settings Layout Window Prediction Startwords Extra Punctuation Automatically capitalize next word after a punctuation mark 1 7 Adjust spacing automatically after punctuation mark Abbreviations Insert expansion automatically when abbreviation has been completely Selection Use function keys to select predictions C Use numeric keypad to select predictions Warning Give warning when the wordlist gets too full Speech Speak a prediction when moved upon only in combination with SprintPlus 14 5 1 Punctuation e Automatically capitalize next word after a punctuation mark T e Adjust spacing automatically after a punctuation mark Skippy then deletes the added space before the punctuation mark and adds a space after the punctuation mark 93 14 5 2 Abbreviations With this option an expansion is inserted into a text automatically whenever its abbreviation has been typed including the following space 14 5 3 Selection Choose the keyboard tools you want to use to select predictions Checking these two options activates all selection tools e Use function keys to select predictions e Use numeric keypad to select predictions 14 5 4 Warning If this option is checked Skippy warns you when
15. adjust the pronunciation of words You can also replace words You can for instance replace DA by Disctrict Attorney 1 Click the Settings button Xo The Settings window appears If you re working with Word this Settings window appears Settings Highlight text while reading Foreground colour Background colour Homofones Homofones list Homofones colour Dictionaries Dictionaries Restore defaults 17 If you re working with the SprintPlus word processor this Settings window appears Settings Highlight text while reading AutoSawe Enable Autosave A a Save every minutes Lists Homofones list Dictionaries Spell checker Language English United States SprintPlus 2 Click Edit next to Dictionaries The following window then appears Pronunciation dictionary English Word Mew pronunciation C Use phonetic alphabet Stefani Add word 3 Click Add word to add a new word to the list Type the word in the right top corner Below that type the new pronunciation Use the phonetic alphabet for this see Appendix Or try a different spelling for the word so that it is pronounced correctly Example Stephanie Fonetic stEfAnl Other spelling stefani 4 f you want to adjust a word from the list click the word and adjust the pronunciation To delete a word from the list click the word and then the Delete word button 5 Click OK to confirm If you
16. and font Try different fonts and decide on the right one for you Arial Comic Times new roman Increase the font size if necessary This way you can read the text and follow Have SprintPlus mark in colour what you are reading Keep up the speed This way you train your reading skills Tip 2 Reading the newspaper Subscribe to the digital version of a newspaper Have SprintPlus read it Tip 3 Mails and internet Have SprintPlus read mails and website texts Have SprintPlus read at different speed and decide on the right one for you You can choose the reading speed in the SprintPlus program or in Word or hold the right mouse button on the Sprinter icon and choose the speed SprintPlus will use the same speed when reading mails or internet texts 9 3 Writing Tip 1 Avoiding errors If you want to send a mail first type your text in Word Use the spelling checker Then have SprintPlus read your text You will hear the spelling errors Use the SprintPlus Homophones function as a control Correct copy and paste the text in your email Tip 2 Word prediction This is especially useful if you frequently doubt the spelling of words and if you type slowly Type some characters and SprintPlus predicts what your want to type Click the right word This way you need less key strokes Moreover you know that the word is spelled correctly How Type a character A list of for instance ten words appears These ten wor
17. as a sound file WAV or MP3 That means you don t always need a computer to listen to a document You can even study while you are walking or cycling e Note that in this program you cannot open Word texts But you can also use the markers tools in a Word document Only TXT files and RTF files can be opened in the SprintPlus Word processor 5 12 RTF and TXT documents e A TXT file is a text file with just text and no document formatting information They are the most basic type of files and they can be opened with any text editor or word processor e RTF stands for Rich Text Format RTF is a file format standardized by Microsoft for creating formatted text files Unlike a basic text file an RTF file can include information such as text style size and color The nice thing about the RTF format is that it is a universal format meaning it can be read by nearly all word processors 16 A word document can be converted to a RTF or TXT file Open the document in Word and select File gt Save as Select document type TXT or You can also select your text in the Word document and copy and paste it into the SprintPlus word processor Making MP3 files is only possible in the SprintPlus word processor SprintPlus 6 SprintPlus for advanced users 6 1 Adjusting the pronunciation of words Some words will not be pronounced correctly Proper names can easily create problems By means of the pronunciation dictionary you can
18. be used with any word processor When a word is inserted Skippy adds a space When a complete word has been With word prediction you can save a huge amount up to fifty percent of the typed Skippy predicts the following word word pairs normal keystrokes Skippy can learn your own vocabulary Thus words which you frequently use will Example When you type con Skippy displays the following words All of these be predicted even faster Skippy contains numerous options to adapt the words start with constitution condition consider continued contrary prediction to the needs and wishes of the user considered considerable Y Skippy English 1 constitution 2 condition 3 consider 4 continued 5 contrary 6 considered 7 considerable As soon as you type an extra character Skippy adjusts the wordlist To write the word conversation typing the characters c o n and v should suffice to make the complete word appear in the list SprintPlus 11 Selecting a prediction There are three ways to select a word from the prediction list 1 Click on the word you want to insert into the text from the prediction list 2 Use the function keys F1 to F10 to select a word from the prediction list Use F3 to select the third word from the prediction list To be able to use the function keys for selection click Menu gt Settings gt Extra and check the option Use function keys to select predictions 3 Usethe k
19. counterclockwise to the left 7 5 How to fill in a PDF document The typing function in SprintPDF allows you to fill in the worksheets of your exercise book and to print your answers Depending on the security of the PDF document e The entire sheet will be printed e The questions will be printed faded and the answers plain e Only the answers will be printed 24 7 5 1 Typing in a PDF document 1 Click al 2 Click the place you want to fill in 3 Use Skippy word prediction if necessary 4 To hear your answers use Click amp Read 7 5 2 Spelling checker in SprintPDF 1 First you need to set up the right language Click YY and select the right language next Check spelling 2 The spellingchecker checks for spelling mistakes To make the spelling checker inactive click oF and unmark Check Spelling 3 If you want the spelling suggestions to be read out loud go to Speech gt Read spelling suggestions in the menu 5 Wrong words will be underligned Click right to see the spelling suggestions 7 6 How can mark and summarize text TALA In the SprintPDF toolbar you find a number of markers red yellow blue and green Use these to mark key words or key sentences in a document Click the Marker button of the Reviewing toolbar SprintPlus e Select the text or picture that you want to mark with the mouse pointer If you want to mark a word click this word twice If you want to mark a paragraph
20. printed shaded to prevent copying it The answers are printed plain This way the teacher can read the answers of the student next to the shaded printed questions Print allowed The entire PDF document will be printed e Select OK You can only read SprintPlus Secure Documents with SprintPDF SprintPlus How to change the secured settings of a SprintPlus Secure Document e Choose Edit gt Security in the menu bar e Insert your password e Adapt the print security e Click OK 7 15 The menu bar 7 15 1 File Open Save Save as Print Printer settings Properties Exit 1 15 2 Edit You can also find all the here hereinbefore correction tools in the menubar of SprintPDF Go to the menu bar and select Edit Choose one of following functions Ignore Order Correct text Image Language Change order Select all boxes Apply selection to 31 Page numbers To change the numbering of the document Turn page clockwise Turn page counterclockwise Type text Security Settings 7 15 3 View You can also adapt the view of your page in the menu bar Choose View gt Zoom e Fit page e Page width e oom in e oom out Make the toolbars you want appear on the screen go to View gt Toolbars The selected toolbars will be visible in the SprintPDF window You also can choose not to display some toolbars If you would like to see the structure of your document go to View gt Bookmarks
