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| ClaroRead V5 Makes using a computer simple and fun – for all abilitiesNew raft of features complements Claro’s successful range of reading and writing tools
By: NSPR Dyslexic students, people with visual difficulties, older computer users and language students will all benefit from ClaroRead’s easy-to-use toolkit. Computers can speak any text out loud with ClaroRead’s range of familiar RealSpeak voices. It also incorporates the Tiresias font for use within Microsoft Word. Designed by experts at the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), the Tiresias font has been developed to make it even easier for users with visual difficulties to read onscreen text. New to ClaroRead v5 is ClaroCapture. This innovation grabs text from a variety of sources and compiles it within Word, creating a single handy document – perfect as a revision and studying aid. ClaroRead V5 continues to allow you to scan and convert any book, handout or PDF into an editable Word document but, thanks to the addition of the latest OmniPage 16 technology, V5 can now give users even richer results faster, and with more control. Users can even listen or read any documents on the go – V5 converts text to audio or video to be played back on an iPod or any computer. Students can learn literally anywhere – perfect for exam preparation or language learning. V5 makes it even simpler for users with visual difficulties and dyslexia to read from a computer screen - sentences can now be highlighted as they are read by one of ClaroRead’s voices, encouraging users to follow text as they listen. The new Word Trail feature also colours words as they are read by the computer, making text leap out from the page – and its customisable interface can be altered to any preference. As ever, the ClaroRead V5 Plus version is closely integrated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, letting user dictate straight into a computer, with no need for a mouse or keyboard. The computer will even read back the words, so even if user can’t read their work on-screen, the computer helps check whether it’s correct. The familiar Word Check function has also been improved, and now there are extra definitions to choose from, inbuilt dictionary, special spelling suggestions as well as a Google search link. The feature even remembers corrections, adding them to a personal dictionary. ClaroRead v5 is available now priced at £129. For more information, visit www.clarosoftware.com ENDS Note to Editors: 1. ClaroRead V5 is available in three versions - ClaroRead Standard, ClaroRead Plus and ClaroRead Premium. The Plus version contains Scanning and Optical Character Recognition and Dragon NaturallySpeaking echo feature. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is supplied separately if required. New ClaroRead Premium also includes a special portable ClaroRead USB memory stick version, which runs directly from the memory stick on any PC. 2. System requirements: 3. For more information about ClaroRead V5 range of features, add-ons, and multi-license user agreements, go to www.claroread.com 4. ClaroRead is also available for Apple Mac. About Claro Software: Claro Software is a rapidly growing, innovative software company that develops and licenses "assistive software". Claro uses leading edge speech and imaging technology, and adaptive techniques to make the computer easier to use. With a fast expanding network of users, customers, partners and licensees around the world, Claro Software’s solutions are widely used for reading and writing support, proofreading, language learning, magnification and general access to the computer. With Windows and Mac versions, mobile USB stick options and network delivered solutions, Claro aims to provide the best choice for the user. The business is led technically by Paul Blenkhorn, who is also Professor of Assistive Computing at Manchester University, England. The commercial team is managed by Dave Stevens, who has a strong background in software sales, marketing and management as a Director at ScanSoft UK and L&H. # # # Founded in 1991, NSPR is a respected, creative and strategic PR agency, with a reputation for delivering results and retaining long term clients in the IT, telecommunications and new media sectors. End
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