--- title: "Inclusive reading on e-readers, tablets and phones" author: "Dominik Lukeš, Education & Technology Specialist" outline_version: 2 auto_title_slide: false auto_thanks_slide: false --- ## Inclusive reading on e-readers, tablets and phones {id=pptx-a8813328584a-001} {title} **Dominik Lukeš, Education & Technology Specialist** dlukes@dyslexiaaction.org.uk, @techczech, **slidesha.re/go-eread** ## Research based on work on these two projects: {id=pptx-a8813328584a-002} ![The Load2Learn logo, with the words “Delivered by RNIB and Dyslexia Action”.](assets/media/img-40ea16516a0b59c2.png) Load2Learn.org.uk ![The iLearnRW project logo: the word “ilearn” in blue with “RW” in red above a curved line of stars.](assets/media/img-9b6d006f5a81e330.png) iLearnRW.eu ## Slide 3 {id=pptx-a8813328584a-003} {notitle} - eReaders vs Tablets - Which tablet - What apps - Where to get books - How to read accessibly ## eReaders v Tablets {id=pptx-a8813328584a-004} ### eReaders v Tablets {id=pptx-a8813328584a-005} {notitle} ![A hand holds a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a dark cover, showing a page of text.](assets/media/img-7fffae71b1983ff7.jpeg) eReader ![A hand holds a tablet whose screen shows a colourful home screen.](assets/media/img-1ffc0aa591e9a8d0.jpeg) Tablet ### eReaders v Tablets {id=pptx-a8813328584a-006} {notitle} ![A hand holds a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a dark cover, showing a page of text.](assets/media/img-7fffae71b1983ff7.jpeg) 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.](assets/media/img-1ffc0aa591e9a8d0.jpeg) Tablet - Multi-purpose - Glary screen - Short(er) battery life - Customisation - Thousands of apps - Audio, video, web cam - (More) expensive ### eReaders v Tablets {id=pptx-a8813328584a-007} {notitle} ![A hand holds a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a dark cover, showing a page of text.](assets/media/img-7fffae71b1983ff7.jpeg) 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.](assets/media/img-1ffc0aa591e9a8d0.jpeg) Tablet - Kindle Fire (HD, etc.) - Nexus 7 - Samsung Tab 7, 8, 10 - Asus, Lenovo, Acer, ... - iPad Mini, iPad - Tesco Hudle - Phones ## Why read on an eReader or Tablet? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-008} ### Why read on an eReader or Tablet? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-009} {notitle} - Customisation (Font size, type, colour, etc.) - Easier to get and carry books - Chunking (less threatening to read) - Additional support (Dictionary, Wikipedia, etc.) ### Why read on an eReader or Tablet? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-010} {notitle} ![A close-up photograph of a hand holding a phone whose screen shows a page of book text.](assets/media/img-ac56a5ee4da828ad.jpeg) 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. ## Ideal tablet for reading? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-011} ### Ideal tablet for reading? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-012} {notitle} 7-8 inch screen £90-£199 (or iPad Mini or Galaxy Note 8) ## What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-013} ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-014} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-14.png) CC-BY Some rights reserved by [‘Ajnagraphy’](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjcs/) ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-015} {notitle} Two types of reading apps 1. Tied in to store 2. Independent ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-016} {notitle} 1 - Buy books in app - Only read purchased books ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-017} {notitle} ![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”.](assets/pages/page-17.png) Google Play Books Apple iBooks ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-018} {notitle} 2 - Read any book - Limits with DRM - No books purchased on Amazon ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-019} {notitle} - FB Reader - Moon+ Reader - Cool Reader - Overdrive - Bluefire Reader ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-020} {notitle} Specialist accessible reader