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What WYNN is:

WYNN is innovative software designed to help individuals to read and write more effectively. WYNN was developed with the help of special educators and individuals with learning difficulties. They aided in defining the features that most support reading and studying. WYNN comes in two versions:

WYNN Wizard provides optical character recognition (OCR), the ability to scan a printed page and convert it into electronic text. Speech synthesis enables this scanned text to be read aloud. A special correction feature provides automatic correction of misrecognized word. WYNN Wizard permits two views of material: Exact View shows material exactly as scanned; Text View displays the text only to enable visual tailoring for individual use. The two views are linked and users may switch back and forth from one view to the other. WYNN Wizard can scan and read word processing, text files, and the Internet.

WYNN Reader includes all of the features available in WYNN Wizard except the OCR capability. In addition to customized visual tailoring, individuals may enjoy clear, natural-sounding synthetic speech while reading standard word processing files, the Internet, ASCII text files, and scanned pages saved to disk.

 

1. WebFocus™ Feature: The WebFocus™ feature masks distracting visual clutter, both text and graphics, and aids the reader to focus on important information.

2. Email: Incorporates an address list and numerous standard email features while maintaining WYNN's bimodal approach and visual customization.

3. Outlines: In this mode, text is automatically entered into an outline format.

4. Word Prediction: This feature helps students with writing difficulties by suggesting words during writing exercises.

5. Standard and Basic Dictionaries: We have added a Basic dictionary to WYNN that offers more simplified definitions.

6. Recursive Dictionary: Users can look up a word within the definition or the synonym list.

7. Broadcast Settings: The Broadcast Documents feature allows a teacher to send a document to numerous students. Broadcast Settings allows the teacher to select specific settings for multiple students.

8. New OCR Engines: The user may now choose which scanning engine is most appropriate for each specific document.

9. Styles (bold, italic, underline): Users can now add the attributes Bold, Italic, and Underline to any text in the Text View of documents.

10. Pronunciation Dictionary: Use the Pronunciation Dictionary to correct the pronunciation of words in WYNN.

11. OCR Correction: This feature allows users to correct any errors that may occur during scanning.

Network WYNN: WYNN Wizard and WYNN Reader are now available in a network version.

General Features

1. WebFocus™ Feature: The WebFocus™ feature masks distracting visual clutter, both text and graphics, and aids the reader to focus on important information.

2. Email: Incorporates an address list and numerous standard email features while maintaining WYNN's bimodal approach and visual customization.

3. Outlines: In this mode, text is automatically entered into an outline format.

4. Word Prediction: This feature helps students with writing difficulties by suggesting words during writing exercises.

5. Standard and Basic Dictionaries: We have added a Basic dictionary to WYNN that offers more simplified definitions.

6. Recursive Dictionary: Users can look up a word within the definition or the synonym list.

7. Broadcast Settings: The Broadcast Documents feature allows a teacher to send a document to numerous students. Broadcast Settings allows the teacher to select specific settings for multiple students.

8. New OCR Engines: The user may now choose which scanning engine is most appropriate for each specific document.

9. Styles (bold, italic, underline): Users can now add the attributes Bold, Italic, and Underline to any text in the Text View of documents.

10. Pronunciation Dictionary: Use the Pronunciation Dictionary to correct the pronunciation of words in WYNN.

11. OCR Correction: This feature allows users to correct any errors that may occur during scanning.

Network WYNN: WYNN Wizard and WYNN Reader are now available in a network version. Pricing is the same as the standalone product. Ask us about system requirements.

Bi-modal approach to reading — text is highlighted in context as it is spoken aloud

• Full editing capabilities — the ability to modify electronic files, scanned pages, or newly created documents
• Clear, natural sounding speech
• Scanned-in pages retain original layout
• Customized visual presentation
• Built-in dictionary and thesaurus
• Traditional study tools - highlighting, bookmarking, text and voice notes, and more
• Teacher Lockout — temporarily restricts student access to the dictionary, thesaurus, and spell-checker during tests
• Ability to read the internet
• Plus many more

Benefits For Users

• Easy-to-use rotating toolbars provide all reading functions
• Bi-modal approach increases reading comprehension
• Intuitive buttons and icons provide short learning curve
• Modify speech to aid with individuals’ auditory processing style
• Customize visual presentation to create a “friendlier” reading environment
• Traditional study aids to enhance effective reading and learning
• Success increases motivation

Benefits For Educators

• Support for teaching and methodology
• Support for IEP Requirements and ADA compliance
• Permits oral reading of tests for required studies
• Ability to tailor school work to students’ individual strengths
• Ability to customize grade-level curriculum

WYNN’s user interface has been carefully designed to provide power, flexibility, and a short learning curve. Our color-coded toolbars have intuitive, large buttons that are labeled with both pictures and words.

