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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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WYNN version 5.1
Two versions available:

1. WYNN Reader – Contains reading
supports (simultaneous highlighting of text as it is
spoken), writing, studying and internet supports.
(WYNN Reader is covered in this presentation)

2. WYNN Wizard – Contains all features in
Reader version PLUS OCR and scanning.

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File formats supported by WYNN:
.wyn - WYNN’s own exclusive file format
.doc - Microsoft documents
.txt and .rtf - generic text and rich text files
.html - web pages and web documents
.pdf - REQUIRES WYNN Wizard
.opf - DAISY and NIMAS files

WYNN opens text-based NIMAS and DAISY
files (e.g. Bookshare books). But will not open
recorded audio DAISY books (e.g. RFB&D)
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Signing in:
Program Startup retrieves your
& Sign-in custom audio
and text
settings

New users, type in your
name and click OK Returning users, find
your name in the drop-
down menu. Click OK.
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Rotating color-coded Tool Bars
1. Blue Tool Bar – for file management (opens
files, opens web browser, saves, prints)
2. Green Tool Bar – changes how text looks and
sounds
3. Pink Tool Bar – study tools (dictionary,
highlighting, adding text or recorded notes)
4. Yellow Tool Bar – writing tools (word
prediction, spell check, outlining)

Next button cycles
through the 4 toolbars.
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“Common buttons”
Next button moves Toggles between
you to the next Read Only mode
color toolbar and Write mode

Read and File List
Pause the displays all of
narration your open files

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Blue toolbar (File
Management )
Switch from Open /
blue to green Close books
toolbar

Read / Open the list Open web
pause of current browser
book books/files

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Green toolbar (Reading
Styles)
Common tools
found in all Change Set color of
toolbars Text size Background

Rate of
Line and Move one speech
word segment
spacing at a time

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Pink toolbar (Study Tools)
Common tools
found in all Dictionary Set
toolbars Bookmarks

Spell out
word Add text and
recorded
Highlighter voice notes
tool

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Yellow toolbar (Writing Tools)
Common tools
found in all Text Spell check
toolbars Options

Find word
Word
prediction
Go To Page

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Open a DAISY book
Click the OPEN tool
1. In the “Files of Type”
box, choose “DAISY/
NIMAS Files” (.opf)

2. Browse the
“Look In”
window to find
the book

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File List tool
You may open more than 1
book at a time. Then use the
File List tool button to see a list
of all books you’ve opened.

All books you’ve Close
opened are shown in File List
the File List window. window

Use the File List window to open or
switch from one book to another.
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3 ways to move around a book
1. From the Yellow toolbar, choose GoTo
In the GoTo Page dialog box, type in the page
number and click Go.
Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-G

2. Use the scroll
bar to move, then 3. Page up,
click on the text to Page down
keys, and
place your cursor keyboard
in a sentence. arrow keys
also work.

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Read a book
1. Click once in the text to put
your cursor on a word or
sentence, then..
2. From the Common set of
tools (found on the left side
of all color toolbars), click
Read.

When reading, the same
button changes to look
like this. Click to Pause
the reading.

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Close a book
When finished using a book, click Close to
remove it from WYNN. Once closed, the
book will no longer appear in the File List
window.

Click the Close tool to
close a book

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Text Display tools (in the green toolbar)
Size button toggles between Color button
different text sizes. Each toggles to different
click moves to a new text and
setting. background colors.

Line and Make lines
word shorter or longer
spacing by using the
toggles here Margins toggle

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Audio tools (in the green toolbar)
Rate button toggles
for faster and slower
speech

The user may choose to
Self-Pace to have the To Pause
reading pause at each longer or
line, sentence or shorter periods
paragraph. Click again between
to continue reading. sentences.

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Speech Settings Menu
Choose:
Settings Speech Settings

Click Speech
Settings tab

Change Voice

Change Volume

Change
Rate
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Bookmarks and Highlighting
In the Pink toolbar, click the
Bookmark tool, then..
Choose a style/color of bookmark

Bookmarked text
looks like this
Click the
Highlight tool,
choose a color,
then click and
drag through
text

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Text notes and Voice notes
Text and Voice Note
tool buttons (Pink toolbar)

To add a Text note:
1.Click the Note tool
2.Type your note
3.Click OK

(Click Read to listen) To add a Voice Note:
1.Click the Voice Note
tool
2.Record your note
with a microphone.
3.Click OK

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Finding “Mark-Ups”
Bookmarks, Highlighting, Text Notes and
Voice Notes are all called “Mark-Ups.”

To find any Mark-Up,
click Find in the
Yellow toolbar, then
choose Mark-Up

Choose the type
of Mark-Up to
find, then click the
Find Next button.

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Read Only Mode, Write Mode,
and Masking
In all toolbars, there is a button
that toggles back and forth
between Read Only and Write.
Masking uses
In the Green toolbar, use shading to
the Mask button to toggle emphasize text
between line, sentence, area
paragraph, and no You MUST be in
masking. Read Only mode
to use masking.

Screen shot of
Sentence
Masking
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Text to MP3 Conversion
It is possible to convert text from any document into an
MP3 or WAV file. This allows users to listen to a file
later at their convenience using any MP3 compatible
device, including portable devices like iPods™.

To convert text to MP3:
1.Open any document
2.From File Menu, choose Save to
Audio.
3.Select a page range to convert.
4.Click Save Page Range
5.Name file and Save.

Hint: Choose only a few pages to
convert to MP3 at any one time.
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Freedom Scientific, Learning Systems Group
offers Three Customized
Levels of Training
Training provides teaching strategies and tips for
customizing WYNN:
• LSG has a new WYNN Training Module CD
• GoToMeeting allows us to conduct real-time
online training of WYNN
• LSG offers instructor led training for WYNN and
TestTalker on location at your school or
organization

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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 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)

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