apps - IDEAL Group Reader - Bookshare Reader - Dyslektz Reader ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-021} {notitle} Speed reading apps - Speed Reader - Auto Reader 3D - ReadQuick - Accelleread ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-022} {notitle} Reading PDFs and news - EZ PDF - iAnnotate PDF - Readability - Pocket - Feedly ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-023} {notitle} ![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.](assets/media/img-e1f97f6c61386cb8.jpeg) **Calibre** ### What apps? {id=pptx-a8813328584a-024} {notitle} ![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.](assets/media/img-e1f97f6c61386cb8.jpeg) Calibre-eBook.com - Free e-book manager - Copy e-books to device - PC and Mac ## Ideal reader app {id=pptx-a8813328584a-025} ### Ideal reader app {id=pptx-a8813328584a-026} {notitle} - Full font/colour customisation - Text to speech - Library with tie in to online repositories ## Research in reader interfaces {id=pptx-a8813328584a-027} ![The iLearnRW project logo: the word “ilearn” in blue with “RW” in red above a curved line of stars.](assets/media/img-9b6d006f5a81e330.png) ### Research in reader interfaces {id=pptx-a8813328584a-028} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-28.png) ### Research in reader interfaces {id=pptx-a8813328584a-029} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-29.png) ### Research in reader interfaces {id=pptx-a8813328584a-030} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-30.png) ### Research in reader interfaces {id=pptx-a8813328584a-031} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-31.png) ### Research in reader interfaces {id=pptx-a8813328584a-032} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-32.png) ## Watch this space … …and iLearnRW.eu {id=pptx-a8813328584a-033} ![The iLearnRW project logo: the word “ilearn” in blue with “RW” in red above a curved line of stars.](assets/media/img-9b6d006f5a81e330.png) ### Watch this space … …and iLearnRW.eu {id=pptx-a8813328584a-034} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-34.png) ### Watch this space … …and iLearnRW.eu {id=pptx-a8813328584a-035} {notitle} ![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.](assets/pages/page-35.png) ## Where do you get books {id=pptx-a8813328584a-036} ### Where do you get books {id=pptx-a8813328584a-037} {notitle} ![The Amazon.co.uk logo.](assets/media/img-6830feffc2d94020.png) - Tied to one account - Only readable on Amazon apps / devices - Limited customisation - Limited ownership ### Where do you get books {id=pptx-a8813328584a-038} {notitle} - Repositories of free ebooks - Out of copyright - Free originals - Mixed with paid books - Plugins for some readers ![The Feedbooks logo.](assets/media/img-772b134fccb525d3.png) ![The Wattpad logo.](assets/media/img-0353b58841d0ab38.png) ![The Project Gutenberg logo.](assets/media/img-62a54a74634e1f6b.jpeg) ![The Wikibooks logo.](assets/media/img-db35e6db7aeab118.png) ![The Open Library logo.](assets/media/img-33faaaee3d611f40.png) ### Where do you get books {id=pptx-a8813328584a-039} {notitle} ![The OverDrive Media Console logo.](assets/media/img-13a3ef5fe9d64111.png) - Selected **local libraries** - Copy-protection - Also readable in Aldiko (Pro version only) ### Where do you get books {id=pptx-a8813328584a-040} {notitle} ![The Load2Learn logo, with the words “Delivered by RNIB and Dyslexia Action”.](assets/media/img-98a607320dac5ba3.png) - UK Curriculum textbooks - Free for schools to sign up - For print-disabled users only ### Where do you get books {id=pptx-a8813328584a-041} {notitle} ![A small Fanfiction menu showing the categories Anime/Manga, Books, Misc and Movies.](assets/media/img-0172c59966adf491.png) FanFiction.net - Fiction by fans of TV, Film, Books - Excelent to poor - Encourages engagement and writing - Parental guidance (some adult content) ## Thank you {id=pptx-a8813328584a-042} dlukes@dyslexiaaction.org.uk @techczech slidesha.re/go-eread ## DyslexiaAction.org.uk/tags/tech-thursday {id=pptx-a8813328584a-043} ![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”.](assets/media/img-56e401f78fc26a30.png)