21. stands for Optical Character Recognition If you only have a paper version of the document you will have to scan it first This gives you a digital image of the document It still cannot be read aloud To do this you must convert the digital image into a digitally readable format using optical character recognition OCR Both scanning and character recognition can be carried out directly from within oprintPDF if you have the necessary Sprint scan amp OCR module This module is not provided as standard but can be added to Sprint as an option The technology used for character recognition is based on FineReader OCR technology 16 1 Scanning documents If you only have the paper version of a document or book you will have to scan it first Various kinds of scanners can be used for this purpose However to do this directly from Sprint you need a TWAIN compatible scanner Make sure the scanner is connected plugged into the power supply and switched on To scan a document 1 On the SprintPDF menu select File gt Scan The following window appears on your screen Apply OCR Advanced 2 Place a page of the document in the scanner and click to start black and white scanning or to start a color scanning Depending on the type of scanner this may take a while Repeat this for subsequent Sprint Plus pages Once you have finished scanning character recognition can be carried out 16 2 Character rec
22. the selected language Click the Skippy icon to start the Word prediction SprintPlus 5 Sprint for beginners 5 1 How can SprintPlus read texts in Word Home Insert Page Layout References Mailings Review View SprintPlus 6 O 44 2 Y N El E DJ Read normal SprintPlus Markers Languages e Open an existing document in Word Or create a new document e Use the toolbar which you see above e You can find explanation on all buttons in the previous text 5 2 How can listen to difficult words in a text e Select Words in the list next to the blue arrow e Click the Click amp read button Q Click on a difficult word in the text SprintPlus reads the word immediately 11 SprintPlus 5 3 How can I track SprintPlus s reading While reading SprintPlus colours the words you hear With a second colour oprintPlus can mark the sentence or paragraph that is being read 5 3 1 To activate Highlight text while reading in MS Word e Click the following button ios You can see this window Settings Highlight text while reading Foreground colour Background colour HamoFanes Homafanes list Homofones colour Dictionaries Dictionaries e Check the Foreground colour option SprintPlus then colours the words while reading e Check the Background colour option SprintPlus then colours the full sentence or paragraph while reading only with the units paragraph or s
23. to join text to a frame or figure Click the Image tool button Select with the purple field the figure Right mouse click The Alternative text window appears Type the text in the correction window e Click Ok oprintPDF will read the modified text when you click the frame How to undo the Image tool e Click the Image tool button Black squares appear on the corners of the field e Delete e To select several fields at once Ctrl left mouse click With the Image tool you can also join text to a frame or figure 28 7 9 Language fields With the language fields you can have a PDF document read in several languages without having to switch language It is recommended to set up a document language This means every time you will open the document the language settings will automatically switch to that language How to set up the document language e Goto File gt Document properties e Select the language in the drop down list Document properties Language e Click OK e The document language will be applied after saving the file e After that the document will automatically be read in the selected language How to define a language field E3363 e Click the language tool SprintPlus While holding the left mouse button move the language field over the text that needs to be read in a specific language then release e SprintPDF will automatically switch to this language when reading the do
24. use the spell checker 1 Type your text and click X 2 The words that have wrong spelling are displayed one by one in the window Spell checker Spell checker 3 Inthe first field the sentence containing the words that are spelled wrong are displayed To hear the sentence click the speaker The spelling suggestions are displayed in the list underneath SprintPlus 4 To hear the suggestions click once To insert a suggestion in the text click twice or click the page with the pencil icon 5 To navigate through the mistakes use the arrows 6 To close the Spell checker click the cross 7 After all spelling mistakes have been corrected following message will be displayed spelling errors Faund 5 7 How can SprintPlus pause between words sentences If you want pauses between words SprintPlus can read a text or wordlist word by word SprintPlus can also read the whole text and automatically add word or sentence pauses 5 7 1 Word by word Sentence by sentence e Select Words Sentence in the drop down list in the SprintPlus toolbar e Use the blue buttons 5 7 2 Whole text e Click the Voice settings button e Under Extra pauses while reading check Extra pause after words or Extra pause after sentences Choose the length of the pause on the scale Close the Voice settings Open a document and click the Read complete text button Under Extra pauses choose No extra pauses to read normally
25. 54 single words 06832 word pairs It is recommended that you crop the wordlist By removing low frequency words prediction will be faster Remind me later Click to delete words with a very low frequency from the wordlist Click Remind me later to just use the wordlist as before Prediction will probably not work as fast as before 1 Click Menu gt Wordlist gt Crop The Crop dialog box appears 2 Click More gt gt in this dialog box and determine whether Skippy should e Remove words with a frequency of or lower e Remove word pairs with a frequency of or lower 47 Press start ta continue Remove single words with a frequency of or lower Remove word pairs with a frequency of or lower Increase this frequency when there are lot of word pairs that start with the same word Rescale all frequencies When you check the option Rescale all frequencies Skippy will lower all frequencies If you crop several times in a row the wordlist will continue to shrink 3 Click Start to start the cropping SprintPlus 14 Settings Skippy contains a lot of settings that allow you to personalize prediction Click Menu gt Settings and choose one of the six tabs Prediction Layout Window Dwelling Startwords or Extra 14 1 Layout Settings Layout Window Prediction Startwords Extra Predictions Number of suggestions in list Sort predictions in predictionlist On freq
26. PDF 21 Alternative text tool 27 Browse a PDF document 23 Changing the secured settings of SSP document 31 Click amp Read 22 Complete text 21 Correction tools 23 Draw in a PDF 23 Edit a PDF document 26 Fill in a PDF document 24 Fit page 23 Go to first page 23 Go to last page 23 How to apply a correction to the entire document 30 How to exit the edit mode 30 Ignore tool 26 Image tool 27 Join text to a frame or figure 28 Language fields 23 28 Language switch 22 Markers 22 Menu bar 31 Next page 23 3 Open a document 21 Order tool 26 Page width 23 Pause speech 22 Pencil 23 Previous page 23 Read previous current or next 21 Read rest of text 21 Reading unity 21 Secure a PDF document 30 Selecting several squares at once 29 Settings 22 Short manual 21 Skippy 23 Spelling checker in Sprint PDF 24 Sprint Secure PDF document SSP 30 Stop speech 22 Turn page clockwise 24 Turn page counterclockwise 24 Undo the Alternative text tool 27 Undo the Ignore tool 26 Undo the Image tool 27 Undo the order tool 27 Voice settings 22 Write in a PDF 23 Zoom in 24 Zoom in out 23 Zoom out 24 oprinter Listening to text 14 Move Sprinter 15 Select text 14 Settings 15 Start up Sprinter 14 SprintPlus SprintoPlus 5 Close 6 Floating toolbar 6 Manual 5 Saving documents 6 Start 5 Toolbars 6 SprintPlus word processor 15 Stand alone 3 Summarize text 18 24 System requirements 1 V Voice settings 8 13
27. SprintPlus SprintPlus Table of contents 1 Table of contents 2 Introduction NNI LO 100101010 AO OOO ei o nnan 1 2 2 SOMME MIS aan 1 2 9 oystem requirements 1 3 Installation and first use 3 1 Stand alone installation AR VEIL PUE HRS 3 A 3 3 3 Listening to the manual iaa 3 4 Using SprintoPlus 4 1 Reading the Malal aaa 5 4 2 How to start SprintoPlus 5 2 2 ola t SDIIIOPIBS u a aaa un 5 WOO NG NN 6 4 4 Save documents on the SprintoPlus stick 6 4 5 How to close SDHITIOPIUS zen bo 6 5 Short manual 6 Sprint for beginners 6 1 How can SprintPlus read texts in 11 6 2 How can listen to difficult words in a 11 6 3 How can track SprintPlus s reading eene 12 6 3 1 To activate Highlight text while reading in MS Word 12 6 3 2 To activate Highlight text while reading in Sprintplus 12 6 4 How to switch language ocooccccccoconocccoconononnccnnnonnnonononannonnncnnncnnnos 13 6 441 With 5 1 13 6 42 In the Voice settings 1 1 na nn tmm 13 6 5 How can SprintPlus read as
