The Potential and uses of WORDRAMP®

1. WordRamp® (WR) FOUNDATION A Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Corporation email@wordramp.org Riverbank California

2. The WR format provides literacy to reading challenged adults and youths.. MAKING A DIFFERENCE ! “Let us count the ways.” Fiction and nonfiction books and other literature will be published online using the WR format for adults and others with reading problems. Medical prescription directions will be made readable for the reading challenged. Seniors and others who are too embarrassed to advise their physician or druggist that they are not able to read or understand written directions will have directions they can read. Driver handbooks will be made readable using the WR format for the reading disabled reducing the number of expensive auto accidents and injuries. Public libraries will have a section containing DVDs of books that will be in the WR format for the reading disabled and others. The books could be read on library computers or checked out and read on computers or television sets at home.

3. 5. Voter pamphlets and election literature will be published in theWR format so voters will be able to get information that will help them vote more intelligently. Only 60% of eligible voters vote and participate in government. A large percentage of eligible citizens never register to vote. Having a literate electorate is necessary for a viable democracy. Having election literature in the WR format will invite more people to participate 6. Most businesses, industries and institutions will put their important documents, announcements, memorandums, safety rules, newsletters and such online in the WR format for their reading challenged employees. At least 10% of a typical industrial company’s employees are functionally illiterate. Many novels, short stories, poems, biographies and autobiographies will be put online in the WR format for those who simply enjoy being read to but are reading challenged. And there will be many more. The WordRamp® format provides literacy to reading challenged adults and youths in many ways.

4. Go to wordramp.org to read documents and literature in the WR format. FREE (No Charge). Instructions showing companies and individuals how to add content to the WordRamp library are available at no charge onwordramp.org. Some Alternatives People can get an audio book and the printed version of the book, find the page being read aloud and follow along. A problem with many e-books is that they are abridged and do not match the narration. Electronic books like Kindle have a narrated onscreen text option. They read text aloud using a computer generated voice. Computer generated voices have improved a great deal but can’t match a human voice. There are text-to-speech programs that will read text aloud using a computer voice. WordRamp® FOUNDATION