Christopher 0:01 If you're an audio user, the screen reader isn't going to be on for this video. Thank you. So I'm Christopher, and I'm the owner and inventor of speaking access. And what we'll go over is the font that we use, which has been designed by a person who has dyslexia for people with dyslexia. And we'll go over that, we'll go over another feature in the browser. Then we'll go get into the actual program. And we'll go over the features and make it unique for for helping out because that's what technology is presented for write to help out. So let's just go directly to the font that that was designed to show browser show browser. So this is on open dyslexic.org. About browser start reading. Browser 0:58 Open dyslexic is a new open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. The typeface includes regular, Bold, Italic and bold italic styles and two typefaces, open dyslexic and open dyslexia counter. It was created to help with my reading, and is being updated continually and improved based on input from other dyslexic users. There are no restrictions on using open dyslexic, open dyslexic is created to help with some of the symptoms of dyslexia. letters have heavy weighted bottoms to indicate direction, you're able to quickly figure out which part of the letter is down which aids in recognizing the correct letter, and sometimes helps to keep your brain from rotating them around. Consistently weighted bottoms can also help reinforce the line of text. The unique shapes of each letter can help prevent confusion through flipping and swapping. Open dyslexic uses unique letter shapes to help prevent confusion. A heavier bottom is used to show which way is supposed to be down. Open dyslexic also has other features, like wider letter spacing and a unique metallic style. Like how this page looks, the scripts and CSS are available on GitHub free this website. Christopher 2:24 So I just wanted to go into to explain the fonts. So why we use the fonts and the program, you'll see that in the dictating process, we also use that font on the websites. But while we're here in the browser, before we go directly to the font, I want to go to point out browser tab to this. This is on YouTube, the link is in the YouTube description and also the website. But this is regarding the new thorium reader that was that's been developed. And I'm not an expert on E pub publishers. But I found this video extremely one of the best resources I found for describing the the software and the technology and the ideas developed behind teaching and teaching students with dyslexia, and also how to different technologies and reading software and books and stuff that are available. So it's a wonderful resource, the one I want, there is a reference to it on the website. But I just want to point out one part of how we've, how access will make such a difference. Show WordPad. Speaking Access 3:42 Read selection, when you cannot do anything, as an accessible solution, at least do the audio meaning that the possibility to hear what is written will help dyslexic people to understand even if they cannot read. Christopher 3:55 So that point was proven that really stood out. She's talking about the E pub. And if you want to watch that video, it's an excellent video and resource. So moving back to that that's what the technology is based on. And the one thing I also learned into this, I wanted to point out that leads to the browser thing I'm about to show you or browser feature I'm about to show you in chromium edge. Is that in that she mentioned it in that video and I've seen it other places that part of the issue with dyslexia and other other issues that is common among some other users. It's too cluttered. There's too much stuff going on with Dyslexics in particular fall into their wide gaps, like paragraphs with wide spacing, and try to keep the idea like a picture or an ad to one or two to the main view. I'm sure you can add on to that. But that's the basics that I've learned. And so let's go show you what this browser feature will help with show browser browser tab three. So you notice that that's cluttered. There's no other way to describe the Queen's up a little better browser, just the text. So now it's just showing the text. And then if you want to based on what she just also said, is that if you want to follow along, browser start reading, Browser 5:22 T Mobile casts aside low budget reputation with new $90 plan, customers browse mobile phone handsets, as a sign sits above the T Mobile store operated by Maggie, telegraph t.so, you Christopher 5:38 get the point. They're not only like the I forget what her name is show show WordPad. So her name is Maya, like Maya says in the YouTube video. The that just the audio. So that browser function show browser. So it'll pull the text out. It doesn't work on all of our websites, it works really well on blogs and news sites. And it'll read along and then those word follows along with the red or whatever. It's very customized. Okay, so now let's get into fonts. Right, haven't we, I went and mentioned the font and haven't gotten into it yet. Well, let's get into the let's get into it. Now I've got your excitement up. Show Notepad. Show access. Okay, so now I'm gonna kick on the dictating mode, open post mode. Speaking Access 6:34 Post mode is now ready. How Christopher 6:36 are you doing today? Speaking Access 6:38 How are you doing today, Christopher 6:40 you'll notice what's happening here. Speaking Access 6:43 You will notice what's happening here, Christopher 6:45 zoom in. I just, Speaking Access 6:48 I just Christopher 6:48 want you to see what's actually happening. I Speaking Access 6:51 want you to see what's actually had Christopher 6:54 the open