28. again 5 8 How can SprintPlus read e mail internet Use Sprinter to read internet or e mail 5 8 1 To start up Sprinter e Right click the SprintPlus icon at the bottom of the screen next to the clock and choose Sprinter in the menu or 14 e Open the SprintPlus word processor Choose View gt Sprinter in the menu You can see the following button on the screen gt 5 8 2 Listening to text Select the text you want SprintPlus to read Then click the Sprinter button The button changes into a square and SprintPlus reads the text Click the square to stop speech 5 8 3 To select text Move the mouse pointer to the beginning of the part of the text Hold the left mouse button Move the mouse pointer to the end of the text Let go of the mouse button To select a word double click the word SprintPlus Toselect a paragraph quickly click three times in that paragraph e Choose Select all or press Ctrl A to select the whole text 5 0 4 How to move Sprinter e Click the sprinter button and hold the left mouse button e Now move the mouse to the desired position 5 8 5 Sprinter settings Right click Sprinter A menu appears French France Sebastien English United Kingdom Daniel English United Kingdom Serena Dutch Belgium Ellen Read slowly Default speed Read fast Read very Fast very small Small Normal Large w Very large Close Sprinter With this menu you can e choos
29. amp l boy glottal it eat stop 67 SprintPlus US English e owels and diphthongs US English got Dm m e Consonants US English 68 SprintPlus gAt got glottal stop eat seal ship vat then zeal 185 catch man SprintPlus Index A Automatic structure recognition 65 C Character recognition 58 F Floating toolbar 6 H Highlight text while reading in Sprintplus 12 in Word 12 Homophones Adding homophones 18 Highlight in text 19 Searching for homophones 8 Installation 3 L Language fields in Sprint PDF 23 Language switch 9 Language switch in Sprint PDF 22 Licences 3 71 Manual Listening to the manual 3 Mark text 18 24 Markers 9 Markers in Sprint PDF 22 MP3 20 25 0 OCR 15 57 Advanced functions 59 Automatic structure recognition 65 OCR window 61 Other functions 59 Processing area 62 Proofreading 62 Recognize 62 Save 62 Thumbnails 62 P Phonetic alphabet 67 Pronunciation dictionary 17 R Read Click amp Read 7 Click amp Read in Sprint PDF 22 SprintPlus Complete text 7 Complete text in Sprint PDF 21 Difficult words in a text 11 Pause between words or sentences 14 Pause speech in Sprint PDF 22 Previous current or next 7 Read email internet 14 Read PDF documents Sprint PDF Read 21 Read previous current or next in Sprint PDF 21 Read rest of text in Sprint
30. ase the left mouse button once the frame is drawn Select a certain object a text table or figure block This tool allows you to draw overlapping frames First choose the block type from one of the above tools text table or image Then select this tool to draw an overlapping frame r bi A Analyze the structure of the document page that you have selected and which 1 therefore visible in the processing area To select a page of the document double click on the corresponding thumbnail Add a vertical dividing line in a table block Click in the table at the position where you want the dividing line to appear Use this tool to remove part of an existing frame First choose the block type from one of the above tools text table or image Then select this tool to remove part of an existing frame Delete a frame Click in the frame that you want to delete Sprint Plus Add a horizontal dividing line in a table block Click in the table at the position where you want the dividing line to appear Delete a dividing line from a table block Click in the table on the dividing line you want to delete Delete a piece of information from the selected page Starting at a certain position hold down the left mouse button and draw a frame from that point Release the left mouse button once the frame is drawn All information in this frame will be deleted Click on this tool to try and turn lines of text in italic into normal t
31. at has been edited on a document 29 8 11 How to select several squares at 29 8 12 How to exit the edit mode in SprintPDF ene 30 Do EX A 30 8 13 1 How to apply a correction to the entire document 30 8 14 How to save file as a secure PDF document 30 8 15 The MENU baf scores 31 SR Lo gt M T 31 iM vr CT e o O A NEBEN STR 31 IERI 31 8 15 4 Speech enne nnne nennen nnn nnns enne nnns 31 CSU IS 01 i MP 31 9 SprintPlus and dyslexic children tips for parents and professionals ROME AMD enter 33 9 2 Faciltaung reading A a 33 9 2 1 Beginning readers 33 9 3 COMPS SUING ns een 34 9 3 1 Tips for parents teachers and instructors esee 34 9 3 2 Tips for youngsters and erre nnns 34 10 Tips for students and adults II e MA A A A 35 t0 2 Reading PA AAA Ur A A A A 39 10 3 Writing od da 35 11 What is Skippy 12 Selecting a prediction 13 Derivations and compositions 14 Wordlists 14 1 Selecting wordlist 0 0 0 0h 0000 nun ee een 43 14 2 Creating MAMA Mm rs o AA 43 14 3 Modifying a wordlist sssrin henn 43 14 3 1 M
32. by greengrocer That way you type the word greengrocer and a space with only 5 keystrokes type g type select green use Backspace to remove the space select greengrocer In this example no less than 7 keystrokes are saved The same procedures can be followed to type compositions such as safety belt or derivations such as foundations SprintPlus 13 Wordlists Skippy bases its predictions on an extensive wordlist That wordlist contains information on words and word pairs By modifying a word list predictions can change Skippy can learn your own vocabulary You can have Skippy modify the word list as you are typing Or Skippy can learn existing text files You can also edit the word list manually and even create new word lists For most texts the standard wordlist will do If you frequently write texts on football for instance you would better use a wordlist that contains a lot of specific football expressions and idioms The program can also combine for example the standard English wordlist with a football wordlist In this chapter you will learn how to select create and modify a word list 13 1 Selecting a wordlist To select a wordlist click Menu gt Wordlist Wordlist English Select a wordlist from all existing wordlists in the top window 43 13 2 Creating a wordlist To create a new word click Menu gt Wordlist Click New list in the List dialogue box Give t
33. click the paragraph three times e Select the next element that you want mark e f you made a mistake use the rubber eraser e f you want to stop marking click the Marker button once more or press ESC e Click the funnel to get a summary of your markings The summary will put all marked words and sentences in a new document 25 7 7 Saving text from a PDF as sound file In SprintPDF you can save a text or part of a text as WAV or file You can then play this sound file on any computer Or listen to it with an MP3 player You can only save a text as sound file in the SprintPlus word processor Open or type the document that you want to save as sound file If you wish to save only a part of a text then first select that part in your document Select Speech in the menu bar and choose Record Text or Ctrl M Record as sound file File name t ram FileskSprintPlus English amp MP2Nhiston mp3 Record complete text Record selection only Lame Encoder Info lame e amp nc dll version 1 32 12 10 2005 lame Engine 3 96 lame webpage http wu mp3dev org Give the sound file a name Click OK The recording of the sound file starts The beginning and ending of the recording are marked by a distinctive sound The file will be stored under C Program Files or Program Files x86 SprintPlus English MP3 or on the stick in the folder MP3 For more information on how to make an MP3 file in SprintPlus se
34. cument une maison acat un chat to be lo Inve to eat manger to learn apprendre disappointed d sol a rabbit un lapin to look regarder lo sen voir How to undo the Language tool Click the language tool Black squares appear on the corners of the field Delete To select several fields at once Ctrl left mouse click 7 10 How can I see what has been edited on a document If you click any of the tools every part of the text where the tools ignore order correction image are active becomes visible in the document The edited parts are indicated by coloured shaded areas or by a crossed field 29 Click a field and press delete to undo a tool If you want to delete several actions then press Ctrl left mouse click and select the fields you want to delete H T d senium 7 11 How to select several squares at once Keep the Ctrl button pressed select the square with the mouse while holding the left mouse button pressed All the squares of the correction tool that is activated will be selected SprintPlus 7 12 How to exit the edit mode in SprintPDF Just click the correction tool that is activated or use the Click amp Read button The corrections will no longer be visible 7 13 Extra 7 13 1 How to apply a correction to the entire document A function can be applied to an entire document For example if you don t want to hea