• Easy-to-use rotating toolbars provide all functions.
• Intuitive buttons and icons allow a short learning curve.
  
• Simultaneous auditory and visual presentation supports all learning styles.
  
• Clear, natural-sounding speech.

The File Management Tool Bar

The blue File Management tool bar lets you scan a page, open, close, save, and print files. It also lets you browse the Internet or send email. Use the Text View button, and its partner, the Exact View button, to switch between two different views of the page. Like the other three tool bars, this one includes the Next, Read, Write, Exact View, and Other Document buttons.
 

The Visual Presentation Tool Bar

The green Visual Presentation tool bar controls how WYNN presents the document, including the size of the text, spacing, margins, and the type of font used – all to make the page more readable. Plus, there’s the popular Mask button, which “masks out” everything on the page except the section you wish to read.

The Study Tools Tool Bar

The pink Study Tools tool bar gives you access to a dictionary and a thesaurus; lets you add a bookmark, text, or voice note to the document; and allows you to highlight selected text using brightly-colored “markers.” You can spell a word aloud or break it into syllables. With the List feature, you may bookmark or highlight selected text on a page, then make a list of those highlights in a separate document.
 

The Writing Tool Bar

The yellow Writing tool bar helps create or edit a document. Our buttons let you cut, copy or paste text, run a spell check, or ask WYNN to find a specific word in the document. The new word prediction feature helps struggling writers and spellers. Students can also create and manage outlines.

System Requirements for Use with a PC
 

Computer Type	Pentium™ PC at 233 Mhz or higher
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Microsoft Window NT version 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows ME.
Video Display	A VGA video card and monitor, running at 800x600 resolution and high-color 16-bit mode.
Memory	64 megabytes of RAM
Hard Disk	200 MB available for program (plus additional space for document storage)
Media	WYNN ships on CD-ROM
Microphone	Included, for voice annotations
Recognized File Types	WYNN can open and read ASCII text, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, HTML, and many more file types
Speech Synthesis	WYNN ships with IBM’s ViaVoice Outloud speech software to make your PC speak. To use ViaVoice Outloud for speech synthesis, you need a sound card in your computer. WYNN also supports most SSIL speech synthesizers, including DECtalk.
Supported Scanners (for WYNN Wizard)	Contact us at A. T. KRATTER &Co., Inc.
Warranty	30-day money-back guarantee, 1- year warranty
Optional	A modem, DSL, or network connection, plus an ISP (Internet Service Provider) for access to WYNN's new Web-browsing and email features.

 

System Requirements for Use with a Mac

Any Mac with the following minimum capabilities:

• G3 or G4 processor running at 300 MHz (350 MHz highly recommended)
  
• 96 MB RAM or more (128 MB RAM recommended)
  
• 1.3 GB more of available hard disk space
  
• Mac OS 9

Add the following:

• Virtual PC with Windows 98 from Connectix, version 3.0 or later
• WYNN Wizard or WYNN Reader 3.0
• an external Mac microphone, or WYNN's PC microphone and a $10 "NE Mic" Mac audio adapter from Griffin Technology (for Macs with PlainTalk microphone jack)
• one of the USB scanners listed below.

Optional:

• a Kensington 2-button mouse for Mac
  
• a Mac printer

The following USB scanners for PC work well in the Virtual PC Windows 98 environment on the Mac, but they cannot be used with native Mac applications.

• Visioneer 8100 or 8600

The following USB scanners are compatible with both Virtual PC and the native Mac environment. However they do not support manual contrast adjustment on WYNN Wizard 2.x. Automatic contrast and Normal contrast settings work fine:

• Epson Perfection 1200U or 1240U (WYNN 2.01 does not support the optional ADF)
  
• Canon FB 630Ui (not good for scanning books near the margin)

Notes:

• HP scanners are not recommended for use with a Mac.
  
• WYNN 30-day Timed Evaluation will not run on a Mac

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