WYNN™ New Features

WYNN 5.1 New Features

• Support for Windows Vista™ operating system (32-bit)
• Further enhancements to WYNN's Web browser, including:
  
  Read Hyperlinks without activating them – Just hover over a hyperlink on a Web site. After a short delay, WYNN reads the link.
  
  Auto-Complete Web addresses in the Address Bar – WYNN now keeps track of which Web sites you visit, and automatically completes those addresses when you begin typing in the Web Address Bar.
  
  Find text on Web pages – The Find feature on Web pages now uses WYNN's Find functionality, which gives users more control over how to treat the found text.
  
• Digital Talking Books (DAISY and NIMAS books) Support – DAISY is the international digital talking book standard, which provides the capability to distribute books digitally. NIMAS is a national standard by which publishers are required to provide textbook files. DAISY books and NIMAS-conformant documents are now supported within WYNN. The files appear in Text View, where you can then use all of WYNN's visual tailoring and study features.
  
• RealSpeak™ Solo included – WYNN ships with RealSpeak Solo in eight languages, including US English, British English, Australian English, Spanish, French Canadian, and others.
  
• ETI-Eloquence included in 10 Western European languages
  
• Enhancements to Homophones, for example:
  
  Read Sentence – A new "Read Sentence" button appears in the Homophones dialog. Select Read Sentence to hear the flagged homophone within the context of the sentence it appears in.
  
  Skip All – The new "Skip All" button skips all further instances of a given homophone in the document.

WYNN 5.0 New Features

Web Totally Redesigned
WYNN’s Web browsing module has been completely redesigned to support the latest innovations in Web pages. Students doing research need to have access to a multitude of cutting-edge Web sites. WYNN’s new Web browsing module gives that access with more features than ever before! Below are some of the new features.

• Highlight Web pages – WYNN is the first literacy program to provide highlighting of text on an Internet page. As users read a Web page, they can select various highlighter colors available in WYNN to mark key topics and ideas. This makes finding and retaining information easier.
• Extract highlighted text from Web page – Students can extract the highlighted text and transfer it to a separate WYNN document with one click of the mouse. The student then has all the information he needs, and only that information, in one easy-to-access document.
• Extract selected text, or all text on a Web page – In addition to extracting highlighted text, users can extract any text selected with the mouse, or can select all text on a Web page. WYNN copies all the text the user has selected on an Internet page, opens a WYNN document, and pastes the text into the WYNN document. This is all done in one easy click of a mouse button.
• More WebMasking options – WYNN’s patented WebMasking feature is now configurable to mask by line, sentence, or paragraph.
• More Web spotlighting options – WYNN’s Web spotlight is now configurable to spotlight by word, line, sentence, or paragraph.
• Updated Web toolbar – The new toolbar includes a Dictionary, Highlight, and Extract button; all buttons are in one toolbar.
• Favorites and History on left sidebar for easier navigation – Users can store their favorite web pages and view their history in WYNN’s easy-to-find left sidebar. This retains the look and feel of standard Web browsers.
• Compatible with Flash and Java Applets – WYNN supports the latest Web technologies, including Flash and Java Applets.
• Compatible with WebCT and other educational courseware systems and portals – The ability to integrate with WebCT-enabled school sites will allow students and teachers to utilize the features in WYNN with their Web site courses for better learning and teaching.
• Reads Internet email – Users will enjoy using WYNN to read their email. WYNN now reads the contents of Internet email messages.
• Talking online forms completion – WYNN assists users in completing on-line forms by speaking the contents on request.
• Easy PDF reading – Direct, one-click conversion of PDF Web pages to WYNN.
• Customize how many Web documents can be open – Teachers can specify how many pages a students can open while using the Internet.
• Pop-up blocker built in – WYNN will block annoying pop-up advertisements while the user is viewing Web pages. This allows an individual to focus on the information they want to read without distractions.

Easier File Navigation

WYNN 5 uses an innovative left side navigation bar for navigating among open files. This "NavBar" makes switching from one document to another exceptionally easy.

• The NavBar shows all open documents
• Single click to switch to any open document--no menus needed
• Document types are grouped together for easier reference
• Right-click to read the document name
• Right-click to close any open document, including Web pages, WYNN pages, or others

Speech Updated

WYNN 5 contains a completely redesigned speech interface, enhancing speech compatibility.

• Completely updated speech system
• Support for all SAPI 5-compliant synthesizers
• Maintains SAPI 4 support

Printing Enhancements

WYNN 5 has enhanced the number of printing options.

• More printing options for Exact View
• Users can include or exclude highlighting and other mark-ups from the current print job

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