35. do not confirm the modifications will not be saved 18 SprintPlus can read out abbreviations as full words Example e g for example exc except etc et cetera 6 2 How can mark and summarize text In the SprintPlus toolbar you find a number of markers red yellow blue and green Use these to mark key words or key sentences in a document Click the Marker button of the Reviewing toolbar 1 Select the text or picture that you want to mark with the mouse pointer If you want to mark a word click this word twice If you want to mark a paragraph click the paragraph three times Select the next element that you want mark If you made a mistake use the rubber eraser If you want to stop marking click the Marker button once more or press ESC Click the funnel to get a summary of your markings The summary will put all marked words and sentences in a new document In Word you can generate an automatic summary of a document Click Auto summary in the Extra menu Choose the type of summary and the percentage of the original document or the summary level 6 3 Adding homophones You can complete or adjust the list of homophones 1 Click the Settings button SprintPlus The Settings window appears 2 Click Edit next to Homofone Lists The following window appears Homophones List Copy list Delete list Word ZI Higgins Explani past tense of verb to eat Examples ate his meal
36. dows school or students in the higher education it can be a very useful appliance Also 256 MB RAM or more adults can get much profit out of it MS Windows XP or more recent version Sound card 300MB free on your hard disk For the Word toolbar you need Word 2000 or higher 1 2 SprintPlus objectives SprintPlus reads out texts and documents Listen to the complete text or have SprintPlus read out the text per sentence or per word You also hear what you type That way you notice typing errors much faster SprintPlus can read words syllabically or can spell the words phonetically SprintPlus can search for all homophones in a text like meet and meat By means of a drawing a short explanation or a sample sentence you quickly select the correct word SprintPlus has its own word processor but you can also use it in Microsoft Word You use the Word toolbar to help you with reading writing and spelling SprintPlus reads internet texts or mails as well SprintPlus 2 Installation and first use 2 1 Stand alone installation Put the SprintPlus CD ROM in the CD ROM drive When installation does not start immediately go to Start Run and start the setup of the CD ROM Follow the instructions on the screen in order to install the program correctly During installation choose whether you wish to install the Word toolbar or not 2 2 Licences oprintPlus is protected by software protection When you start up the program yo
37. ds start with that character The list contains words you are likely to type Example You want to type the word immediately correctly After typing the i the program will suggest words like in and it After typing the third character imm the list suggests The word immediately With one more keystroke F1 or 1 to select the word for more explanation see following chapter Skippy the complete word is on your screen spelled correctly Word prediction proceeds very quickly This means you only need four keystrokes to see the correct spelling of immediately on the screen Word prediction thus proceeds very quickly The program will remember the words which you frequently use and will predict those sooner Of course you have to type the first characters correctly If you start with an to write down the word knowledge then the prediction tool won t help 36 This option is less useful if reading is very laborious for you since the selection of the correctly spelled word first requires reading of the prediction list SprintPlus 37 10 What is Skippy Skippy is a powerful word prediction program that helps you with typing The Click the word in the list to insert it into the text automatically You can also program can predict the word you want to type At each character you type select the word by means of the keyboard see chapter 2 Skippy adjusts the prediction list Skippy can
38. e Saving text as sound file on page 20 SprintPlus 7 8 How to edit aPDF document Use the correction tools With these 4 correction tools you can edit PDF documents to obtain optimal reading results 7 8 1 How to avoir reading unnecessary information With the Ignore tool SprintPDF does not read unnecessary information like page numbers etc How to use the Ignore tool e Click the Ignore tool de While holding the left mouse button move the orange field that appears over the part of the text you don t want to hear when the part you want to ignore is selected release For more information om creating communi tow J cation grid sce also Creating new communica thon grid on page Modifying the text style Choose Options gt Style If you create communication grids with symbols and The Style dialog box appears text of with text only you can use the Style dialog box to modify the properties of that text How to undo the Ignore tool e Click the Ignore tool e Click the orange field Black squares appear on the corners of the field e Delete 26 e To select several fields at once Ctrl left mouse click 7 8 2 How to define the reading order With the Order tool you can select parts of text and mark them to define a reading order If you want SprintPDF to read a document with a column setup select the first column and then the second one to avoid SprintPlus to read the
39. e Sprinter if you want to start the Sprinter reading tool choose Skippy if you want to start the word prediction E3 After starting up SprintoPlus the SprintoPlus monitor icon appears on the right bottom corner of the screen Click right and you can also start up the different unities from here Start SprintPlus Start SprintPDF Start Sprinter Start word prediction Word toolbar Floating toolbar Toolbar settings Close Sprinto 3 3 Toolbars When starting up Word the SprintPlus toolbar is displayed in Word There is a fixed toolbar in MS Word and there is also the floating toolbar The fixed toolbar appears in the MS Word toolbar In MS Word 2007 and 2010 the fixed toolbar will be displayed under the tab Add ons The floating toolbar can be placed where you want on the screen To modifiy the functions appearing on the floating toolbar 1 Right click the SprintoPlus icon at the bottom of the screen next to the clock 2 Select Toolbar settings Here you can select the buttons you want to be displayed in the floating toolbar 3 4 Save documents on the SprintoPlus stick The SprintoPlus stick also allows you to store files and documents You can store your school books or other material on the SprintoPlus stick Just save the files on the SprintoPlus drive like you would save documents on any other USB stick 3 5 How to close SprintoPlus 1 Richt click the SprintoPlus icon at the bottom of the screen next to the
40. e position of the cursor in the text 14 2 4 Always on top This option makes sure that the prediction list is never covered with other windows 91 14 3 Prediction Settings Layout window Prediction Startwords Extra Options Maximum number of times that word can appear in the prediction list Minimum length of predictions in relation to the typed prefix hu Case sensitive prediction C Use recency of words while predicting Importance of recent words Marmal Learning Add ever new typed word Learn frequencies only Learn single words only Learn word pair only Learn both single words and word pairs 14 3 1 Maximum repetition of prediction Maximum number of times that a word can appear in the prediction list When 3 is filled out here and you successively type the characters f o and u Skippy predicts the word found after every keystroke When you type n Skippy no longer includes found in the prediction list but replaces it by another prediction 14 3 2 Minimal length Minimum length of predictions in relation to the typed prefix SprintPlus When 1 is filled out here and you type hi Skippy predicts the word him among others When 2 is filled out here and you type hi Skippy does not predict him since this prediction is only 1 character longer than the typed prefix 14 3 3 Case sensitive prediction With this optio
41. e size of the document this process may take a while As soon as the OCR process has finished the readable file is opened in SprintPDF and can be read aloud 16 2 2 Advanced OCR functions Use the advanced functions if you would like to have more control over the OCR process To use the advanced OCR functions 1 On the SprintPDF menu select File gt Scan jeje Apply OCR Advanced Cancel 29 2 Click on to retrieve the image file from your computer s hard drive of from another location network drive or another data medium such as a USB stick CD ROM external hard drive etc E3 You can add multiple files by clicking on each time You can also add more pages via the scanner Other functions To move the page one place up Click on the page you want to move then click on the button to move it To move the page one place down Click on the page you want to move then click on the button to move it To delete a page Click on the page you want to delete then click on the button to delete it To rotate a page 90 clockwise Click on the page you want to rotate then click on the button to rotate it 3 hen click on to carry out character recognition on the selected or scanned document using advanced functions The following window appears on your screen Sprint Plus eai eM did 1 1 g E 2
