Helpful, wonderful software
I use Read&Write myself and I set it up on my students' laptops too. Many of our students have dyslexia, ADHD, ADD etc which can …
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What is Read&Write?
Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work.
Recent Reviews
Great intuitive software
I use it to proofread things back, to gather highlights from different documents. I’m neurodivergent so often make mistakes.
Read&Write for students
We use Read&Write as an assitive technology option for staff and students. It is available across all networked computers. it was obtained …
Read&Write & Orbitnote Reader app on Chromebooks - great for easy text to speech
We have been using the Read&Write app for years at the school and works very well. Now that we've moved over to Chromebooks we …
Powerful software that provides for everyone
We use Read&Write to assist students of all abilities improve their writing and ability to understand complex passages of text.<br>In …
Read & Write - Fantastic Product!
Deployed to all Students Chromebook 1:1 devices - assists students with a range of SEN needs. We also promote it as part of our Year 7 …
Read&Write is improving equitable access!
This product helps our organization provide equitable services and aligns with our vision for Universal Design for Learning. We provide …
Read&Write ensures a level playing field
Many students across our school use Read&Write. They may be dyslexic, they may be slower at processing text or require their screen to be …
Read&Write is a great tool to support all learners
We use this across our multi academy trust to support literacy and SEND. This is around 22500 students and 3000 staff. I promote the tool …
Enhancing Learning and Literacy Experiences
As a Special Educational Needs School with many pupils with literacy difficulties, Read&Write is invaluable. We have pupils with severe …
Read&Write Review
Our main use is for students with required needs for exams. These students are able to access the software through their Chromebook …
Read&Write for Google is great!
Our school district uses Read&Write in grades 3-12 for all students. We have a subscription that includes Read&Write, Orbit Note, and …
Read&Write Review
Since I work at a district school board, Read&Write is primarily used as a Tier 1 education support as well as a Tier 3 support for …
Read&Write is a gamechanger for students
Read&Write is our primary literacy software. Our business is higher education and this software addresses our needs in terms of providing …
Support All Our Students
We use Read&Write across our school board to support all our teachers and students. We encourage whole classroom use of the tool to …
How Read&Write Differs From Its Competitors
Platforms and Devices
It is really important for the students to feel like they have the support they need and feel comfortable to ask for further help if needs be. Read&Write is great because they can use it in class and at home which makes things like homework easier and more accessible, especially if they are …
Platforms and Devices
It's good to know that we have a reliable learning aid that is easily available to students and staff with no hassle of unique installs. It is deployed to the school and mainly used on the Chromebooks and works well. The fact that it works so well on the Chromebooks is important to use as we …
Platforms and Devices
It is everything. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to all content and opportunities is the whole purpose of education.<br>Giving every stakeholder the capability to have the best interaction possible with the organisation provides confidence and assurance. Students leave feeling supported …
Platforms and Devices
It is a no brainer - It means no student is at a disadvantage based on their needs and it helps increase their confidence in all school settings
Platforms and Devices
Having access to Read&Write for Google in our school district means the difference between students being dependent on an adult to assist with reading, writing, editing, note taking, etc. to students being more engaged and willing to use the tools to produce their own work that they can be proud …
Platforms and Devices
I think that being able to have our staff and student access assistive technology tools that they need to be successful anywhere they are online is ultimate accessibility. I have really seen Read&Write's universal accessibility grow since we adopted Read&Write in 2020. Our students are now able to …
Platforms and Devices
It's highly important for us to provide our students with the tools to be successful in their academic pursuits. Our college strives to set an example to our community and partners in the area of accommodations and accessibility services. Part of that is being able to provide our students …
Platforms and Devices
From an accontability standpoint we have covered accessibility, we can check that box. Beyond that, the ease and universal ability to support staff and students is a beautiful thing.
Platforms and Devices
It is such a game changer for so many of our students, and is easy to support.
Platforms and Devices
Meeting a student's individual learning needs is the priority of the school district. A tool that students can utilize across grade levels and content areas without teaching a new program for different content areas saves time and puts the focus on learning academic content rather than navigate a …
Platforms and Devices
This is very important to my school district. The support needs to be reliable and work when we need it.
