Tar Heel Reader
Tar Heel Reader is indeed a remarkable development. I’ve now given it a try and have created a book about cats. It ’s very easy to do. It has to be the easiest way to make a talking book.
It’s here; http://tarheelreader.org/2008/09/08/cats-can/
There are a few things to note;
- You need to register before you can make your own books, so give yourself some time to do this and receive the activation key
- You can create books and save them as drafts. These will not appear on the Tar Heel Reader site until you publish them.
- When you save a book, it might not be evident that it has been saved. It almost certainly has. To continue editing, use the book or publish it, go to ;” Books you wrote”
There seems to be an intermittent fault, as I was not able to create a Powerpoint presentation from it this time, but it worked perfectly in the web based version.
The save to Powerpoint, Open Office and Flash .swf options seem to be working well now. This is by far the easisest way to make simple presentations.
I am still bemused by this name for the people of North Carolina. There is even a talking book about it; http://tarheelreader.org/2008/09/04/tar-heels/
