WYNN Tip: An Introduction to WYNN

WYNN Wizard is a software program for those with reading and writing difficulties. WYNN Wizard lets you hear words while you type, files that are already in the computer, and the Internet. However, you must stay within Wynn Wizard's program to use its powerful tools. For example, you would click the "Go to web" choice within Wynn Wizard's blue bar.

WYNN Wizard has four, color-coded tool bars. Clicking on the Next button at the left of each tool bar will rotate through the tool bars.

There is a Read button on each tool bar. Click the Read button to hear each word being spoken at the same time as you see it being spotlighted.

WYNN Tool Bars

On the Blue Tool Bar you can manage your files.

The blue File Management toolbar lets you scan a page, open, close, save, and print files. It also lets you browse the Internet. Use the Text View button, and its partner, the Exact View button, to switch between two different views of the page. Like the other three tool bars, this one includes the Next, Read, Write, Exact View, and Other Document buttons. Our new "Clean-up" button facilitates correction of errors that may occur in the document during scanning. This ensures that the document will be spoken correctly by WYNN, whether reading it in Exact View or Text View.

The Green Tool Bar lets you change the way text looks and sounds.

The green Reading Styles toolbar controls how WYNN presents the document, including the size of the text, spacing, margins, and the type of font used – all to make the page more readable and customized for the user. Plus, there's the popular Mask button, which "masks out" everything on the page except the section you wish to read.

The Pink Tool Bar helps you study and learn.

The pink Study Tools toolbar gives you access to a talking dictionary and a thesaurus; lets you add a bookmark, text, or voice note to the document; and allows you to highlight selected text using brightly colored "markers." You can spell a word aloud or break it into syllables. With the List feature, instantaneously move highlighted or bookmarked text into a separate document to create vocabulary lists, study guides, and more.

The Yellow Tool Bar helps with writing.

The yellow Writing Tools toolbar helps create or edit a document. Our buttons let you cut, copy or paste text, run a spell check, or ask WYNN to find a specific word in the document. The word prediction feature helps struggling writers and spellers. Students can also create and manage outlines. Students can use the Homophone button to verify the correct word usage in their document. It is important to learn to spell these words as there are no spelling rules to help you remember them. The word's definition, along with the definitions of other like-sounding words, are available for selection and reading aloud.

Updated April, 2007 by Sheila Johnson.