FSReader
Reading has never been easier for the visually impaired than with the new FSReader applications for the PAC Mate and the PC. Used with DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) formatted talking books, the FSReader brings a host of powerful navigation options for reading. FSReader teams up with JAWS, the world’s premier screen reading software, to deliver easy accessibility, whether you read for pleasure, business, or school. Download or purchase on CD DAISY 2.0 and DAISY 3.0 e-books (the ANSI/NISO standard) like those available from Bookshare.org, and browse, read, and study.
Additional Detail for FSReader
Now FSReader for the Desktop PC and FSReader for the PAC Mate play AudioPlus books from Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D). RFB&D is the nation's largest audio textbook library serving people with print and learning disabilities stemming from physical, visual, or other challenges. It offers more than 30,000 digital titles, ranging from math and science books to literary classics, from kindergarten level through graduate school. Visit the FSReader download page to learn more and to download the free FSReader updates that makes the software compatible for use with RFB&D audio materials.
FSReader Key Features
- FSReader versions are available for the Desktop, PAC Mate, and both Desktop and PAC Mate.
- Download or purchase CD versions of DAISY 2.0 and DAISY 3.0 e-books (the ANSI/NISO standard) like those available from Bookshare.org and browse, read, and study in an accessible format.
- Go directly to the place you want to begin reading, either from the table of contents, by browsing headings, or even by flipping pages.
- Create as many bookmarks as you need for places you want to return to quickly. Give the bookmarks your own unique and easy to remember names.
- In books containing recorded audio, you can fast forward, rewind, and even speed up narration. This makes it easy to return to a section to review or to zoom past any section.
- When you return to reading after a break, your book opens to where you stopped reading.
- Using JAWS, switch between recorded audio and text with synthesized speech.
- With JAWS, read along with audio using one of Freedom Scientific's refreshable braille displays.
- 30-day money-back satisfaction guarantee.
System Requirements (FSReader for PC)
- Operating System: Windows 98, 2000, Millennium, XP.
- Windows Media Player 9 or higher