Announced at the ATIA Assistive Technology conference in January 2009, ClaroRead Version 5 from Claro Software, Ltd. is the latest upgrade to the popular reading and writing support software. ClaroRead Software is available in the United States exclusively through Assistive Technology provider EnableMart.cClaroRead provides text to speech of highlighted text to support dyslexic students and others who want to hear text for comprehension and proofreading. Other features of ClaroRead Version 5 include:
- highlights homophones to ensure correct use of words
- built in toolbar to easily adjust text and background colors for optimal viewing
- one button click increases spacing between letters, words, lines and paragraphs for easy reading
- scanned documents are converted to a word document that Claro can read aloud
- Save to Video feature creates a video with text highlighted as a voice reads it back
ClaroRead can be seen and demoed at CSUN 2009 in Los Angeles next month at EnableMart’s booth (numbers 275 and 276 at the Marriott Hotel).