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THIS TUTORIAL WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW TO DOWNLOAD BOOKSHARE BOOKS USING READ:OUTLOUD BOOKSHARE
EDITION ON THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM. READ:OUTLOUD BOOKSHARE EDITION IS FREE FOR
ALL BOOKSHARE MEMBERS. SPONSORS ON BOOKSHARE ACCOUNTS MAY DOWNLOAD READ:OUTLOUD ONTO THE
COMPUTERS STUDENTS WILL USE TO READ BOOKSHARE BOOKS. INDIVIDUAL BOOKSHARE MEMBERS MAY DOWNLOAD
READ:OUTLOUD BOOKSHARE EDITION ONTO THEIR OWN COMPUTERS.
TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL READ:OUTLOUD BOOKSHARE EDITION, GO TO WWW.BOOKSHARE.ORG AND LOG IN
TO YOUR ACCOUNT. GO TO THE “GETTING STARTED” TAB AND SELECT “READING TOOLS.” THEN SELECT
“FREE READERS FOR BOOKSHARE MEMBERS.” SCROLL DOWN TO READ:OUTLOUD BOOKSHARE EDITION
AND DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL “READ:OUTLOUD FOR PC” ONTO YOUR COMPUTER. WE RECOMMEND THAT
YOU ALSO DOWNLOAD THE FREE, HIGH QUALITY TEXT-TO-SPEECH VOICES FROM ACAPELA. FIND THE LINK FOR DOWNLOADING
THESE VOICES JUST BELOW READ:OUTLOUD ON THE “FREE READERS FOR BOOKSHARE MEMBERS” PAGE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE VOICES CAN BE USED ONLY WITH THE BOOKSHARE EDITIONS OF READ:OUTLOUD
AND VICTOR READERSOFT. AFTER YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE APPLICATION,
YOU CAN BEGIN USING READ:OUTLOUD TO READ BOOKSHARE BOOKS. OPEN READ:OUTLOUD ON YOUR COMPUTER
EITHER FROM THE START MENU OR THE SHORTCUT ON YOUR DESKTOP.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO OPEN BOOKS IN READ:OUTLOUD BOOKSHARE EDITION. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD BOOKS
DIRECTLY FROM THE BUILT-IN BROWSER WITHIN THE APPLICATION, OR OPEN AND READ A BOOK ALREADY
STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER WHEN YOU LAUNCH READ:OUTLOUD, YOU WILL SEE
A BUILT-IN WEB BROWSER THAT IS ALREADY OPEN TO THE BOOKSHARE WEBSITE. LOG IN WITH YOUR
USERNAME AND PASSWORD DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN READ:OUTLOUD. DO NOT LOG IN FROM A SEPARATE
INTERNET BROWSER. IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER, FIND A BOOK
YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD, THEN SELECT THE DESIRED FORMAT (WHICH FOR READ:OUTLOUD IS EITHER DAISY
TEXT OR DAISY TEXT WITH IMAGES), AND SELECT “DOWNLOAD.” UNLESS THE BOOK IS VERY LARGE,
IT WILL QUICKLY OPEN UP WITHIN READ:OUTLOUD. LARGER BOOKS, AND BOOKS WITH IMAGES, MAY REQUIRE
A FEW MINUTES TO OPEN. IF YOU ARE A SPONSOR ON AN ORGANIZATIONAL
ACCOUNT, FIND THE BOOK YOU WANT TO READ BY SEARCHING OR BROWSING. THEN SELECT “DOWNLOAD.”
YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED TO SELECT THE MEMBER FOR WHOM YOU ARE DOWNLOADING, AS WELL AS THE
DESIRED FORMAT (WHICH FOR READ:OUTLOUD IS EITHER DAISY TEXT OR DAISY TEXT WITH IMAGES).
THEN SELECT “DOWNLOAD BOOKS.” ON THE “MY HISTORY” PAGE, BOTH SPONSORS
AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS CAN SEE THE STATUS OF ANY BOOK THEY DOWNLOADED.
IF THE STATUS IS “AVAILABLE,” YOU CAN SELECT THE “AVAILABLE” LINK AND THE BOOK
WILL OPEN UP IN READ:OUTLOUD. THE BOOK FILE WILL ALSO BE STORED AUTOMATICALLY IN YOUR
DOCUMENTS FOLDER ON YOUR COMPUTER. IN WINDOWS 7 AND WINDOWS XP, THE FOLDER IS NAMED “MY
DOCUMENTS.” IN WINDOWS VISTA, THE FOLDER IS NAMED “DOCUMENTS.”
IF THE STATUS IS “IN PROGRESS,” THAT MEANS THE TITLE IS STILL BEING PACKAGED. YOU WILL
BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL WHEN THE BOOK IS READY. YOU CAN ALSO WAIT AND REFRESH THIS PAGE. IN
MOST CASES, PACKAGING SHOULD ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
TO OPEN BOOKS YOU HAVE ALREADY DOWNLOADED, SELECT THE “E-TEXT” BUTTON AT THE TOP
LEFT OF THE TOOLBAR. FIND THE BOOK YOU WANT TO READ AND SELECT “OPEN.” READ:OUTLOUD
WILL RECOGNIZE THE APPROPRIATE FILE TO OPEN. READ:OUTLOUD WILL NOW LOAD YOUR BOOK, AND
YOU ARE READY TO READ! FOR INFORMATION ON READING BOOKSHARE BOOKS WITH READ:OUTLOUD
BOOKSHARE EDITION, REFER TO THE TUTORIAL, “HOW DO I READ BOOKSHARE BOOKS WITH READ:OUTLOUD
FOR WINDOWS?’ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHER BOOKSHARE TOPICS,
VISIT THE BOOKSHARE WEBSITE, THE BOOKSHARE CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE, AND BOOKSHARE ON FACEBOOK.