1. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI 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).

2. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI 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 Michigan’s 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, Michigan’s Integrated Technology Supports, or the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

3. gh PLAYER v2.2 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. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI

4. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Free gh Player Download (30 day demo) http://www.gh-accessiblility.com/

5. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI 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

6. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Formats supported: DAISY/NISO 3.0 DAISY 2.02 DAISY 2.0 NIMAS Math in DAISY DAISY XML Simple Text (txt)

7. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Key features: 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)

8. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI The first gh Screen: The library window is automatically displayed when the software is launched. Library Window

9. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI What does the gh Library do? My Library: 1. Opens books 2. Adds new books 3. Deletes books

10. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI 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.

11. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Opening a book in the gh library: To open a book from your library, use the “Open Book” button.

12. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Removing books from the gh library: To remove one or more books from the library, use the “Remove Entry” and/or “Clear All” buttons.

13. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Re-opening the gh library 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 Ctrl+L keyboard shortcut)

14. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Directly open a NIMAS, DAISY or.txt document without using the gh Library From File Menu, choose “Open book”. Then, browse to find and open a NIMAS, DAISY or.txt file

15. Accessibility toolbar Voice toolbar Playback toolbar Bookmarks toolbar Navigators toolbar Navigation Modes toolbar Navigation Pane Digital book With pics www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI

16. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Accessibility toolbar: 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.

17. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Voice control toolbar 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

18. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Playback toolbar 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. Navigate backward Play Navigate forward Repeat

19. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Bookmarks toolbar 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....) Bookmark tool

20. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Bookmarks editor tool The Bookmark Editor lets the user add notes to bookmarks, print the bookmarks and notes, and manage or delete bookmarks. Bookmark Editor button Bookmark List Print notes And bookmarks Delete bookmarks Grow/shrink Text size Notes area

21. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigation Mode Toolbar 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. Red = current selection Blue = available modes in this book Gray = mode not available in this book Jump by page, section, paragraph, word, etc, according to the navigation mode setting shown above

22. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigation Pane Use the tabs to search by book section (chapter), pages, or your bookmarks. Then double-click to go directly there. Book section tab Bookmarks tab Pages tab Another way to navigate around a book

23. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Page Navigator 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. Still another way to navigate around a book

24. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Options – Customize: General tab Use the general tab to set basic options for gh Player Select the General tab From the Options Menu, choose “Customize”

25. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Customize – narrator voice Set the default voice options here. Narrator voice tab This is the voice that reads the text of a DTB (digital talking book)

26. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Customize – Player voice Set default options for the Player voice here. Player Voice tab Reads menus and toolbars Player voice usually muted by sighted users

27. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Customize - BRAILLE NIMAS and DAISY books may be sent to a refreshable Braille device or to a Braille printer by using the “Braille Display” tab.

28. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Deactivating gh Player 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”

29. www.cast.org DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Keyboard shortcuts: 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.