Hey Mac Software delivers Narrator for Teen Literature Day
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Apr 15, 2009 at 11:00am
Hey Mac Software says its Narrator multimedia story delivery app will be available in the Apple App Store worldwide tomorrow, April 16, which is Teen Literature Day. Narrator serves as a multimedia e-reader/audiobook player and publishing platform for those looking to bring their stories onto the iPhone and iPod touch and enhance them in ways that will appeal to children and teens.
The app offers three story telling modes—including audio playback synched with an e-reader – ideal for enhancing reading comprehension in all types of learners. Narrator offers built-in interaction with stories through web links, scripts, etc. Also, a range of layout options can be used to enhance the story: children’s picture books include animated illustrations; and in YA books, characters can receive, read and scroll through emails, chat and text messages, and more that look like their real-life counterparts from the device.
Finally, a built-in dictionary enables readers to look up words they’re reading. The app, bundled with a proof-of-concept young-adult mystery entitled Motive Games, will be available free of charge until April 23—one week after Teen Literature Day—after which it will be sold for US$2.99.
Content for Narrator from the public domain will be available starting tomorrow as well (courtesy Librivox and Project Gutenburg), and Hey Mac Software says it will continue to grow the list of free, public books in the months to come. The company will also make paid content available for Narrator beginning later this spring.
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