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Utilities

Adobe Acrobat (. Win . Mac .) from Adobe is required to view the electronic documents on this CD.

Apple Quicktime (. Win . Mac . MacX .) from Apple. Plays Quicktime movies as well as MIDI and MP3 files. Includes a basic synthesizer. The Pro version will allow you to caption quicktime movies.

WinZip ( Win ) from WinZip is needed to decompress some of the software files on this CD.

Stuffit Expander ( Mac ) from Aladdin is needed to decompress or unstuff some of the software files on this CD.

Shockwave Player (. Win . Mac .) from Macromedia is needed to play some of the files on this CD.

FlashPlayer 6 (. Win . WinXP . Mac .) from Macromedia is needed to play some online activities.

CaptureEze ( Win ) from ApTec is a screen capture utilitity. I consider this a must have utility if you work with graphics. 45 day trial.

SnapzPro ( Mac ) from Ambrosia Software is an excellent screen capture tool for Macintosh. It will also record screen movement as a Quicktiime movie. You can get a version for OSX at the website. Trial.

Camtasia ( Win ) from TechSmith is an advanced video screen capture program. You can easily create training videos of software programs to share on the Internet.

Adobe eBook Reader (. Win . Mac .) from Adobe is an eBook utility.

Microsoft Reader ( Win ) from Microsoft is an eBook utility. You can add text-to-speech as well as a dictionary. ReaderWorks Standard ( Win ) from Overdrive is a free utility to convert files into Microsoft eBook format. There is also a plug-in for WORD to save in eBook format.

 

Resources

How to use the Microsoft Reader (includes accessibility tips) - Internet

Adobe eBooks Central - All things about the Adobe eBook Reader - Internet

Adobe eBook Library - You actually have to check these eBooks out. 1 to 3 day time periods. Internet

 

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