Illinois Work Incentive Grant
Assistive Technology Support Site

Description:

WYNN is a scanning and reading programs designed specifically to assist people with learning disabilites. Similar to OpenBook, it uses a scanner to take a picture of a printed page, which it then converts into electronic text and reads aloud. WYNN also highlights words as they are read out, providing additional assistance for users with reading-related learning disabilities.

In addition to scanning pages, WYNN can read and highlight word processing documents and web pages. WYNN also assists job seekers in writing by providing a spell checker, searchable dictionary, and thesarus. WYNN offers word prediction and auditory feedback features similar to those in Aurora.

WYNN uses four color-coded toolbars to present almost all of its features:

• File Management (blue) Tool Bar - used to scan, open, close, save, print, and browse the Internet.
• Visual Presenataion (green) Tool Bar - controls the color, style, size, and spacing of text.
• Study Tools (pink) Tool Bar - provides access to the dictionary, thesaurus, bookmarking, and highlighting.
• Writing (yellow) Tool Bar - offers cut, copy, paste, spell check, find, word prediction, auditory feedback, and outline features.

Reference:

• WYNN Tips (http://www.freedomscientific.com/WYNN/Tips_WN_Index.asp)