42. e the language of the reading voice e change Sprinter s size e close Sprinter 15 5 9 How can SprintPlus read faster or slower e n the toolbar you can adjust the speed Choose between Read slowly Default speed Read fast and Read very fast e You can also set the speed in the Voice settings The Sprinter button uses the same voice settings as in Word and oprintPlus 5 10 How can scan text and read that text To scan text you need a scanner e OCR software that converts the scanned page into text like Omnipage When the document is converted into text SprintPlus can read the text OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition in other words text recognition software scanning a document can be compared to making a picture of this document This picture or image does not contain any text The OCR software will recognize the text in the image and convert the scanned document into a document containing readable digital text 5 11 How do work with the SprintPlus word processor oprintPlus contains a simple speaking word processor It has the same features as the SprintPlus toolbar in Word SprintPlus Open SprintPlus by means of this button on the desktop In the SprintPlus word processor you can Use extra big buttons to make it easier to read your documents e Mark key words or key sentences with the markers SprintPlus then summarizes the text This makes studying easier e Save the whole text
43. entence e To change the color click the arrow and choose a color of your preference 12 5 3 2 To activate Highlight text while reading in Sprintplus Click the following button Jo The window Settings appears on the screen Settings Highlight text while reading Sukosawe Enable Autasave P Save every minutes Lists Homofones list Dictionaries Spell checker Language English United States e Mark Highlight text while reading The standard colour 1 blue SprintPlus 5 4 How to switch language 5 4 1 With the language switches NL FR DE Click the button that represents the language you want to read your text in switch to another language click ex and select the other language The word prediction homophones and the spelling checker will also be switched to the other language Only in SprintPlus In SprintPDF you have to switch the language of the spell checker manually 5 4 2 In the Voice settings e Click QO e Choose the language in the drop down list Change the speed and volume if necessary e Click Test speech to see if everything is set as wanterd 5 5 How can SprintPlus read as type AO to open the Voice settings Lx e Click e Check Speak while typing and choose when SprintPlus should read after each character after every sentence 13 e Check Speak while typing in other applications if you want the feedback in all applications 5 6 How can
44. exams When reading is very laborious for a pupil you can have SprintPlus read tests and exams The child can use a head phone so that the other pupils are not disturbed 34 8 3 2 Tips for youngsters and parents Tip 7 Homework and lessons Reading lessons Concentrate on listening Structure the text Mark key words and main ideas Tip 2 Typing and listening Type the key words or short bits of text Have SprintPlus read them Typing can help to memorize SprintPlus 9 Tips for students and adults 9 1 Studying Tip 1 Listening Have SprintPlus read texts that you have to study Listen to the text several times Use different speeds Choose the speed that works best for you Ask your teacher or instructor to provide you with the course in Word If that is not possible scan the texts or course books Tip 2 Marking and summarising Mark titles with the same colour chapter titles paragraph titles Mark conclusions or definitions with another colour You can also colour the contents according to a system For instance new concepts names dates yellow memory work definitions of concepts explanation of concepts names and dates green key explanation properties characteristics answers to how question red examples blue Have SprintPlus summarise the text You then get a text which contains only the marked bits Have SprintPlus read the text again Study Check 35 9 2 Reading Tip 1 Reading
45. ext Rotate the selected page 90 clockwise Rotate the selected page 90 counterclockwise You can undo certain actions by pressing Ctrl Z ES Position the cursor in a block then right click to edit or delete the block type 64 Use the Recognize button to start character recognition All pages are recognized one after the other On the right hand side in the second half of the processing area you can see the result of the recognition process Any recognition errors can be corrected here immediately Double click on another page in the list of thumbnails to view the recognition result for that page and make any necessary corrections oM Click on this Proofreading button to start the proofreading for a selected page of the document The proofreading presents possible recognition errors for checking If the proofreading does not recognize a certain word it will ask you to check and if necessary correct it This step is not obligatory In the top part of the Validation window the proofreading shows what the OCR software sees Below it you can see the result of the recognition process In this case the OCR software is not sure about the letter u in the word aloud If you do not find anything wrong select e gnore the word has been recognized correctly skip on this occasion e gnore all the word has been recognized correctly and if it occurs again in this document it should be accepted in
46. eys of the numeric keypad to select a word from the prediction list Use numeric key 7 to select the seventh word from the prediction list To be able to use the numeric keypad for selection click Menu gt Settings gt Extra and check the option Use numeric keypad to select predictions If you select Use numeric keypad select predictions typing numbers with the numeric keypad will not be possible Use the function keys 11 and F12 to scroll the prediction list Use F 12 to display the next list of predictions Use F11 to display the previous list The and ofthe numeric keypad can be used for the same purpose For this make sure that under Menu gt Settings gt Extra the option Use numeric keypad to select predictions is checked SprintPlus 12 Derivations and compositions Skippy makes it easy to type derivations compositions Suppose want to type the word greengrocer When the letters and are typed the word greengrocer is not in the prediction list yet but the word green is Y Skippy English Menu 41 Insert the word green into the text and press Backspace to delete the automatically added space The prediction list now contains only words starting with green The word greengrocer is one of them Skippy English Menu 1 greenest 2 greengrocer Select the word greengrocer Skippy now automatically replaces the word green
47. he new wordlist a name The new wordlist is still empty To fill the list you have Skippy e Learn words as you type e Learn words by means of existing text files e Add words to the wordlist manually 13 3 Modifying a wordlist 13 3 1 Modifying as you type Skippy can learn new words and or word pairs as you are typing Skippy will then also adjust the frequency of words that are already in the list depending on how many times a word is typed This way words which you type frequently will appear in the prediction list a lot sooner To modify the wordlist as you type choose Menu gt Settings In the Learning part of the Prediction tab check the option Add every new typed word Skippy can e Learn single words only e Learn word pairs only e Learn both single words and word pairs SprintPlus Settings Prediction Layout Window Dwelling Startwords Extra Options Maximum number of times that word can appear in the prediction list we Minimum length of predictions in relation to the typed prefix Case sensitive prediction Use recency of words while predicting Importance of recent words Learning Add ever new typed word Learn single words only Learn word pairs only Learn bath single words and word pairs If you do not want the contents of an original wordlist to change you should not check this option or you should copy the original word list and make changes in that copy o
