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Inclusive reading on e-readers, tablets and phones

Slide 1: Inclusive reading on e-readers, tablets and phones

Inclusive reading on e-readers, tablets and phones

Dominik Lukeš, Education & Technology Specialist

[email protected], @techczech, slidesha.re/go-eread

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Slide 2: Research based on work on these two projects:

Research based on work on these two projects:

The Load2Learn logo, with the words “Delivered by RNIB and Dyslexia Action”.

Load2Learn.org.uk

The iLearnRW project logo: the word “ilearn” in blue with “RW” in red above a curved line of stars.

iLearnRW.eu

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  • eReaders vs Tablets
  • Which tablet
  • What apps
  • Where to get books
  • How to read accessibly

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Slide 4: eReaders v Tablets

eReaders v Tablets

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Slide 5: eReaders v Tablets

A hand holds a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a dark cover, showing a page of text.

eReader

A hand holds a tablet whose screen shows a colourful home screen.

Tablet

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Slide 6: eReaders v Tablets

A hand holds a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a dark cover, showing a page of text.

eReader

  • Single purpose
  • No-glare screen
  • Long battery life
  • Limited customisation
  • No apps
  • No multimedia
  • Cheaper

A hand holds a tablet whose screen shows a colourful home screen.

Tablet

  • Multi-purpose
  • Glary screen
  • Short(er) battery life
  • Customisation
  • Thousands of apps
  • Audio, video, web cam
  • (More) expensive

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Slide 7: eReaders v Tablets

A hand holds a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a dark cover, showing a page of text.

eReader

  • Kindle Paperwhite
  • Kindle
  • Kobo Glo
  • Kobo Touch
  • Nook GlowLight
  • Nook Simple
  • iRiver Story

A hand holds a tablet whose screen shows a colourful home screen.

Tablet

  • Kindle Fire (HD, etc.)
  • Nexus 7
  • Samsung Tab 7, 8, 10
  • Asus, Lenovo, Acer, ...
  • iPad Mini, iPad
  • Tesco Hudle
  • Phones

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Slide 8: Why read on an eReader or Tablet?

Why read on an eReader or Tablet?

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Slide 9: Why read on an eReader or Tablet?

  • Customisation (Font size, type, colour, etc.)
  • Easier to get and carry books
  • Chunking (less threatening to read)
  • Additional support (Dictionary, Wikipedia, etc.)

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Slide 10: Why read on an eReader or Tablet?

A close-up photograph of a hand holding a phone whose screen shows a page of book text.

There is some research to indicate that reading text in very small chunks is beneficial for dyslexic readers with processing difficulties. For these readers, even reading on a phone would be beneficial.

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Slide 11: Ideal tablet for reading?

Ideal tablet for reading?

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Slide 12: Ideal tablet for reading?

7-8 inch screen

£90-£199 (or iPad Mini or Galaxy Note 8)

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Slide 13: What apps?

What apps?

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Slide 14: What apps?

A photograph of two ants facing each other on a piece of wood, with the iOS and Apple logos at top left and the Android robot logo and wordmark at top right.

CC-BY Some rights reserved by ‘Ajnagraphy’

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Slide 15: What apps?

Two types of reading apps

  1. Tied in to store
  2. Independent

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Slide 16: What apps?

1

  • Buy books in app
  • Only read purchased books

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Slide 17: What apps?

Under Google Play and App Store badges, app icons for Google Play Books, Apple iBooks, Kindle, and two unlabelled icons: a teal “k” and a green “n”.

Google Play Books

Apple iBooks

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Slide 18: What apps?

2

  • Read any book
  • Limits with DRM
  • No books purchased on Amazon

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Slide 19: What apps?

  • FB Reader
  • Moon+ Reader
  • Cool Reader
  • Overdrive
  • Bluefire Reader

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Slide 20: What apps?

Specialist accessible reader apps

  • IDEAL Group Reader
  • Bookshare Reader
  • Dyslektz Reader

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Slide 21: What apps?

Speed reading apps

  • Speed Reader
  • Auto Reader 3D
  • ReadQuick
  • Accelleread

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Slide 22: What apps?

Reading PDFs and news

  • EZ PDF
  • iAnnotate PDF
  • Readability
  • Pocket
  • Feedly

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Slide 23: What apps?

Screenshot of the Calibre e-book manager: a toolbar of icons, a sidebar listing Authors, Series, Formats and Publishers, a cover browser showing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and a book list.

