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The 15-state Accessible Instructional Materials
(AIM) Consortium is working to improve academic
outcomes for approximately 1.3 million K-12
students with print disabilities within the
member States through the timely acquisition and
delivery of high-quality educational materials in
accessible formats (audio, Braille, eText, large
print).
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The development of this project by the AIM
Consortium at the Center for Applied Special
Technology (CAST) and the Michigan Department of
Education IDEA Mandated Activities Project
Michigans Integrated Technology Supports was
funded by Grant H327S070003 from the U. S.
Department of Education, Office of Special
Education Programs. The contents of this project
are not exhaustive and inclusion does not imply
endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education,
the Michigan Department of Education, Michigans
Integrated Technology Supports, or the Center for
Applied Special Technology (CAST)
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gh PLAYER v2.2
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• The gh Player 2.2 is a Digital Talking Book
  reader that provides complete access to DAISY
  books, (including NIMAS file sets) and simple
  text files.

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• Free gh Player Download (30 day demo)
• http//www.gh-accessiblility.com/

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gh Player Overview
Displays and reads textbooks, novels, and other
documents aloud. Can display DTBs (digital
talking books) in a. BRAILLE, b. large
print c. electronic text
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Formats supported
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• DAISY/NISO 3.0
• DAISY 2.02
• DAISY 2.0
• NIMAS
• Math in DAISY
• DAISY XML
• Simple Text (txt)

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Key features
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• Text to speech using synthesized voices
• Synchronized text highlighting
• Digital text magnification
• Contrast enhancement
• Will play human-recorded audio
• (if that feature is built into the book)

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The first gh Screen
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Library Window
The library window is automatically displayed
when the software is launched.
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What does the gh Library do?
My Library 1. Opens books 2. Adds new books 3.
Deletes books
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Adding books to the library
To add a DTB (digital talking book) to the
library, use the Update Library button, then
browse to the book's folder on your computer.
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Opening a book in the gh library
To open a book from your library, use the Open
Book button.
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Removing books from the gh library
To remove one or more books from the library,
use the Remove Entry and/or Clear All
buttons.
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Re-opening the gh library
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When you open a book, the library automatically
closes. You may re-open the library at any time
from the File menu. (or by using the CtrlL
keyboard shortcut)
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Directly open a NIMAS,DAISY or .txt document
without using the gh Library
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From File Menu, choose Open book. Then, browse
to find and open a NIMAS, DAISY or .txt file
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Voice toolbar
Accessibility toolbar
Digital book With pics
Navigation Pane
Navigation Modes toolbar
Playback toolbar
Bookmarks toolbar
Navigators toolbar
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Accessibility toolbar
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1. Zooming buttons can change text size of the
book, allowing a large print view of the
book. 2. The Contrast button toggles through
optional text and background colors. 3. The
Tracking button is an on/off switch that controls
whether text is highlighted as it is read or
not. 4. The Panning button allows you to grab
the page and move it around by using the
click-hold-move mouse action.
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Voice control toolbar
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Volume buttons gradually increase or decrease
each time they are clicked.
Rate buttons control the speed of the playback
these work on both synthetic and recorded
voices.
Voice button up/down arrows let the user select
their preferred synthetic voice
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Playback toolbar
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Repeat
Navigate backward
Navigate forward
Play
Play button may also be used to pause the text
reading voice Navigate backward and forward
buttons allow the user to easily jump forward or
backward in the book by page, segment, section,
paragraph, word or time. The jump distance is
determined by the setting in the Navigation Mode
toolbar. Repeat button will read the last
sentence or segment again.
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Bookmarks toolbar
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Bookmark tool
The user may place bookmarks on the current page
of a book by using the Bookmark tool. The
bookmark is automatically placed in the Bookmarks
tab in the navigation pane.
The picture at right shows 3 bookmarks found in
the navigation pane. Their name begins with the
page number. (more on using the navigation pane
later....)
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Bookmarks editor tool
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Bookmark Editor button
Print notes And bookmarks
Delete bookmarks
Grow/shrink Text size
Bookmark List
Notes area
The Bookmark Editor lets the user add notes to
bookmarks, print the bookmarks and notes, and
manage or delete bookmarks.
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Navigation Mode Toolbar
Blue available modes in this book
Red current selection
Gray mode not available in this book
Jump by page, section, paragraph, word, etc,
according to the navigation mode setting shown
above
With the navigation mode set to Page, the
forward arrow moves the user one page ahead. Set
to Word, the forward arrow moves the user one
word ahead, and so on.
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Navigation Pane
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Bookmarks tab
Pages tab
Book section tab
Another way to navigate around a book
Use the tabs to search by book section (chapter),
pages, or your bookmarks. Then double-click to
go directly there.
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Page Navigator
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Still another way to navigate around a book
Page Navigator opens a separate window containing
a list of pages (left), or sections (right), of
the book. You may navigate directly to the page
or section you want.
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Options Customize General tab
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Select the General tab
From the Options Menu, choose Customize
Use the general tab to set basic options for gh
Player
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Customize narrator voice
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Narrator voice tab This is the voice that reads
the text of a DTB (digital talking book)
Set the default voice options here.
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Customize Player voice
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Player Voice tab Reads menus and toolbars
Player voice usually muted by sighted users
Set default options for the Player voice here.
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Customize - BRAILLE
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NIMAS and DAISY books may be sent to a
refreshable Braille device or to a Braille
printer by using the Braille Display tab.
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Deactivating gh Player
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To use one gh Player license on multiple
computers, the software may be deactivated on one
(e.g. a school computer), then reactivated on
another (e.g. a home computer).
From the Help Menu Choose Deactivate
To complete deactivation choose Yes
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Keyboard shortcuts
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Space bar play/pause Right/left arrows
navigate forward/backward Up/down arrows switch
navigation modes CTRL L Open your book
library CTRL R Repeat CTRL B Place a
bookmark on this page CTRL E Edit bookmarks,
add notes More keyboard shortcuts can be found
in the Help Menu, or by pressing Shift-F1.
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