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<span style="color:#808080"> <span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">'''Find Resources by Topic'''</span></span></span><br/>


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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> Membership in AMAC means that students will be able to access their textbooks in a format that best meets their needs, including E-Text, Audiobook, or Braille. Orders for textbooks must be placed by the disability service provider (DSP) at the school. Contact the DSP for additional information. Braille orders will be shipped to the DSP, while E-Text and Audiobook orders will be available for download. </span></span><br/>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> Membership in AMAC means that students will be able to access their textbooks in a format that best meets their needs, including E-Text, Audiobook, or Braille. Orders for textbooks must be placed by the disability service provider (DSP) at the school. Contact the DSP for additional information. Braille orders will be shipped to the DSP, while E-Text and Audiobook orders will be available for download. For more information, please see <span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> AMAC Overview for Students [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/images/9/91/AMAC_Overview_for_Students.pdf PDF]<span> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"></span><br/><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"></span></span><br/>


<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">AMAC membership gives students access to the Student Download Center where they can: </span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">AMAC membership gives students access to the [https://amacusg.org/studentcenter.php Student Download Center] where they can: </span></span>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Check the status of book orders </span></span><br/>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Check the status of book orders </span></span><br/>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Download completed electronic book files </span></span><br/>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Download completed electronic book files </span></span><br/>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Download software that will read books out loud </span></span>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Download software that will read books out loud </span></span>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Place a request for alternative format textbooks </span></span>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">View video tutorials</span></span><br/><br/>
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">View video tutorials</span></span><br/><br/>


<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Overview for Students [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/images/9/91/AMAC_Overview_for_Students.pdf PDF]<span> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"></span><br/><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Detailed Student Guide [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/images/b/be/Student_Guide_2012Update.pdf PDF] &#124; [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/images/e/ec/Student_Guide_2012Updatenew.docx MS Word Doc]</span> </span> </span></span></span></span><br/>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Getting Started Tutorials<span> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"></span><br/><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8dPAFfcpzk&feature=youtu.be Tour of AMAC Student Download Center]</span> </span> </span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8dPAFfcpzk&feature=youtu.be Tour of AMAC Student Download Center]</span> </span> </span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGOCYFhgQI&feature=youtu.be Downloading Books]</span></span></span></span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGOCYFhgQI&feature=youtu.be Downloading Books]</span></span></span></span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Request:_Instructions_for_Students Placing a request]</span></span></span></span></span></span><br/><br/>


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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Students have access to download a number of assistive technology software programs, including programs with text to speech and synchronized visual highlighting. To download software to use with e-text books, click on the Software tab in the Student Download Center.<br/><br/>For more information on specific software, see the links below:<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/ClaroRead_for_PC ClaroRead for PC]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/ClaroRead_for_Mac ClaroRead for Mac]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/PDF_Equalizer PDF Equalizer]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/PDF_Aloud PDF Aloud]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/Dolphin%20Easy%20Reader Dolphin EasyReader]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Available_Software All Software]</span></span></span></span></span><br/>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Students have access to download a number of assistive technology software programs, including programs with text to speech and synchronized visual highlighting. To download software to use with e-text books, click on the Software tab in the Student Download Center.
 
<br/><br/>To get started, please see the following video tutorials:<br/>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A31CA479D1F8699 ClaroRead tutorials]</span><br/>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg5usZie2Rg&list=PL1E51A91469CECD7E PDF Equalizer tutorials]</span><br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/docs/AMAC_Premier_Literacy_Webinar_031814/AMAC_Premier_Literacy_Webinar_031814.html Premier Literacy webinar]</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"></span> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><br/>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoV0CvbZfh8&index=6&list=PL5hYSAF7G4rkXqPswfXkdqM1YpNfdiE4h Navigating PDF E-textbooks]</span></span><br/><br/>
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= <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="color:#005da4"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">'''<span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">Mobile Devices and Tablets</span></span>'''</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br/> =
= <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="color:#005da4"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">'''<span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">iPads, Tablets, and Mobile Devices</span></span>'''</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br/> =


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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Students can request the [http://www.claro-apps.com/ClaroSpeak.html ClaroSpeak] or [http://www.clarosoftwaredownloads.com/blog/?m=201306 ClaroPDF] apps when logged in at the AMAC Student Download Center. Both apps include text to speech functionality for reading and highlighting PDFs on the iPad.<br/><br/>Please see the following resources for recommendations for reading PDFs on Android devices and other tablets: [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Mobile_Devices_and_Tablets Mobile Devices]<br/><br/>Please note all mobile devices, including iPads and Android tablets, require a zip utility app such as WinZip to open zipped files. All AMAC Books are in a .zip format when downloaded from the AMAC Student Download Center.</span></span></span></span></span><br/>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Students can request the [http://www.claro-apps.com/clarospeak/ ClaroSpeak] or [http://www.clarosoftwaredownloads.com/blog/?m=201306 ClaroPDF] apps when logged in at the AMAC Student Download Center. Both apps include text to speech functionality for reading and highlighting PDFs on the iPad.<br/><br/>Please see the following resources for recommendations for reading PDFs on Android devices and other tablets: [http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Mobile_Devices_and_Tablets Mobile Devices]<br/><br/>Please note all mobile devices, including iPads and Android tablets, require a zip utility app such as WinZip to open zipped files. All AMAC Books are in a .zip format when downloaded from the AMAC Student Download Center.</span></span></span></span></span><br/>


