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ClaroRead SE For Mac
$99.00
Overview
The ClaroRead SE for Mac CD edition provides a simple discrete toolbar that will lock onto any Mac OS software application you have open and active. This software is an ideal screenreader for anyone who can see and control the mouse.
The speech features of ClaroRead SE for Mac are powerful. One of the key benefits of ClaroRead SE for Mac is that it can read back menus, button texts and tooltips, as well as any text displayed on screen. The program will also instantly read back any text that you select using your mouse. It will also read back characters, words and sentences as they are typed. Computer users experiencing dyslexia and other situations have endorsed the speech capabilities of ClaroRead SE for Mac.
The ClaroRead SE for Mac Settings allow you to choose the voice, control the speed and volume, open the pronunciation edit and save speech to an audio file. ClaroRead SE for Mac also has advanced settings which allow you to change settings for mouse hovering, mouse select, keyboard echo and text highlighting when speaking text from Microsoft Word.
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Features
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- Voices
- Speech Features
- Making Web Pages Speak
- Making other PC Programs Speak
- Spoken Text Highlighting
- ClaroRead SE Toolbar
Voices
ClaroRead SE for Mac speaks back text as it is typed, allowing the user to check and proofread their work quickly and easily. Text can be spoken at any point by highlighting individual sections of text and pressing Play — great for proofreading.
Close integration with Microsoft Word means you can click and play at any point in a document.
Spoken words can be tracked using a custom color selection. Any accessible text under the mouse can be spoken if needed.
Make audio files from text documents for listening to on your Mac or a portable audio player. Simply select and Save as Audio — great for revision or listening on the move.
A Text to Speech Pronunciation Dictionary is available to modify the way words are pronounced if needed.
ClaroRead SE for Mac includes two voices. These voices are the Acapela American English Heather and Ryan voices.
Click the links below to hear audio examples of the included voices:
It is possible to add on any of the other Acapela voices for an additional license fee — please contact us for a quote for the voice and language combination you would prefer.
ClaroRead SE for Mac can be supplied with most Acapela voices, so please contact us to check.
Speech Features
The ability to make the computer talk is one of the key innovative features of ClaroRead SE for Mac. ClaroRead SE for Mac uses Acapela Voices, which are high quality, human synthesized voices. However, ClaroRead SE for Mac may also work with any other text to speech synthesizer voice that may be installed on your computer.
With ClaroRead SE for Mac you have the following extensive range of speech facilities:
- Have text read from anywhere within Microsoft Word or Safari by simply clicking the cursor at the point you want to start, and clicking the Play button.
- Have any text read back instantly once selected by your mouse. Great for making web pages and e-mails talk.
- Echo back letters, words or sentences as they are typed into your computer in most applications. Great for positive confirmation that you have typed what you wanted to.
- Automatically hear "ToolTips" read by hovering the mouse over the tooltip.
- Automatically hear many Menu items and "objects" read by hovering the mouse over the item.
- Make Audio files from documents for listening to later on your Mac. You can also transfer the audio files from your computer to a portable audio device such as an iPod or IPhone. (Using separate portable audio player software).
- Pause between words gives greater clarity of speech if needed.
- Many of these speaking features can be turned off if they are not helpful to you, using the Speech Settings screen.
Making Web Pages Speak
ClaroRead SE For Mac allows most web pages to be spoken back easily, especially when Apple Safari. With Safari, load up the web page that you would like to have spoken and open ClaroRead SE for Mac.
If you press the play button, the web page will be spoken from "top to bottom" in an order that is related to the way the web page is built.
If you click your mouse at the beginning of the web page article that you would like to have spoken back, a "virtual cursor" will appear.
Pressing the Play Button will start the read back, and the sentence will highlight in red.
ClaroRead SE for Mac will carry on reading the web page until you press Stop.
An alternate way of making hyperlinks and text in web pages speak within Safari is to just "hover the mouse" over the text.
If you don't use Safari, or the web pages aren't speaking, simply select the text with your mouse and press the Play button. ClaroRead SE for Mac will read anything that you select with your mouse.
Making other PC Programs Speak
ClaroRead SE for Mac will speak back any text that you select with your mouse. To do this, select or block some text with your mouse.
The text will be spoken back immediately once you let go of your mouse. If you would like to have the text spoken again, press the Play Button on the toolbar and it will repeat the text.
If you don't want the text to be spoken when you select, you can turn it offer from within the Advanced Speech Settings.
Spoken Text Highlighting
When ClaroRead SE for Mac is speaking text from Microsoft Word documents, you can also highlight the text that is being spoken. The voice is synchronised with the highlighted word or sentence, giving greater assistance in following the text.
You can choose to highlight each word as it is spoken, or each sentence, or each paragraph. You can also change the color of the highlighted text and the background using the Highlight Settings part of the Advanced Speech Settings Menu.
ClaroRead Se for Mac Toolbar
The ClaroRead SE for Mac Toolbar locks onto the current active application, and will move around as you change the program that you are working in. If you don't see the toolbar, after Program launch, click the current application to make it active. The toolbar will then appear.
Play Button
Click on the Play button to start to read back text from any Microsoft Word document using the pre-selected Text to Speech voice. To use this feature outside of Microsoft Word, simply select the text you want reading with the mouse, and then press the Play button. The selected text is read back.
Stop Button
Click on Stop to halt the text read back. By clicking on the Speech Settings button you can choose to highlight words or sentences as they are spoken, as well as control the style of speaking. In other (non—Word) software applications, all you need to do is highlight (select) the text you would like read back by using your mouse. When you have finished selecting, it will read the text back immediately.
Save as Audio Button
The Save to Audio button saves the current document or text to an audio file. ClaroRead SE for Mac lets you save the text in Word documents and text from any other application to audio (sound) files.
Settings Button
Clicking on the Settings button will open the ClaroRead SE Settings. From the settings screen you can alter the speech and highlight settings.
Trial
Free 15 day trial of ClaroRead SE For Mac US Edition
If you require a free demo on a disc instead, contact us.
Specification
Essential
- Mac OS X version 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard) or 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
- 60 MB of free disk space
- CD-ROM drive
- Approx. 200MB of free disk space per high quality voice
Recommended
- Microsoft Word 2008 (or 2004) for Mac
- Highlight word by word requires Apple OSX 10.5
