Tuesday, January 17, 2012
World Book Discover
The World Book Discover has several nice features to help users who may struggle with reading English. One nice feature is the "translate text into" option, this allows the user to change the language of the text from English into the language of the user's choice. I was impressed with the variety of languages offered. Another nice feature is the read text aloud toolbar, this feature allows the user to have the text from an article read to them in English. Some people understand English better verbally than if they read. The final feature I want to mention is the double-click dictionary. If at any time a user does not know a particular word they can double-click their mouse on that word and a dictionary will open that provides definition and pronunciation information about that word. All of these features combine to provide much assistance for those who struggle to read English.
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Thanks for your comments, Jeff. We love all those features, too, and want to make sure you know that they are available in ALL World Book modules.I hope you'll take a minute to explore some of the special features in Discover, especially the Visual Dictionary and World Book Explains videos.
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