48. ist To order them alphabetically again click Word or Word pair again 13 3 7 Adding new words e Click New to add new words or word pairs to the wordlist The spaces next to the list become blank Fill out the word or word pair you want to add to the list e a word pair to the list type both words and space them Make sure that also the frequency of the word or word pair is filled out When you link up a word pair with a high frequency it will appear in the prediction list very soon e After filling out the blank spaces click Add and the new word pair is added to the list 13 3 8 Removing words from the list To remove an item from one of the lists first select the item Then click Delete or press the Del key Note that when a word is deleted all word pairs containing that word are deleted as well To adjust the frequency of a word pair first select the item Then fill out the new frequency and click Update Ea Note that words in a word pair need to have at least a frequency of 3 as a single word When you want to add a new word pair to the list but the words frequencies are lower than 3 Skippy will ask whether those frequencies should be adjusted 46 13 4 Adding abbreviations to a wordlist Adding abbreviations to a wordlist can be useful to type e g names to correct typing errors to type a complete sentence very quickly etc 1 Click Menu gt Wordlist gt Abbreviations to add an abbreviation t
49. ls 3 Processing area The next section explains how to use the OCR window 60 Sprint Plus 16 3 OCR window Thy Fitar of Desin looks as if he wa mado of ivory amd resc leaves Why my dear Bail he is a Marc and poe aell 0d conne you have am insellecnea and all that But beauty real beauty ends where an ec expevoson en Intellect m im meli an exaggeranon amd desroys the hamry of amy face The moment one sis down chink one become all now or all forehead or something horrxd Look at the wuscocedul men m any of the probeansm Hew perly hidesem bey ate comme in ghe Church ches in she Church thes dom thank keeps om saying ar che age of exghry wh he was told to say when he wat a boy of eighteen and comaequenzhy he always looks absolute Your yourg buen alos name you have never told bert enar picture really nzinatex me ver thinks I feel quite sure of He is a beaursful ching who should be always here im winter when we have no flowers look at and abways here in summer when we want somthing to chal our micllagenee Don t flatter yeurselt Hasal you are not in the beast libe him Wor don t understand oe Harry course am mon like him I know that pertecth well indeed should be wwry to look Eke him Yon voer diodes I telling ven the truth There a
50. m as continuous text e Click the Order tool m While holding the left mouse button move the green field over the first part of the text you want to hear when your selection is done release e Repeat this step to select other parts of text The fields are automatically numbered an order number appears on the left corner top of the selected fields e f you want to change the reading order of the selected text go to the menu bar and select Edit Change order Click the green fields in the order you want them to be read SprintPlus Who should read this User Manual Installing Mind Express and Bliss Editor How to use this User Manual System requirements In order to be able to use Mind Express efficiently vou should make sure that your system meets a number of minimum system requirements The two versions of Mind Express wiih or without RealSpeak have different svstem requirements This User Manual is mostly task orsented This means that the tasks you execate most frequently are described in detail Apart from this there is a Reference chapter that covers the remaining functionality of Mind Express Finally this User Manual also contains Note once you have selected a part or parts of the text with the Order tool SprintPDF will only read the selected items on this page If you want SprintPDF to read other parts of the page you have to select this text first How to undo the Order tool Click
51. n Skippy distinguishes between small and capital letters 14 3 4 Use recently and frequently used words while predicting When a word e g football is frequently used in a text the chance that this word will be used again is big With this option that word appears in the prediction list a lot sooner than others You can set the importance of recent words at a normal high or very high level 14 3 5 Add every new typed word With this option Skippy adds every new typed word to the wordlist Skippy can e earn words only e earn word pairs only Learn both words and word pairs 22 14 4 Startwords Settings Layout Window Prediction Startwords Extra Startwords This list af words will be shown at the start of a new sentence By using F11 and F12 this list can be scrolled The list can consist of 100 words maximum and words must be separated by a space a comma or a semicolon he are and ie it can we she Remove At the end of a sentence Skippy cannot use word pairs because the next sentence can start with any word In that case Skippy uses startwords These are words which are frequently used at the beginning of a sentence They are not part of the selected main wordlist Startwords form a separate wordlist This list can contain at most 100 words You can create new startword lists click New and give the new list a name You can remove an existing list by clicking Remove in the same tab To
52. n 51 15 3 3 Case sensitive 52 15 3 4 Use recently and frequently used words while predicting 02 15 3 5 Add every new typed WON ee en 52 SprintPlus Io 0 MO O an LE P TA 15 5 1 Punctuation 0 088 15 5 2 ADDICVIAUONS 15 5 4 Warning nnns 19 99 DEU LE ae as 16 System menu options 17 The Sprint Scan and OCR function optional 17 1 Scanning documents 17 2 Character recognition in 17 2 1 Automatic nnns 17 2 2 Advanced DER UNC Sa 17 3 OCR WIN 17 3 1 Analyze Recognize Proofreading and 17 3 2 The processing 17 4 Automatic structure 18 Index 62 63 SprintPlus 1 Introduction 1 1 Target group 1 3 System requirements SprintPlus helps children youngsters and adults with reading writing and In order to use SprintPlus efficiently the system has to meet some minimum spelling problems like for instance dyslexia SprintPlus can be used for requirements remediation and practice with young children But also to prepare texts and The minimum system requirements are the following lessons It can even be used to learn foreign languages For pupils in secondary Win
53. ngs Position Direction of prediction list Track position in text Horizontal distance to the testeursar Vertical distance the testeursar Jump ta the border of the screen when the window gets close to the border Jump when drawn near to Always on top 14 2 1 Direction of prediction list Choose to organize the predictions in the list vertically or horizontally 50 Skippy English 1 Conversation 2 Convert 3 Converse 4 Converted 5 Conversant b Converting T Conversations Skippy English 14 2 2 Track position in text Check this option to have the prediction list follow the position of the cursor in the text This option can speed up the view on the predictions and consequently also typing You can set the horizontal and vertical distance value between the list and the cursor from 1 to 100 14 2 3 Jump to the border of the screen When this option is checked the prediction list jumps to the border of the screen whenever the window gets close to it This option prevents that part of the list becomes invisible It also allows you to position the window more easily SprintPlus For this option set a percentage from 0 to 15 When the distance between the border of the screen and the list becomes less than that percentage the prediction list automatically jumps to the border of the screen You cannot check this option when the prediction list tracks th
54. nly 13 3 2 Modifying by means of text files 1 Click Menu gt Wordlist Select the list you want to modify Click Learn text Now select one or more text files you want Skippy to learn The words and or word pairs from those text files are added to the wordlist Make sure that the text files have been saved as normal Windows text files ASCII format 44 2 Click Open and choose one of the following options e Learn single words only e Learn word pairs only e Learn both single words and word pairs 3 Click Start Skippy now starts building a wordlist based on the selected text files Click OK if you actually want to include the words and or word pairs in the wordlist Learn text Learn frequencies only a de Learn single words only s C Learn word pairs only Learn single words and word pairs of O bytes 13 3 3 wordlists Copying wordlists allows you create new wordlists without having to modify the original wordlists Copy the standard English wordlist and give the copy a name Skippy can then learn other words from text files on the subject football for example and put those words into the new wordlist That way Skippy can rapidly predict football expressions but also the regular English words and word pairs 13 3 4 Modifying a wordlist manually You can add words to the wordlist so that they will appear in the prediction list You can delete or correct words e g words tha