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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Please see the following user guides and videos for more information on various topics:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br/>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Please see the following user guides and videos for more information on various topics:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br/>
<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/ClaroRead_for_PC ClaroRead for PC]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/ClaroRead_for_Mac ClaroRead for Mac]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Claro_BookReader_for_PC Claro BookReader for PC]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/PDF_Equalizer PDF Equalizer]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/PDF_Aloud PDF Aloud]<br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Dolphin_Easy_Reader Dolphin EasyReader]<br/>[http://get.adobe.com/reader/?promoid=KLXME_Adobe Acrobat Reader XI]<br/>
[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Available_Software All Software]</span></span></span></span></span><br/><br/>


<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serfit"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A31CA479D1F8699 ClaroRead tutorials]</span><br/>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg5usZie2Rg&list=PL1E51A91469CECD7E PDF Equalizer tutorials]</span><br/>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/docs/AMAC_Premier_Literacy_Webinar_031814/AMAC_Premier_Literacy_Webinar_031814.html Premier Literacy webinar]</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"></span> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><br/>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6QG1LJO3Y Navigating PDF E-textbooks]</span></span>


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*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/ClaroRead_for_Mac Tips for Setting up ClaroRead on a Mac] </span></span> </span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/ClaroRead_for_Mac Tips for Setting up ClaroRead on a Mac] </span></span> </span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Problems installing ClaroRead on a Mac] </span></span> </span>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Problems installing ClaroRead on a Mac] </span></span> </span>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Download Message: The signature of this program is corrupt or invalid.]</span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Installation Message: Read&Write Gold is damaged and can't be opened.]</span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Windows 8 Smartscreen Prevented an unrecognized app from starting] </span></span> </span>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Windows 8 Smartscreen Prevented an unrecognized app from starting] </span></span> </span>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting ClaroRead not displaying text properly as it reads] </span></span> </span>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting PDF Aloud will not work with Adobe Reader XI]</span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting PDF Aloud will not work with Adobe Reader XI]</span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Disabling Touchscreen Mode on applicable devices]</span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Tips for Installing Learning Ally App]</span></span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span>[http://www.amacusg.gatech.edu/wiki/index.php/Student_Support/Troubleshooting Customer Support via Remote Access]</span></span></span><br/>


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Using the AMAC Student Download Center

Membership in AMAC means that students will be able to access their textbooks in a format that best meets their needs, including E-Text, Audiobook, or Braille. Orders for textbooks must be placed by the disability service provider (DSP) at the school. Contact the DSP for additional information. Braille orders will be shipped to the DSP, while E-Text and Audiobook orders will be available for download. For more information, please see AMAC Overview for Students PDF

AMAC membership gives students access to the Student Download Center where they can:

  1. Check the status of book orders
  2. Download completed electronic book files
  3. Download software that will read books out loud
  4. Place a request for alternative format textbooks
  5. View video tutorials

Getting Started Tutorials

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Text to Speech Software

Students have access to download a number of assistive technology software programs, including programs with text to speech and synchronized visual highlighting. To download software to use with e-text books, click on the Software tab in the Student Download Center.

To get started, please see the following video tutorials:
ClaroRead tutorials
PDF Equalizer tutorials

Premier Literacy webinar

Navigating PDF E-textbooks



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iPads, Tablets, and Mobile Devices

Students can request the ClaroSpeak or ClaroPDF apps when logged in at the AMAC Student Download Center. Both apps include text to speech functionality for reading and highlighting PDFs on the iPad.

Please see the following resources for recommendations for reading PDFs on Android devices and other tablets: Mobile Devices

Please note all mobile devices, including iPads and Android tablets, require a zip utility app such as WinZip to open zipped files. All AMAC Books are in a .zip format when downloaded from the AMAC Student Download Center.


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Other Resources

Please see the following user guides and videos for more information on various topics:

ClaroRead for PC
ClaroRead for Mac
Claro BookReader for PC
PDF Equalizer
PDF Aloud
Dolphin EasyReader
Acrobat Reader XI
All Software


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Troubleshooting




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Contact Us

  1. Email amactech@amac.gatech.edu
  2. Make a support call (24/7)
  3. Call toll free: 866-418-2750 (M-F 8:30-4:30 EST/EDT)