dyslexia font, which will not get Speaking Access 6:58 the open dyslexia for which we will not get Christopher 7:01 appears in the word box Speaking Access 7:04 appears in the word box. Christopher 7:06 I think you're getting the point now. Speaking Access 7:08 And I think you get the point now. Christopher 7:11 Thank you access. Speaking Access 7:13 I am paused. Christopher 7:14 So when I say that, it says that's when she's in post mode. That means she's not gonna listen to me. And if I say like, it's a command like access time, it'll make that noise, okay, just to call you in if I doesn't, so it doesn't throw you off. So right now we got the word box. And it's got the open dyslexia on with white on black. So that'll always be in the word box, the paste boxes in a different font. And so there you go. So you can see, you can see the font. And now let's get into so what's happening is I was concentrating the font so much is that access is going to pair it you right? It's it's, you say something is sentence, phrase or word. And it's going to come back and see exactly what it thinks you said, right? The key word there is things because it's not based. Because it's not on the internet, like another word that takes an audio recording what you said, throws it over to a zoo or whatever turns into text and brings it back. It's all based on the Windows computer that you're running, it can work without an internet connection. So it doesn't have that same intelligence. It's still very good. But it's not going to get everything right on Bang, Bang Bang, which so that means brings me back to the point of what it thinks you said you have to keep it honest. And but more importantly, so repeating a batch you then you hear what not only can you see it, but you can hear it as an audio. Right. So you got two things happening. You got the screen on the screen in the font, and you got it going on in your ear. Right. So what does that mean for you? Well, what it means is that we can do things like like this. Hello, access. Speaking Access 9:04 Ready, set, go. Christopher 9:06 I love the word loquacious period. Speaking Access 9:09 I love the word loquacious symbol period. Access word for word numeral, four word. Christopher 9:16 Excess word five Speaking Access 9:18 word numeral, five loquacious symbol period excess letters, l. o QUACI. O owe you s. Symbol period. Christopher 9:36 Thank you access. Speaking Access 9:37 I am paused. Christopher 9:39 So now you can tell that you can see that we're sorry. You can listen to the fact that you can confirm the spelling of the word loquacious with some. Let's go find out what that means. I forget what it means. Hello access. Speaking Access 9:55 Ready to rock and roll zoom Christopher 9:56 out loquacious Speaking Access 10:00 loquacious Christopher 10:01 as Google Speaking Access 10:06 read selection, tending to talk a great deal, talkative, Christopher 10:11 okay? That's loquacious close tab. Speaking Access 10:15 Okay, this book week through close, Christopher 10:17 browser, close tab, browser, close tab. browser close tab. Just cleaning up a little bit. Show Notepad. Show up. I've always loved words, I grew up in a family that had loved words. But I'm not dyslexic. But I can relate to, in one sense of loved words younger, but I always allowed it to. I always sucked at spelling, I really, really sucked at spelling, I could never get it down. And I found through my ears that I realized that I kept my writing limited. Because I wasn't willing to take the time, it would take forever to write something because I didn't want us misspell it because it was going to school and you weren't supposed to misspell. And the other thing I didn't probably didn't want to look stupid to be honest. And then, so I found that I was writing in a more Yes, simpler words, because I didn't want to spell them. So I realized that once with dictating stuff like that, that kind of technology, I found that that freed me up a lot to be a lot more expression there. Because what's beautiful about access or ever, the speech to text that access does is that instead of thinking of story, and having to communicate from your head to the keyboard, and then look on the screen to make sure everything's right, that adds that there's an interfere with the flow of the creative process, right. Whereas if you're just thinking the word you say it out loud, and it ends up on the screen. So that's my point. So I'm going to I'm going to write a document with my newfound freedom and we'll start and that way I can show you off actually access as we go. So let's just start Hello access Speaking Access 12:15 Are you seated comfortably? Then let's begin I Christopher 12:19 love the English language because Speaking Access 12:22 I love the English language press Christopher 12:24 I love the English language because it can be so beautiful period. Speaking Access 12:28 I love the English language because it can be so beautiful symbol period Christopher 12:33 okay. You have words like colloquial comma Speaking Access 12:37 you have words like colloquial symbol comma Christopher 12:41 okay. Which is a word that is unique Speaking Access 12:48 which is a work that is unique which is a word that is unique which is a word that is unique Christopher 12:54 okay. And is not the same Speaking Access 12:57 and is not disk Christopher 12:59 and is not easily described by another word period. Speaking Access 13:02 And is not easily described by another word symbol period. Christopher 13:05 Okay. Access read. Speaking Access 13:09 I love the English language because it can be so beautiful. You have words like colloquial, which is a word that is unique and is not easily described by another word. Christopher 13:19 