Carole Ries, OTR, Assistive Technologist October 2011

How to login and download a book

}  Open Read Outloud (ROL) This is one of the 4 software programs of Solo6

}  Type www.Bookshare.org into the web browser of ROL and press GO

}  Bookshare sent you a login and password, }  Login is your email

}  You will see your name at the top of the page.

}  You must be logged in to download copyright books.

}  Teachers can only download copyright books for students that have qualified for Bookshare.

}  You do not need to be logged in to download non copyright text.

}  Login. You will see your name on the page if you are logged in.

}  Type the exact name of the book and press search.

}  Always use ROL to search and download books. }  Make sure you are logged in. }  Find the book and select the DAISY format }  The download process will start.

}  Always use ROL to search and download books. }  Make sure you are logged in. }  A teacher signed in will look like this. Always download the

DAISY format }  Follow the onscreen prompts to download after you click the

}  Place the cursor where you want to start reading.

}  Press the speaker to start and stop the reading.