Smartling vs. Read&Write

Smartling is great for a company or team that doesn't have the resources to translate multiple properties in-house. It automates the process and makes it much more manageable. If you have a large website that is managed by one local team and not a global team, Smartling is for you.

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I recommend it to everyone! It's great for learning and researching, digesting learning however is best for you, such as listening, seeing it in a different color, etc. It's also great for people just wanting to function while at work. You can do all the fancy-dancy things, but actually, it can just help people get through their day-to-day, which is great!

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• Website translation without the need to build separate websites for additional locales
• Translation of Indesign Documents (ingests text only) without having extract text - simply upload an idml file and download the translated idml file

• Read&Write works well with Word in Office 365 (we are a Microsoft board)
• Read&Write is excellent in the speech to text and text to speech areas.
• We love the prediction tool, especially for users whop are apprehensive to dictate yet still require spelling support.
• We love the collect highlights feature, especially when we are researching a webpage in order to write a research paper.
• We love the summarize tool!

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• Perhaps a global replacement feature for the translation management system (TMS)?

• I wish the Check It tool was available on the web (only in GDocs currently)
• I wish the highlighter/collect highlights would collect citation information (kind of a combination of MyBib and highlighters)
• One weird thing with the Reading tools (text-to-speech) is that if you are zoomed in to FIT on a GDoc it does glitchy stuff (skipping or not displaying) vs when you are at 100% zoom
• why isn't Rewordify in Read&Write in a Google Doc? only on web version? Same for Simplify text tool.

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We think Smartling is the way forward in terms of cloud-based translation management tools.

As an assistive technology software that revolutionizes literacy experiences. With features like text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and vocabulary tools, it empowers learners of all abilities. Its impact extends beyond the classroom, fostering engagement, accessibility, and personalized learning.

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Extremely user friendly and easy to use

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Highly available

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Integrates well and quickly

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I always receive timely and pleasant support from their Help Desk!

I always appreciate the emails with tips, tricks, videos and professional development. The tool is often changing for the better and it's good to stay in the loop. I have also been pleased with the tech support from Texthelp when needed. However, we rarely need tech support for the product. Our sales rep has helped us renew our license multiple times!

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Still trying to get all schools and teachers to buy in that students need this access

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We prefer Smartling as an online CAT tool because it is easy to use and we can onboard new translators quickly without lengthy training cycles. Our customers like Smartling because they can manage all of their translation needs (website, apps, business documents) through one single platform, share style guides, glossaries and translation memory and save on translation cost over time.

Clicker was missing from the list. The benefit of using Read&Write over other software has been its integration with Google, and that it brings all the features into one toolbar. This means we are not adding additional cognitive load to our students.

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Easy to use

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• Helped us win 3 enterprise deals where localization is a must- got us an additional $XXXk ARR.

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• It engages more students in the writing process
• It engages more students in the reading process by allowing struggling learners to listen to text and be able to keep up with the discussions with their typical peers.
• It has improved learning outcomes by giving students tools to promote independence and engage them in the process and allowing them to create their best work.

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