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Winlucy

Short description

Originally Winlucy was born as a software that allows deafblind people using a personal computer in "a simplified way", and soon it has found also, a great consensus in many people, also whithout hany disability, who want to easily use a PC.

The specific characteristics of this program are the easier accessibility and a standard interaction with the PC by speech, braille and magnification.

The user interacts with WinLucy thanks to the program's ability to handle braille and also, if the user has a residual hearing is possible to use the speech. Then, the basic information are enlarged.
Currently with Winlucy the compatible braille displais are the following:

• Nippon Telesoft Touchme (Seika version 3, 4 and 5 40 cell) and Touchme 80 (80 cell).
• HIMS Braille Edge (40 cell), Braille Sense (32 cell) and Braille Sense On Hand (18 cell).
• Nippon Telesoft Luce Braille (MiniSeika, 16 cell).

Regarding the speech, the program is able to relieve the speech Sapi5 installed in the PC and, if it is not possible to find any installed voice, download and install automatically hte open source speech Espeak.

About the visualization, it is possible to choose between different color modes and caracters' size.

In this program is possible to operate with a reduced set of keys:

• Down/up arrow moves through the different options.
• Enter access to the selected option.
• Esc escapes or goes to the previous option.
• Alt access to the option's menu.

Those are the program's functions:

• Editor (txt and rtf files)
  It is possible to edit, save, open the files in Winlucy's document folder. The default folder in wich you work is the folder Winlucy\Documents in the user's document folder; in the latest program's version, this folder is freely configurable.


• Addres manager
  It is possible to manage a names' list.


• Schedule Manager
  It is possible to manage daily commitments.


• Media Player
  It is possible to reproduce wav, mp3 and wma audio files contained in the folder WinLucy\Music; in the latest program's version, this folder is freely configurable.


• E-mail
  It is a real e-mail client. It is possible to configure ap to two already existing e-mail accounts, inserting the identification data, it is also possible to request a new Winlucy e-mail account (as for example name.surname@winlucy.uk). Clearly, to use this instrument, the user must have an internet connection.


• Internet
  This program enables a facilitated access to some interesting websites such as:
  • Il Gazzettino
  • Wikipedia
  • Televideo
  • Orario dei treni
  • Corriere della Sera
  • Il meteo
  • Pagine bianche
  • Youtube
  • Free Navigation
  Clearly, to be able to use this tool, the user must have a internet connection.


• Audiobooks
  To search for, download and listen to the Audiobooks from theCentro Internazionale del Libro Parlato di Feltre or to listen to the audiobooks that you already have.


• Skype
  To manage in a simplified way SkyP's calls and messages.


• File manager
  Gives the possibiliti to explore the folders' content and perform the most common operations on them and on the files inside them.
  
• Games
  There are two games. The first one is "Braille Tiles". You have to match the tiles whith the cursor routing buttons of the braille display. The game works only if there is a braille display connected. The seconnd game is the famous card game called Briscola.


• Pinopedia
  To see thousands of tips on recipes and personal autonomy.


• Service functions
  The program has also other functions such as calculator, stopwatch and the cuontdown. Moreover there is the function Update WinLucy" allows to check if there is a new updating on the website www.winlucy.it and, if so, it asks to the user if he/she wonts to update the program. If we wont to update the program, the update instals and the program will restart automatically restart. This allows to keep the program always updated to the latest version, published on the website.


• Settings
  Allows to costumize the program's settings.


• User manual
  Contains the instructions for using the program, divided by function.


• Exit WinLucy
  Allows to exit the program in different ways (Exit whitout turning off the PC, Exit and turn off the PC, etc.).

To move between the various options, use Up/Down arrow. Selected a option, press Enter to open it. To go back press Escape.
Once an option has been opened, pressing the button Alt it is possible to access a menu where you can choose its options. For the details about the different function, consult the relevant sections.

The program is distributed free and over time it will be enriched thaks to your requests.

The completely free version uses the speach Espeak while the hig quality speach such as Ivona Giorgio or Carla are available for 80 euro iva included.

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How to get the program

Scarica Winlucy

Winlucy is simple to install, but you must be connected to the internet during the installation, so that the software can download automatically all the components.

Update' history

To know all the news about the developement of Winlucy's, Read the page about the upgrades .

How to collaborate and get support

The best way to impruve the program is to report if there are any malfunctions and proposing New ideas.
So we invite the new users to subscribe to the discussion list about Winlucy, sending a empty message to the following address:
winlucy-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
and answering with an empty message to the confirmation e-mail that you will receive.
Once that you are enrolled, to send a message to the list, send a mail to winlucy@yahoogroups.com
Who is enrolled, has the advantage to know when new functions are added or problems are solved.

Autore

WinLucy was born in Genuary 2012 it was designed and developed by the ingeneer Luciano Muratore who is working in Tiflosystem.
You can write directly to the autor to the address luciano.muratore@tiflosystem.it

This program is dedicated to the memory of the Dott.ssa Lucia Guderzo; You can read her biography in this page.

In her name was also, established the "Fondazione Lucia Guderzo". For further information see the website www.fondazioneluciaguderzo.it.

news and initiativs about Winlucy's world

Braille Competition for young students!

Last update: the 11th of September 2013