1. Claro Software Dr. Alasdair King alasdair.king@clarosoftware.com
Skype Alasdairking
My name is Alasdair King, from Claro Software. My contact details are up there on the slide and I’ll be around all day. Also, this presentation will be available from the website, and you can always mail me for a copy, so you don’t need to write anything down.
I’d normally click buttons and show you our products in operation, but I want to cover quite a few things and I don’t want to overrun, since you can’t take in more than twenty minutes or so and lunch is soon. So anything you see up here, do come and see me for a demo.
You should also all have a VIP card: this gets you a free copy of ClaroRead for PC, or ClaroRead for Mac, and a free account with our cloud services. So if you don’t manage to get to me, you can get a free copy of the software for your machine and check it out yourself.

2. Assistive Software Development at Claro
“Assistive software development and publishing is what we do at Claro”
We’ve been around a while, and we know our stuff.

3. Claro Range * Windows (2005), Mac (2008), iPad and iPhone (2012)…
I’ve got three things to do, so I’m going to do:
ClaroRead: still our biggest product, and there are always a few people who don’t know it.
Apps and Chrome Apps, because Apps are huge now.
ClaroRead Cloud, because that’s just as important for site licencees and businesses.
Leave a couple of minutes for questions at the end, but do shout out, or mail me, or see me at lunch.
* Windows (2005), Mac (2008), iPad and iPhone (2012)…

4. ClaroRead for Windows ClaroRead reading toolbar plus Extras.
Works with mainstream applications.
Easy to use.
Focus on what people need to do.

5. ClaroRead for Windows
Reading with highlighting with highest-quality speech
Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, Internet Explorer, and selection

6. ClaroRead for Windows Scanning / OCR
OCR in Plus/Pro, not Standard/SE.

7. ClaroRead for Windows
Spellcheck, phonetics, homophone check, check anywhere, speaking dictionary
Word prediction
Spellcheck, word prediction in Standard, Plus and Pro, not SE.

8. ClaroRead for Windows Screen tinting – ScreenRuler
Included with Standard, Plus and Pro

9. ClaroRead for Windows Idea Capture / Mind Mapping - ClaroIdeas
Included with Standard, Plus and Pro

10. ClaroRead for Windows Study Skills – ClaroCapture, AudioNote
Included with Standard, Plus and Pro

11. Claro AudioNote Audio recorder/note-taker
Record into PowerPoint slides
Included with Standard, Plus and Pro

12. Claro BookReader Self-voicing PDF reader Available through Cloud
Included with Standard, Plus and Pro by logging in to and downloading.

13. Google Chrome ClaroRead Chrome Extension Reading with highlighting
Google Docs
Screen tinting
Free in Chrome Web Store (Chromebook)

14. ClaroRead for Mac Reading toolbar just like ClaroRead for Windows
Screen tinting - ScreenRuler, Study skills – ClaroCapture

15. ClaroRead Versions ClaroRead Pro ClaroRead Plus ClaroRead Standard
Windows only!
Advanced proofing and PDF creation tools.
ClaroRead Plus
Built-in Omnipage engine in Windows.
Bundled with ReadIris for Mac.
ClaroRead Standard
No OCR
ClaroRead SE
Just the Play button!
Plus is our biggest seller and we’d recommend it as your default option.

16. Licence & Key Changes DVD less useful for many new laptops
Moved to Electronic distribution via key and install from master/download
Enables downloads from Cloud
New End User Licence Agreement (EULA) for 2015
You can now deploy ClaroRead on two personal machines – for example, a desktop and laptop.

17. Google Chrome (Chromebook)
ClaroRead Chrome Extension
Reading with highlighting
Google Docs
Screen tinting
Free in Chrome Web Store
Get ClaroRead Chrome extension for reading in Google Chrome on Chromebook, Windows, or Apple Mac (but not Android or iOS). Free in the Chrome Web Store!

18. iPad and iPhone Apps
Wide range of Apps, some free, some paid-for, some included with ClaroRead.

19. ClaroSpeak App ClaroSpeak Rich text editing and playback
Open ePub, Word, Pages, PDF
Word prediction
Dropbox, Google Drive
OCR (one-off in-app purchase)
Our first App. Based on displaying and editing text from documents (Word, Pages, PDF)

20. ClaroPDF App Most popular iOS App
Convert PDF images to Accessible PDF via ClaroRead Cloud OCR
Now free in App Store!
Our most successful (non-free) App. Based on displaying PDF.

21. Claro ScanPen Take a photo, immediately OCR and read back Super-simple
Offline OCR
New! Super-simple, super-fast.
Best with good lighting: you can always turn on the flash on your iPhone or iPad, of course!

22. ClaroRead Cloud
Think of “Cloud” like “Gmail”. You have Outlook on your computer: it’s installed. But you can also use Gmail to do your , accessed through your web browser, all online, no need to install anything. Great for supporting different devices (BYOD, tablets, phones) and for site licencees wanting to give a solution to every student.
All about Cloud:
Log in to Cloud:

23. ClaroRead Cloud
When you log in, you get services and apps all available from our website. But first you have to enter your ClaroRead or Cloud Licence Key.

24. ClaroRead Keys
Just enter your key into the site to unlock services and apps.

25. Windows/Mac Downloads
You can download any of our installed Windows or Mac software: you can even install ClaroRead Mac if you have a ClaroRead PC key (and vice versa). Install on two personal machines for your convenience.
Get the latest versions.
And quickly get the software for recovery, getting a new machine, or support.

26. Download voices
Access any one of our eighty text-to-speech voices – just download and install.

27. Cloud ClaroRead Cloud OCR OCR through a web browser.
PDF, Word, text, using Omnipage.
Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Mac OSX, Chromebook, Windows, Ubuntu…
Access through our website.
ClaroRead Cloud OCR is a web app like Gmail. You can use it to do OCR/scanning like you do with ClaroRead Plus: convert inaccessible documents into accessible formats for reading with ClaroRead or other AT programs.

28. ClaroRead Cloud OCR Outputs & Settings
Output to PDF, searchable “Claro” PDF, Word or text, just as you need it.

29. Runs on Apple, Android…

30. …. Or any modern browser.

31. ClaroRead Cloud OCR for Universities & Colleges
5000 pages per month (multiples of)
Available for all students and staff, any locations, any device
Starting at £1000 per year
Individual licences from £60 per year
Get ClaroRead Cloud OCR for your institution and provide OCR/document conversion easily from our website with no need to get anything installed on the network.
Supports working at home, personal machines, and Bring Your Own Device. Android, Apple, Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Linux.

32. Cloud ClaroSpeak Web Text editing with highlighting.
Dropbox and Google Drive.
Speaking dictionary.
Android, iOS, Windows Phone,
Mac OSX, Windows…
Read back, proof and edit documents – all in a web browser window on any device.

33. Dropbox, Google Drive and Docs, speaking dictionary.

34. On any device – Android, Apple, Chromebook.

35. Even an Xbox!

36. Claro YouTube channel
How to find out more? Extensive collection of videos:

37. Training Courses
How to find out more? Online training course with a qualifying certificate at the end of it, all free:

38. Tech Support / Updates
How to find out more? Technical information, how-to guides:

39. Thank you
ClaroRead, Apps, Cloud
Thanks!