Read&Write vs. Textio

I use Read&Write every day at work. I constantly have the Screen Masking feature on as this helps relieve/prevent migraines. As my job involves a lot of reading, I find it better to have the computer read it out and I think it's great that you can change the speed and voice to suit you. My students find Read&Write so helpful in classes and when preparing assignments or for exams. Overall, I always recommend this software because it makes such a difference for staff and students. One thing that does need to change is that it doesn't work on the more affordable laptops like Chromebook. A lot of our students have this laptop due to the affordability.

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Scenarios where Textio is well suited include tackling any organization's needs to go through their written material (in our case, job descriptions), identify potential bias and quickly know how to improve it. Identifying language patterns is Textio's forte, so I would say any language review effort could benefit from it.

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• 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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• Job posting review; providing an overall score and recommendations to refine your posting, remove gender bias, and improve the effectiveness
• Company website messaging
• Legal compliance

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• 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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• Price is rather high

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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 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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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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We started by using free tools found online, but none could provide the same level of depth and insights that Textio provides

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Easy to use

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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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• A more targeted posting to our candidate pool

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