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Tar Heel Reader always has been and will remain free for anyone to use.
That said, it does cost something to run this service. For example we bought a new server to run the site because it was getting too busy for the shared system we were using. The $2,856 for the new hardware was covered from funds that were intended for other purposes (like supporting students developing the next big thing).
Several of you have asked how you could support Tar Heel Reader. Here’s your chance. You can give online by going to the college giving site. When you get there, fill out the required personal info, and then under Gift Designation, select Other, and fill in Tar Heel Reader in the box labeled Department or Fund. I wish we could have a simple Donate link using PayPal but the university doesn’t roll that way.
Or, if you prefer, you can mail an old fashioned check to: Department of Computer Science, Sitterson Hall CB3175, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Make it payable to the Department of Computer Science and mark it for Tar Heel Reader.
In closing I’ll repeat that Tar Heel Reader is free for anyone to use.
March 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
This is surely one of the very best sites I have ever used. As an autism coach working with staff and families, I appreciate the necessity of tailoring reading material to the highly selective interests of many autistic students. Thank You.
The check really IS in the mail.
April 19th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I cannot get past the invitation code to register. What needs to be put in that space?
May 8th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I have the same question as Pam would very much like to register on your site but have no invitation code. Where and how do I get one
May 8th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
love your site
May 13th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I also need an invitation code to register. Can you help with this?
Thanks,
Michele
May 14th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I need a register code. Can you help with this?
May 15th, 2009 at 7:44 am
I am trying to register, but need an invitation code. How do I find that information. Please Help. Thanks!!
May 28th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I also would like to register and need the code. thank you.
May 29th, 2009 at 3:40 am
I would like to get a invitation code to register. Thanks in advance and congratulations for your site.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Hi, I am trying to help a teacher register for Tarheel Reader; I registered a few months ago and donated to the site as well.
I haven’t used the site for about a month and my password was not accepted. Help please; we are trying to create books for our autistic adolescent students.
Thanks Madeline
June 29th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Please send an invitation code. I am a reading teacher and would love to contribute some great books to your collection.
September 21st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Could you please send me an invitation code? I learned about your website at an orientation session – my son is a freshman at UNC.
I am a coordinator/instructor for Adult Basic Skills at Vance-Granville Community College. As a literacy project, my GED level students would like to write a book for this website.
Thanks,
Cathy Barham
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I would love to use this site with my special education class. I need an invitational code to register. How do I get this?
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:08 am
How to print a book?
September 25th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Thank you for this wonderful site. My students love it! They are thrilled to be authors. Really the best thing to ever happen to literacy education. Thanks again.
September 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Hello,
I love the site. Will you please send me an invitiation code?
October 1st, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I am trying to register but can not get past the invitation code. Could you please advise?
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I am trying to write a book but cannot navigate beyond the page where you add a picture.
October 11th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I would like the invitation code. Is there one for educators?? How do we get them. Anyone else above that had the same question, could you please advise??
October 12th, 2009 at 11:25 am
i love your site. i am a paraprofessional working with moderate mental children. they love the site too. please sent me an invitation code so we can write our own books. thank you so much.
peggy davis
October 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I don’t know how or whereto get an access code Can you help?
October 19th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I have had a chance to view some of your books and found them wonderful! I have been doing the same kind of books for several years now for the Alt-MSA. I would like to registar for your site to increase the number and types of books our students have access to; I know how long they can take to develop. Please send me an invitation code so that I can registar. Thanks, Linda
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
This is a great site. How do I get an access code? Can you send me one???
October 26th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I would like to have an access code, because I would like to make a book in my english classes. Could I, please, have one?
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Is there a way to slow down the rate of the speech reader? Is there a way to move the copy and pictures up so that the 2 boxes that say next page and go back do not cover the type on the book?
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:14 pm
We do not support controlling the speech speed. The best way to do that is to download powerpoint for the book and then use nice PowerTalk program to read it.
