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The best technological solution to effectively compensate reading and writing difficulties

Alfa Reader 3 is the only software that includes in just one solution:

1. A VOICE PLAYER that:

• helps read texts directly in PDF, Word, Writer and Internet Explorer with the aid of a synthesizer voice that works in karaoke style;
• reads original files directly, maintaining the original page format and with no need to paste and copy;
• allows you tostop, slow down, go back ormove on to other  parts of the page, with immediate visual feedback;
• allows simultaneous use of both voice control and spellchecker.

2. AN EXCLUSIVE PDF ENVIRONMENT that allows:

• highlight, underline, bar texts;
• intervene on the graphical elements of the file or insert new ones;
• enter notes and other comments in text or audio format;
• insert links to the Internet or to other parts of the same document;
• insert attachments;
• import texts and save them in new documents compatible with all major PDF readers;
• exportthe whole PDF fileor just a selectionin txt or in hyperMaps (if Erickson hyperMaps is installed);
• create customized indexes.

3. A WORK TOOL THAT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED that allows:

• change the position, size, colors and graphics of the command bar;
• activate and customizethe synchronous highlighting of the text read (different colors for word and sentence read);
• enlarge the command bar up to three times its original size to respond to the needs of partially sighted users;
• enable the Echo function in writing for single word (the synthesis reads single word right after it is written), for sentence (synthesis reads the entire sentence) or for single letter (the synthesis reads individually letter by letter once it is typed);
• choose among 3 preinstalled voices (1 Italian female, 1 Italian male, 1 English). Three more voices are available and can be purchased to extend the program: the French, the Spanish and the German voices.

ALFa READER 3 is one of the compensatory instruments used by the pupil with Specific Learning Disorders, both at home and at school during tests (according to Law n. 170/2010), for all levels of education.
A teaching guide, written by prof. Flavio Fogarolo, is provided with the software, which analyzes the potential of the synthesizer voice as a mean for compensating reading and writing disturbs, in order to promote thei ndependence and effectiveness of everyone’s study method.

The guide also provides a variety of methodological indications and didactic suggestions to help you make the best use of the potential of ALFa READER 3.

WHY USE AlfaReader 3:

• to compensate reading difficulties and dyslexia, at all ages
• to compensate writing difficulties (dysgraphia and dysorthography)
• to approach reading in the last year of kindergarten
• to learn English, French, Spanish and German
• to learn Italian as L2

ITS FEATURES:

• Available for download or on USB key
• USB Key: it is installed on a 8-GB USB pen drive that allows you to bring ALFa READER always with you and use it on any compatible computer;
• it can record the read text in the form of MP3 or Wav file
• in addition to controlling the speed of reading, it allows you to choose between continuous reading (the reading stops only on command or at the end of the page) or for individual sentences (the reading stops at the end of every sentence).

AlfaReader 3’S strengths :

• best price/quality ratio compared to similar products;
• it works with PDF environment which enables highlighting of words, insert of notes and comments, the use of drawing tools, recording of voice notes, insert stamps, bookmarks and links;
• special optimization for all PDF formats
• it highlights words while reading them, maintaining the text original formats (Word, Writer, PDF, HTML)
• it allows to read PDFs (digital books) and choose text selections or lists;
• it adds voice synthesis, while typing, to the most common processing programs (Word and Writer) and enables simultaneous use of voice check and spellchecker for a better compensatory action;
• it contains a calculator that reads numbers, operations and simple math formulas;
• it can be personalized and easily used by children, teens, and also adults with dyslexia or other reading disabilities;
• it exports texts in WAV or MP3;
• reading speed is adjustable with the option of continuous reading (it stops by command) and word by word reading;
• it can provide up to 5-foreign-language voices (Italian, English, French, German and Spanish), similar to human voices, with a correct prosody and pleasant to listen to.