Calibre

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Slide 24: What apps?

Screenshot of the Calibre e-book manager: a toolbar of icons, a sidebar listing Authors, Series, Formats and Publishers, a cover browser showing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and a book list.

Calibre-eBook.com

  • Free e-book manager
  • Copy e-books to device
  • PC and Mac

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Slide 25: Ideal reader app

Ideal reader app

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Slide 26: Ideal reader app

  • Full font/colour customisation
  • Text to speech
  • Library with tie in to online repositories

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Slide 27: Research in reader interfaces

Research in reader interfaces

The iLearnRW project logo: the word “ilearn” in blue with “RW” in red above a curved line of stars.

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Slide 28: Research in reader interfaces

Five screenshots of reader app controls: a font menu with Default, Droid Sans, Tempora LGC and other fonts; a library list with Search books in all catalogs, Smashwords and Feedbooks OPDS Catalog; a speech panel with Rate, Pitch and Volume sliders; an icon grid labelled Library, TOC, Bookmarks, Search, Night and More; and a page with a turning corner.

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Slide 29: Research in reader interfaces

A wireframe of a reader screen with a speech settings panel showing Speed, Pitch, Voice and Volume controls and playback buttons, above a bottom bar labelled Guidance, Listen, Chunking, Text style and Settings.

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Slide 30: Research in reader interfaces

Two wireframes of a reader screen. On the left, a chunking panel offers Pages, Paragraphs, Sentences and Words with Auto scroll and Speed; on the right, a page of text with a chunking control bar. Both have a bottom bar labelled Guidance, Listen, Chunking, Text style and Settings.

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Slide 31: Research in reader interfaces

Two wireframes of a reader screen. On the left, a text style panel offers spacing presets, line spacing, line length, text size, font face, contrast presets and colour options; on the right, a page of text with some words highlighted in colour.

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Slide 32: Research in reader interfaces

Two wireframes of reader screens. On the left, a Pre-reading activities panel lists Tricky words and Most common words; on the right, a word support card for “leadership” with definitions, syllables and a games button.

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Slide 33: Watch this space … …and iLearnRW.eu

Watch this space … …and iLearnRW.eu

The iLearnRW project logo: the word “ilearn” in blue with “RW” in red above a curved line of stars.

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Slide 34: Watch this space … …and iLearnRW.eu

Two tablet screenshots. The left, titled “Choose what to Highlight”, lists personal recommendations and typical highlights such as Vowels Long/Short and Suffixes; the right, titled “Highlight Settings”, has presentation settings and a list of text rules, each with an ON switch.

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Slide 35: Watch this space … …and iLearnRW.eu

Two tablet screenshots of a reader titled “04 Toby Jugs” showing a passage of text with some letters coloured; the right one has a word information card for “second” open over the text.

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Slide 36: Where do you get books

Where do you get books

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Slide 37: Where do you get books

The Amazon.co.uk logo.

  • Tied to one account
  • Only readable on Amazon apps / devices
  • Limited customisation
  • Limited ownership

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Slide 38: Where do you get books

  • Repositories of free ebooks
  • Out of copyright
  • Free originals
  • Mixed with paid books
  • Plugins for some readers

The Feedbooks logo.

The Wattpad logo.

The Project Gutenberg logo.

The Wikibooks logo.

The Open Library logo.

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Slide 39: Where do you get books

The OverDrive Media Console logo.

  • Selected local libraries
  • Copy-protection
  • Also readable in Aldiko (Pro version only)

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Slide 40: Where do you get books

The Load2Learn logo, with the words “Delivered by RNIB and Dyslexia Action”.

  • UK Curriculum textbooks
  • Free for schools to sign up
  • For print-disabled users only

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Slide 41: Where do you get books

A small Fanfiction menu showing the categories Anime/Manga, Books, Misc and Movies.

FanFiction.net

  • Fiction by fans of TV, Film, Books
  • Excelent to poor
  • Encourages engagement and writing
  • Parental guidance (some adult content)

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Slide 42: Thank you

Thank you

[email protected]

@techczech

slidesha.re/go-eread

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Slide 43: DyslexiaAction.org.uk/tags/tech-thursday

DyslexiaAction.org.uk/tags/tech-thursday

Screenshot of the Dyslexia Action website page tagged Tech Thursday, with the search box showing “tech thursday” and a list of results; the first articles are “Tech Thursday: Reading apps for tablets” and “Free webinar on choosing e-Reader devices”.

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