Show WordPad Speaking Access 13:21 showboats show WordPad show WordPad Christopher 13:24 select all. backspace key. Post. Speaking Access 13:30 Word box reads Showboat show WordPad Do you want me to add it to the thank you? Christopher 13:40 Sure, show access Speaking Access 13:45 colloquial Christopher 13:47 ask a dictionary read selection Speaking Access 14:00 of words in language used in conversation but not in formal speech or writing. Christopher 14:06 So there you go. Speaking Access 14:08 To go close postman main task area ready Christopher 14:12 should also want to show that the word if you have a word that you want to look up with the meaning and so it's really very readily available with speaking access if you if you have the an internet connection, browser close tab show WordPad and so the last one the last things I want to show you is it has this proofreading feature that I should have showed you in something before but this is a really cool feature. proofread selection Speaking Access 14:44 is a large one symbol comma with a thick fog framing the entire scene symbol period uppercase you can see the fog has the texture of a thick pea soup symbol period uppercase. The ocean is reflecting back the fog and it is hard to tell where the horizon begins or ends symbol period uppercase Coming boldly from the picture is an old wooden sailing ship symbol period uppercase with the masks and Full Sail symbol, comma, it looks like it's going to leap from the image into the room symbol, period. Christopher 15:12 So in other words, you can highlight a selection proofread it, and it'll read all the the punctuation and the uppercase letters, it'll say uppercase just before it reads the letter. And so that helps a lot to proofread something. The other thing I want to show is that there's a lot of selection commands like say that you want to just have that spelt out to selection spelling Speaking Access 15:40 CE, o LLOQUIAL. Christopher 15:51 That was cool. Cool. So you can go in over any selection, you can read the selection, and that's a really helpful feature just to double check something. The other thing I want to go over just to really quickly show access. Open postman Speaking Access 16:10 host mode is now ready. Christopher 16:13 There are four reasons why we carry a flashlight period. Speaking Access 16:16 There are four reasons why we carry a flashlight symbol period. Christopher 16:19 There are four reasons why we carry a flashlight period. Speaking Access 16:23 There are four reasons why we carry a flashlight symbol period, Christopher 16:27 proofread word box, Speaking Access 16:29 word box reads uppercase. There are four reasons why we carry a flashlight symbol period. There, th e, ri, ar, ar D for Christopher 16:42 fo you are. Zoom in Thank you access. Speaking Access 16:46 I am paused. Christopher 16:47 So what that did is when you're in the word box, you can you can say proofread word box. And what it does is it reads out the homonyms words that sound alike, so that you don't if you if you're writing something that's professional or you want to make sure it's just a neat feature, because that's the one thing that access can have troubles reading sometimes is the home. And it's just a neat feature once in a while might just because you don't need to have the audio showing. That's the point I want to get across. Zoom out. Hello, excess, Speaking Access 17:25 ready to rock and roll Christopher 17:26 xumo. Show WordPad select all. Delete key. print hello, how are you period Speaking Access 17:38 printing uppercase, hello, how are you symbol period, Christopher 17:42 Enter key prints comma Speaking Access 17:46 printing symbol comma Enter key Christopher 17:51 open post mode. Speaking Access 17:52 Post mode is already on. Christopher 17:55 I really like this and I'm going to have fun with it period. Speaking Access 17:59 I really like this and I'm going to have fun with it symbol period, Christopher 18:02 post anarchy. This is the first sentence I'm going to say period. Speaking Access 18:10 This is the first sentence I'm going to say symbol period. Okay. Christopher 18:15 And this is the second sentence I'm going to say because I have no imagination period. Speaking Access 18:20 And this is the second sentence I'm going to say because I have no imagination symbol period. Christopher 18:25 Okay. Post, zoom in, pan up three times. Pen up 10 times. Close post mode, Speaking Access 18:41 main task area ready. Christopher 18:44 So I just wanted to show you that that's the other feature that's really nice about it is that access really is an audio program that was adopted adapted to screen users. So you don't have to have it showing. Okay, so it runs in the background, which may be helpful to some may not I prefer using it that way. Because then you can you can hear it in yours. And it gets a really good flow. It's um, it's interesting, takes a couple minutes to get used to but I really like it's cool. Maybe I'm playing a little bit of favoritism because I invented it. So anyways, those are the features that we've come up with it access has that we hope that will help people and students with dyslexia. If you like what you see, then please go to the website speaking at Cisco comm and fill them to subscribe so that when we come out in late in March that you're the first to know the the other thing on the website you can see where we you can. There are links to our blog to LinkedIn and the YouTube channel. That's it. Thank you for your time. Please spread the word so that more people can find out about this Not just if it's dyslexia but also if it's blind or people have pain using the keyboard and visually impaired. Thank you very much Transcribed by https://otter.ai