55. o a wordlist 2 Click New The two bottom windows become blank In the first one Abbreviations fill out the new abbreviation e g js dept ifgt In the second one Expansion fill out its expansion John Smith department feel good today Click Add he abbreviation is added to the wordlist Every time the abbreviation is typed Skippy will place its expansion along with other predictions in the prediction list Ea Skippy can also automatically replace the abbreviations in a text by its expansion Click Settings gt Extra and check the option Insert expansion automatically when abbreviation has been typed completely Adding abbreviations and their expansions to a wordlist can also be helpful to automatically correct frequent spelling errors Add for example the abbreviation teh with the as its expansion Whenever teh is typed in a text Skippy will correct this error and replace teh by the 4 To delete abbreviations from a wordlist first click the item and then Delete To update abbreviations first click the item then change its expansion in the bottom window and click Update 13 5 Cropping a wordlist When a wordlist gets too full prediction may slow down In this case Skippy indicates this at start up and mentions the number of words and word pairs in the wordlist Skippy recommends cropping the list SprintPlus Warning There are 816
56. odifying as you type ott Emend nne 43 14 3 2 Modifying by means of text fileS oocooosonoooccorcorsonarconoronrononanos 44 14 3 3 Copying wordlists mme aaa 44 14 3 4 Modifying a wordlist manually 44 14 3 5 Searching for a word 4075 err Nee erede 45 14 3 6 Sorting items in the word list ococcccccnocanoccnooanononnononoronnnornnonnnonnos 46 14 3 7 Adding new words 1 Ma Au T 46 14 3 8 Removing words from the 151 46 14 4 Adding abbreviations to 46 14 5 Cropping A ee 46 15 Settings isl ev ME uem 49 15 1 1 Predictions 8 nn emm 49 15 1 2 Button style amp T BELLA 49 Dom c EM CA MEM u M um 49 EAS RR B 50 15 2 1 Direction of prediction list serre 50 15 2 2 Track position in text J mmm 11 50 15 2 3 Jump to the border of the screen 50 15 2 4 Always qn top 1 1 d ul d 51 15 3 Pjediciefenmm uud sesso AS 51 15 3 1 Maximum repetition 51 15 3 2 Minimal m ee
57. ognition 16 2 1 Automatic Once the document has been scanned or if the document is available as an image file bitmap image PDF etc you can convert the document into a readable document using the built in OCR function To perform character recognition 1 Onthe SprintPDF menu select File gt Scan Apply OCR Advanced AS 28 2 Click on to retrieve the image file from your computer s hard drive of from another location network drive or another data medium such as a USB stick CD ROM external hard drive etc E3 You can add multiple files by clicking on each time You can also add more pages via a connected scanner Other functions To move the page one place up Click on the page you want to move then click on the button to move it To move the page one place down Click on the page you want to move then click on the button to move it To delete a page Click on the page you want to delete then click on the button to delete it To rotate a page 90 clockwise Click on the page you want to rotate then click on the button to rotate it 3 Click on to perform character recognition automatically on the selected or scanned document You are immediately asked for a name to give the new document on which character recognition is to be performed and where it should be saved Sprint Plus 4 Then click on Save The OCR process will now begin Depending on th
58. on errors for checking If the proofreading does not recognize a certain word it will ask you to check and if necessary correct it This step is not obligatory After recognition and any proofreading you can use this Save button to save the document as a readable PDF This document also contains the necessary information relating to text boxes and the read sequence You can also use the editing tools in SprintPDF to make any necessary changes Once the document has been saved it is automatically opened in SprintPDF Sprint Plus 63 Vororealiiesprocessing area Draw the recognition area Starting at a certain position hold down On the left hand side of the processing area is a column with tools which you the left mouse button and draw a frame from that point Release can use to carry out the structural analysis yourself or edit the result of the the left mouse button once the frame is drawn automatic structural analysis Define a text block Starting at a certain position hold down the left mouse button and draw a green frame around a text block Release the left mouse button once the frame is drawn Define a table block Starting at a certain position hold down the left mouse button and draw a blue frame around a table Release the left mouse button once the frame is drawn Define an image block Starting at a certain position hold down the ar left mouse button and draw a red frame around a photo or figure Rele
59. r the page numbers on each page of a document you can apply the ignore tool for page numbers to the whole document e Click the tool of your choice ignore tool order tool correction tool or image tool While holding the left mouse button move the coloured field over the text or figure e Click the coloured field e Black squares appear on the field Go to the menu bar and select Edit gt Apply selection to e You can choose whether you want to apply the selection to All pages All odd pages All even pages Range to select pages 30 7 14 How to save file as a secure PDF document In SprintPDF a text is always secured The copy paste and cut actions can not be used Moreover you can give your PDF document a higher security You can choose to save your document as a SprintPlus Secure PDF SSP extension In that case this document can only be opened with SprintPDF In this format there is a print security How to secure a PDF document Choose Edit gt Save as Choose between PDF or SprintPlus Secure PDF Choose SprintPlus Secure PDF Choose a name for your document Select Save Enter your password A Security window appears Choose a password You will only need this password to adapt the print security there after you won t need it to open the document Confirm your password Choose Don t print only de added answers or text can be printed not the document Print background The PDF document will be
60. s in SpintPDF on page 21 3 2 How to start SprintoPlus SprintoPlus is the mobile version of SprintPlus It can be used on any Windows computer Plug the USB stick in the computer and SprintoPlus will be started automatically It is not necessary to install the software All settings will be saved on the stick You can also save your documents on the stick When SprintoPlus does not start automatically go to the USB drive of your computer with explorer and double click the SprintoPlus icon The content of the USB stick appears on your screen Double click the SprintoPlus icon 3 2 1 Start SprintoPlus 1 When plugging SprintoPlus into the USB drive of your computer next screen appears SprintoPlus E Windows can perform the same action each time you insert a disk or connect a device with this kind of file Program What do you want Windows to do Launch SprintoPlus using the program provided on the device Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer Take no action Always do the selected action SprintPlus 2 Choose Launch SprintoPlus 3 Thereupon the start window of SprintoPlus appears You now can start the different units SprintoPlus PDF Documenten E SprintoPlus 9 Word Documenten Launch program Skippy Show this dialog when SprintoPlus star choose SprintPlus if you want to start the word processor choose SprintPDF if you want to start SprintPDF choos
61. t are spelled incorrectly from a SprintPlus wordlist You can change the frequency of words so that they will appear sooner or later in the prediction list e Click Menu gt Wordlist gt Edit Single word 10 100 1st 2 20 200 20th alat Word pair _ Frequency Number of entries Ward pair 0 Frequency SaaS Mew Delete Update In this dialogue box there are several editing possibilities 13 3 5 Searching for a word You can search for a word Type e g the and click Search Skippy now jumps to the first word starting with the in the list in this case the itself This word is followed alphabetically by all other words starting with the Next to every word its frequency is displayed 45 Single word Frequenc The 218 the 40798 theatre theatric theatrical theft their theirs them theme Click the word their for instance Now the words that frequently follow their in a text appear alphabetically in the word pair list Single word The the theatre theatric theatrical theft their theirs thern theme lt Ward pair Frequenc abilities accustomed actions adhesion age allegiance anatomy SprintPlus 13 3 6 Sorting items in the word list The items in both lists are ordered alphabetically They can also be ordered on the basis of their frequency by clicking Frequency on top of the l
