Two computer skills to help with Senior Sem work

First, to "annotate" (highlight, make comments, etc) to a PDF. If you have a mac, open the PDF on your computer using Preview.

Then, watch this simple video showing you how to annotate. Right at the beginning he covers highlighting and underlining, around the 2:50 mark he covers writing "notes," or comments.

Next, to get your computer to READ the readings back to you! If you have a mac and are in Safari, highlight the text you want to hear. Then right click (or press Control while you click) and go to Speech. Click Start Speaking, and walla! It will speak to you.

I find this very useful-I listen and read along and it seems to make more sense.

To adjust the pace of the reading or the voice, you can to go System Preferences.

If you are unlucky enough NOT to have a mac, you can get Microsoft Word to read to you. Open your document in word, click View, then Toolbars, the Speech, and select your speech and click Start Speaking.

I hope this helps!

PS my 86 year old grandpa will be visiting class tomorrow, and he is reading Nicomachean Ethics tonight. It is difficult for him to hear in noisy settings, FYI.