Read&Write Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It can read words and sentences out loud, which helps us understand tricky words. We also use it to highlight important information and check our spelling when we write. It’s like having a helper on the computer that makes reading and writing easier and more fun!

Likelihood to Recommend

During a reading center, a student selects a nonfiction article in Google Docs but struggles with decoding longer words. They use Read&Write to have the text read aloud, following along as each word is highlighted. When they encounter unfamiliar vocabulary like “migration”, they use the picture dictionary to better understand the concept.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I help teach students how to access their academics through Read&Write. We have about 40 kids actively using it on our caseload and my job is to teach them how it can help. We use it for students who have specific learning disabilities, specifically dyslexia, and it helps them immensely to independently access their work.

Likelihood to Recommend

I like how diverse the tools are and that they can target specific needs while also being broad enough to be used by everyone. I have students who use the Co-Writer tool to write emails to their teachers. I have students who get tired from reading on their own and will use the text to speech aspect of it. I do have students who have cerebral palsy and it is hard for the program to understand their voice, so they have a hard time using the speech to text part.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Read&Write for our students from year 7 to year 13 on their chromebooks, where the provision is deemed beneficial by the SENCO. Students use the software in lessons and for homework and if they qualify they will use it in public exams. Students use it to aid comprehension of text and to help with their learning.

Likelihood to Recommend

Read&Write has given students confidence in exams, having the control to repeat sections of text as many times as they need without the embarrassment they had with human readers.

Using the software at home is very beneficial to students who would have extra support during the school day.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Read&Write for our high school students. All students have access to it, but we especially encourage students with a learning disability in reading or writing to use it to complete assignments. Some of our students have trouble getting their thoughts into words, or reading a large amount of text and Read&Write assists with this.

Likelihood to Recommend

When students are trying to log into Read&Write but the tool bar doesn't open right away, students get frustrated and don't want to use it. We like the text to speech component for Read&Write, but we wish it could be used not online (for paperback novels). When the program works like it's supposed to and a student needs it for something online, it can be very helpful.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have a district wide license for Read&Write and it helps us address necessary accommodations for students per their 504s and IEPs as well as reaches general ed students who may benefit from the tools as well. We started with a license for SPED only and increased to district wide a few years ago.

Likelihood to Recommend

It works well for my students who are not reading at grade level but need a way to access their electronic material independently. Often times my secondary students don't want a paraeducator sitting with them reading aloud. It's also great for my students who have difficulty composing text via handwriting or typing because this allows them to use their voice instead. Regarding less appropriate, I really haven't run into that yet for the students I've assessed.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use this in our school for staff and students to use in daily tasks/lessons and assessments. The features available are useful in all subject areas and give students man opportunities in the day to work independently. Our neurodivergent/low vision students love using this tool regularly to complete learning tasks.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's great for teaching and learning for students that need to communicate their understanding in other ways. At the moment, we don't use Google Classroom or have managed school laptops, so we can't use the Data desk to control the extension during assessments. Having the ability to use data desk without google classroom would be great for us.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have moved from human readers to assistive technology. At the moment we use it mainly in official exams but some students use it to increase independence. The feedback we are getting is very positive, students report to be more confident, to spend less time with homework and to be able to understand lessons and assignments better. There has been an increase in number of students who make use of their Exam Access Arrangements because 'using Read & Write doesn't feel like standing out'.

We are looking forward to keeping exploring the possibilities that Read & Write brings to our school.

Likelihood to Recommend

It works very well at home. For exams and homework the text to speech function is really useful. In lessons is good too. The text to speech is more complicated to use because the candidates/ students need a different room. We also need more training on how to use this function.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for students to help them access their education and support their IEP goals. Breaks barriers such as spelling challenges, , understanding, decoding and access to translation and allows students to show what they know. There is an easy admin side to Read&Write and they are constantly improving.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is appropriate for students that will use it to support their literacy tasks and goals appropriately without relying on things such as the word prediction for all of their writing. It also is not appropriate for students who still haven’t grasped sentence structure, typing, or need more guidance or word banks. Still might be less perfect for an English language learner but now it is pretty much the only tool. Hoping the merging of products means the features will all eventually be there

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Read&Write has been a gamechanger in helping students undertaking GCSE and A-Level examinations to access exam papers without the use of a human reader, where they struggle reading the paper themselves and are entitled to assistance. It gives the students more control over their exam, and means the organisation don't have to pay for multiple people across multiple exams to sit with our less able students and read the papers out loud.

Likelihood to Recommend

Very well suited for examinations.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Read&Write in our classrooms. The product has been a valuable tool for students that do not like to write for various reasons. Students with poor spelling skills use the word predication and the text to speech feature. Students with lagging fine motor abilities that impedes fluent writing use the app because it eliminates the hurdle that hand writing poses.

Likelihood to Recommend

Read&Write is suited to students that are capable of working independently. It is not suited to students with poor phonemic awareness or limited cognitive ability.