Yoleo: I can read!

Edmar Schut

Introducing Dedicon

Our Mission:

reading for all

everybody

any time

any place

any where

any thing

where

Introducing Dedicon

• Dutch non-profit organisation.

• Produces and distributes books, newspapers,

magazines, music scores, etc. to over 30,000

people with a print impairment in the Netherlands.

• Print impairment includes visual impairment, but

also dyslexia, adhd, physical impairments, etc.

• Products include Braille, large print, Daisy audio,

and various digital text formats.

Educational material

• Funded by the Dutch government

• Over 15,000 active users (> 90%

dyslexic)

• Over 100,000 reproductions

(yearly)

• In close cooperation with

publishers and schools (for the

visually impaired)

Educational Daisy audio books

• Production: yearly approx. 1.000 new

schoolbooks

Primary and secondary education

• Collection approx. 10.000 school books

• Reproduction > 50.000 cd’s/downloads

• Dyslexic and visually impaired users

Educational accessible “e-texts”

• Production:

yearly approx. 2.000 new e-texts for braille users

Yearly approx. 1.000 new e-texts for dyslexic users

Yearly approx. 1.500 “photo-pdfs” for large print

• Reproduction > 50.000 cd’s/downloads

Audio and e-Tekst: Yoleo!

Make reading fun!

Yoleo: a complete reading experience

What is Yoleo about?

• Attractive design: designed by and for children

• Easy access: free registration

• 80 populair books Different reading levels

Free samples

• Embedded game

• Collect reading points; dress up your virtual reading room

• Community: tip a book to a friend

Multimodal reading

Combines full text with human narrated audio,

aligned at word level

Yoleo: demo

Demonstration

http://www.yoleo.nl

Content production

• ePub3 content with media overlays

Conversion PDF to HTML

Human narrated audio

Automated alignment on word level

SMIL

• Conversion to Daisy 2.02

full text / full audio

Reading miles, collecting points

Try sample book 10 points

Every minute 3 points

Finishing a chapter 20 points

Continuous reading > 60 min 75 points

Completing a book 250 points

Writing a review 50 points

Writing a summary 50 points

Reading module

• Online player embedded in yoleo.nl web site

In house development (reading progress monitoring)

Read anywhere on every platform

Start reading in classroom, continue at home

• iPad app available in app Store

Yoleo: facts & figures

• Social media: > 60.000 persons

• website: >100.000 visits

• Registered users: >10.000 Between 5-30 new users/day

• 80 populair children books

• Price per book € 5,99

• Appreciation by users: 8,8

• Very much appreciated by

Remedial Teachers

Awards and partnerships

Future developments?

• More multimodal

• More developments in close cooperation with

the users

• More content, especially non fiction

• More in close collaboration with publishers

(ePUB3/EDUPUB?)

• Android app

Thank you for your attention!