You can shrink the text using zoom in browsers such as Firefox (View -> Zoom -> Zoom Out). The best books have really short captions so there is not overlap problem.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:36 am
I would love to register with Tar Heel website but i don’t know how to get an invitation code. Hope i hear from you soon.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:55 am
How do i change the language to write a book?
November 6th, 2009 at 7:37 am
I would also like to register with you. I’ve used some of your books and would like to contribute one I made for my students. Can I have the invitation code that is required. Thanks!
November 9th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
This would be a wonderful learning tool for some of our low, more functional curriculum children. Please send me an invitation code.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Hi, this website is really great! I’ll be using this in the classroom for my students to access. I’ve been doing powerpoint presentation in class when I discuss topics/themes and want to share it. I want to register to create/ write a book. Can I have the invitation access code? I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
November 12th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I also need an invitation code. I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time. Thanks
November 13th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I would like an invitation code, please.
Thank you for such a wonderful site.
November 13th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I’d ove to add some books. My students are perfect for your program
November 15th, 2009 at 5:53 am
I am an English teacher in Mallorca (Spain). I would like to get a invitation code to register. Thanks in advance and congratulations for your site.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:02 am
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November 16th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I would like to use your web site to make ebooks for and with my students. I tried to regester but in the Invitation Code filed I don’t know what to put. Could you help? I saw this used at a Blue Ridge PBS workshop I attended in Rocky Mount, VA this weekend and it would be a great tool to use with my SPED kids. Thanks alot either way! th
November 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am
May I please have an invitation code to access your website. I am a special needs teacher in Texas who could really use the age approrpriate materials at a lower reading level.
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I am a speech language pathologist who would love to create books with a variety of students with langauge based learning disablititis. Please send me an invitation code. Thanks. This is a terrific application!
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I would like to use this web site for my students. Please send me an invitation code. This is a really awesome site.
December 6th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I was in a Master’s level class for Autism and the presenter couldn’t say enough about your site. I would like an invitation code to register. Thanks in advance!
December 14th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
have a 5 year old daughter with Down syndrome who would love to make books on this site. I am not sure how to get an invitation code. Thank you,
Sherry
January 6th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
I love your site, but need an invitation code please. I am the tech specialist for an elementary school, and we would love to use this!
January 7th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
I am a first and second grade teacher and I am extremely interested in using your website with some of my students! Can you please send me an invatation code? Thanks!
January 8th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I also need the invitation code. Please send it at your earliest convenience. Thanks!
January 8th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
I also need the invitation code. Please sent it at your earliest convenience. Thank you. I can’t wait to get started.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Please send invitation code. I’m a teacher of students with significant and multiple disabilities.
January 20th, 2010 at 8:03 am
I have been reading the terrific books available on Tar Heel Reader. I am a Year 1 teacher and would love to have access to your books reading and writing for my students. May I please have an invitation code. Thank you
January 25th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
I am a college teacher and would appreciate an invitation code. Thank you!
February 4th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I need an invitation code to register.. Please forward that to me. Thank You!
February 11th, 2010 at 8:31 am
I would like an invitation code to start writing books with my students. Thanks
February 18th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I am the technology instructor/facilitator at a small private school in Wichita Falls, Tx. This site is the greatest idea, and I would love to share your resource with our elementary school teachers. However, I need an invitation code to register. Please forward one to me. Thank you!
February 19th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Can you please send me the invitation code? I’m an English teacher. Thank you.
February 24th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I am an SLP and I would love to have access to an invitation code in order to write some books! Thanks.
February 25th, 2010 at 3:37 am
Can I please have an invitation code to register? Many thanks.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:01 am
I am a tutor at Latch-On in Bundaberg Aust. We teach Literacy and technology to young adults with an intellectual disability and I would love to have an ivitation code please. thanks.
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:00 am
Can I have a invitation code to register, Please? Thank you
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:54 pm
I would like the code needed to write a book. Please email me the code when you are able.
Thank You!
March 8th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Yep..you guessed it I would love a code too! I’m an English Teacher at a center in South Korea and I know the kids will love this. Cheers!