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1	Microsoft Word Accessibility Features Presented by Debra McGarvey Assistive Technology Coordinator T.R.E. Center – Capital Region B.O.C.E.S.
2	Agenda Enlarge Toolbar Buttons Zoom Feature Color Options Text Highlight Customize Dictionaries AutoCorrect AutoComplete & AutoText AutoSummarize
3	Continuation of Agenda Comment Written Voice Text-To-Speech Speech Recognition Getting More Help
4	Change the Size of the Icons on the Toolbar
5	Zoom Feature
6	Color Options
7	Custom Dictionaries Creating or modifying a current dictionary can greatly assist students who have difficulty with spelling and needs to have a word bank available to them that is specific to the topic. On the menu bar: Select Tools Select Options Select Spelling & Grammar Click on the Customize Dictionaries button
8	Modify a Dictionary
9	Create a New Custom Dictionary
10	Create a New Custom Dictionary (con’t)
11	AutoCorrect
12	AutoComplete & AutoText
13	AutoSummarize
14	Comment Tool
15	Written Comment
16	Voice Comment
17	Voice Comment - continued
18	Text-To-Speech
19	Text-To-Speech Options
20	Speech Recognition - Requirements “To use speech recognition, you need the following hardware and software components: A high-quality close-talk (headset) microphone. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) microphone is recommended. A 400 megahertz (MHz) or faster computer with 128 megabytes (MB) of memory. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. The speech recognition engine must be installed. It is available with Microsoft Office XP, but might not have been installed.”
21	Speech Recognition - Installation “To determine if the speech recognition engine is installed Click Start, click Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Speech. If the Speech Recognition tab is available in Speech Properties, the speech recognition engine is installed. If it is not available, the engine is not installed. You would have to load from the Original Windows XP CD.”
22	Speech Recognition – Installation 2 “To install speech recognition from Microsoft Word 2002 Open Microsoft Word. On the Tools menu, click Speech.”
23	Speech Recognition
24	Profile Wizard
25	Microphone Wizard – Step 1
26	Microphone Wizard – Step 2
27	Microphone Wizard – Step 3
28	Voice Training – Step 1
29	Voice Training – Step 2
30	Voice Training – Step 3
31	Voice Training – Step 4
32	Voice Training – Step 5
33	Voice Training – Step 6
34	Starting Speech Recognition
35	Speech Recognition
36	Helpful Resources