62. the same way e Add add this word to the dictionary so that it is recognized in future documents If the recognized text does contain an error you can immediately correct and confirm it in this window or you can Replace it with one of the suggested words Use Replace all to immediately replace this error with the chosen suggestion throughout the document Use Undo to go back through the steps you have performed Double click on another page in the list of thumbnails and then on the Proofreading button to check the selected page Sprint Plus After recognition and any proofreading you can use this Save button to save the document as a readable PDF This document also contains the necessary information relating to text boxes and the read sequence You can also use the editing tools in SprintPDF to make any necessary changes Once the document has been saved it is automatically opened in SprintPDF 65 16 4 Automatic structure recognition If you have a readable PDF document SprintPDF can recognize the structure automatically without first having to perform character recognition as the text is already available This auto detect function searches the document for the different text blocks and also specifies a read sequence The auto detect function is also able to assign language fields For instance columns are automatically recognized and the sequence of the document and language of the text are automatically detected
63. the selected wordlist contains more than 80 000 words or more than 250 000 word pairs When wordlist gets too full prediction may slow down Skippy indicates this at startup and mentions the number of words and word pairs in the wordlist Skippy recommends cropping the list e Click Crop to delete words with a very low frequency from the wordlist e Click Remind me later to just use the wordlist as before 14 5 5 Speech The speech option in the Extra tab can only be useful when you work with SprintPlus or the Word toolbar SprintPlus then reads a prediction when you point at it SprintPlus 15 System menu options Click the icon in the caption bar to display the system menu Restore Mave Size Minimize Maximize Close Alt F4 Caption bar Menu bar Here you can switch off the caption bar To reposition the Skippy window in this case click Skippy in the taskbar and use the arrow keys To close Skippy right click the Skippy window in the taskbar and choose Close The caption bar reappears when you right click Skippy s window border 59 In the system menu you can also switch off the menu bar When you switch off the caption bar the menu bar disappears too Sprint Plus 57 Chapter 16 The Sprint Scan and function optional If the document you want to be read aloud is not available in digital format you will need to convert it into a digitally readable format using OCR OCR
64. ts That way the child can easily follow the position in the text The child tries to read the text as SprintPlus is reading Tip 4 Preparing difficult words Mark the words you want to prepare Have SprintPlus read the marked words Discuss the difficulties Practise partly skills depending on the problem word Auditory synthesis auditory analysis knowledge of the letters learning to recognize sound character clusters After practising the pupil reads the marked words in the text After every word have SprintPlus read the word so that the pupil can check its pronunciation Tip 5 Integrating difficult words SprintPlus Disable the marked words The pupil now reads the text as the computer voice reads it Forcing the pace Tip 6 Following with the eyes First have SprintPlus read the text at normal speed and after that at higher speed The child tries to follow in the text with the eyes Tip 7 Automation of texts Have SprintPlus read the text The child reads as the computer voice reads Daily force up the speed Exercise the same text for a whole week 8 3 Compensating 8 3 1 Tips for parents teachers and instructors Tip 1 Typing characters and hearing what you type In the beginning have SprintPlus read every character that the child types Tip 2 Pre teaching reading Have SprintPlus read texts that will be treated in the classroom in advance That way pupils will experience success Tip 3 Tests and
65. u see the next window SprintPlus SprintoPlus www sprint plus com SprintPlus is unregistered You can run the program for more day s gt Start SprintPlus Click Register and follow the steps of the registration process For this you need the SprintPlus serial number This serial number is on the registration card This card tells you how to register SprintPlus how to transfer SprintPlus from one computer to another e how to remove the license and install it again later Click Start SprintPlus if you wish to register later For 60 days you can start up SprintPlus without registering After that registration is necessary in order to start SprintPlus 2 3 Listening to the manual SprintPlus can read out this manual Start up SprintPlus open SprintPDF and open the file SprintPlus_en pdf and click this button ES to have SprintPlus read the whole document For more information on how to use the reading functions in SorintPDF see How to read PDF documents in SpintPDF page 27 SprintPlus 3 Using SprintoPlus 9 3 1 Reading the manual SprintPlus can read out this manual Start up SprintPlus open SprintPDF and open the file SprintPlus_en pdf and click this button lo have SprintPlus read the whole document You will find the manual on your SprintoPlus stick For more information on how to use the reading functions in SprintPDF see How to read PDF document
66. uency Button style Style 2D colored Suggestion 1 v Space between buttons 18 Button text Change font and text color Align text in button Left v Place numbers in front of predictions 14 1 1 Predictions Choose how many predictions Skippy should put in the prediction list The prediction list can contain as many as ten predictions 49 Within the Sort option you can select to display the predictions in alphabetical order on length or on frequency 14 1 2 Button style e You can change the style of the buttons in the prediction list from None to Classic 2D coloured 3D coloured or Rounded e Click Colour to change the colour of the buttons With the Classic button style you cannot choose a colour When you select the colour for the first button Skippy asks whether it should apply this colour for all buttons Click No if you want to select a different colour for every button e The Space between buttons option allows you to adjust the space between the buttons in the prediction list 14 1 3 Button text e Click Font to change the font and the colour of the text on the buttons in the prediction list Select the font font style and font size in the dialog box You can also change colour of the text e Skippy can align the text in the buttons with the left edge or the center of the buttons e You can also place numbers in front of the predictions SprintPlus 14 2 Window Setti
67. urrent or next depending on what you have selected Word Line Sentence Page Select a reading unit in the drop down list and navigate through the text from position of the cursor onwards Sentence Page SprintPlus 22 Voice settings e Set the language Adjust the volume Define the voice speed more accurately Insert pauses while reading Activate Speech while typing Select the reading speed Read Fast e Read slowly lead slowly e Default speed Default speed e Read fast Read Fast e Read very fast Read very Fast Settings In the settings you can e Select Highlight the text while reading if you want the text to be highlighted while reading e Enable Autosave if necessary e Adapt the Pronunciation dictionary Stop speech see Adjusting the pronunciation of words on page 77 Pause speech For more information on how to adapt the dictionaries Click amp Read Markers Use Click amp Read to read difficult parts of the text o III To highlight important issues in the text e Click the Click amp Read button Click the funnel and SprintPDF will e Select a reading unit in the drop down list automatically make a summary of the text e Click an item in the text with the highlighted items The summary e SprintPlus reads the preset unit word line sentence will be saved as a RTF document e Disable Click amp Read by clicking this button again Language switch Click a button to select
68. us EnglishMP3Nhiston mp3 Record complete text Record selection only Lame Encoder Info lame_enc dll version 1 32 12 10 2005 lame_enc Engine 3 96 lame_enc webpage http rvw mp3dev org Give the sound file a name Click OK The recording of the sound file starts The beginning and ending of the recording are marked by a distinctive sound The file will be stored under C Program Files or Program Files x86 SprintPlus English MP3 or on the stick in the folder MP3 For more information on how to make an MP3 tile in SorintPDF see Saving text from a PDF as sound file on page 25 20 SprintPlus 7 SprintPDF 7 1 What is SprintPDF SprintPDF reads out digital PDF documents like handbooks school books course books and other documents If one of your schoolbooks is digitally available you don t need to scan it SprintPDF gives you the possibility to fill in worksheets in exercise books and to have them print SprintPDF helps out teachers students pupils and parents to gain in time It is especially adapted to children students and adults suffering from dyslexia 7 2 How to read PDF documents in SpintPDF 7 2 1 How to open a document e Click to open file or choose File gt Open to open a document e Select the PDF document you want to read e Click Open 21 7 2 2 Short manual Read the complete text Read rest of text from position of the cursor onwards Read previous c

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