Platforms and Devices
It makes us an inclusive place to work. We recognise not everyone works in the same way and providing these tools allows people to digest and create information in the way that suits them
Platforms and Devices
It is incredible having this available to support students/staff on our devices in school and at home for each individual and their needs
Platforms and Devices
Very important, this is easier with the new online toolbar access.
Platforms and Devices
Our goal is always to make students successful on multiple platforms and settings. R&W truly helps with that!
Popular Features
- Highlighters (36)8.282%
- Dictionary (36)8.181%
- Speech-to-Text (35)7.676%
- Spelling and grammar check (36)7.171%
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Administrator in Other
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees
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Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
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Features
Writing and Proofreading
Features offered by writing and proofreading software
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Avg 8.6
- 7.1Spelling and grammar check(36) Ratings
The software checks writing for spelling and grammar errors and suggests how to fix them.
- 6.1Machine translation(31) Ratings
The software can automatically translate writing into other languages.
- 7.4Integrations(29) Ratings
Integrations are available with software users might write with, such as word processors, email clients, and content management systems.
- 7.9Browser extension(33) Ratings
A browser extension is available, allowing the software to check writing and offer suggestions anywhere on the internet.
- 7.6Speech-to-Text(35) Ratings
Automated text production based on speech.
- 8Picture Dictionary(34) Ratings
Enables vocabulary learning through visual associations.
- 8.1Dictionary(36) Ratings
Built-in dictionary tool that enables users to visualize the meaning of specific words.
- 8.2Highlighters(36) Ratings
A tool that enables users to highlight sections of text for future reference or citation.
- 7.2Audio maker(30) Ratings
Converts text to audio files that can be shared and accessed remotely.
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What is Read&Write?
Read&Write is a set of reading and writing tools that helps anyone who struggles with digital text to excel and achieve more.
In education - Read&Write is a literacy support tool that helps students read, write, understand and express themselves. Giving them choice in how they access and engage with content and helping to improve their reading and comprehension skills. It helps to create independent learners - tools in Read&Write such as highlighters, voicenotes, vocab tools, audiomaker help students to study smarter, more independently and to a high standard. Specific accessibility tools alongside the reading and writing tools, help to create a level playing field for ELL students or those in Special Education.
In the workplace - Read&Write helps to unlock the power of people in businesses. Read&Write supports neurodivergent employees, multi-lingual teams, and anyone who might find everyday literacy tasks a challenge. It's a suite of reading and writing tools to empower all employees to think, learn and work to their full potential. By supporting the whole workforce and aligning with ESG goals, Read&Write advances Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - helping users to attract and retain diverse talent.
In education - Read&Write is a literacy support tool that helps students read, write, understand and express themselves. Giving them choice in how they access and engage with content and helping to improve their reading and comprehension skills. It helps to create independent learners - tools in Read&Write such as highlighters, voicenotes, vocab tools, audiomaker help students to study smarter, more independently and to a high standard. Specific accessibility tools alongside the reading and writing tools, help to create a level playing field for ELL students or those in Special Education.
In the workplace - Read&Write helps to unlock the power of people in businesses. Read&Write supports neurodivergent employees, multi-lingual teams, and anyone who might find everyday literacy tasks a challenge. It's a suite of reading and writing tools to empower all employees to think, learn and work to their full potential. By supporting the whole workforce and aligning with ESG goals, Read&Write advances Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - helping users to attract and retain diverse talent.
Read&Write Features
Writing and Proofreading Features
- Supported: Spelling and grammar check
- Supported: Machine translation
- Supported: Integrations
- Supported: Browser extension
- Supported: Text-to-Speech
- Supported: Speech-to-Text
- Supported: Screen masking
- Supported: Picture Dictionary
- Supported: Dictionary
- Supported: Highlighters
- Supported: Audio maker
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Read&Write Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Languages | English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch |
Frequently Asked Questions
Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work.
Reviewers rate Highlighters highest, with a score of 8.2.
The most common users of Read&Write are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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May 02, 2024
Helpful, wonderful software
Verified User
Administrator in Other
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees
I use Read&Write myself and I set it up on my students' laptops too. Many of our students have dyslexia, ADHD, ADD etc which can make educational things harder. Read&Write offers so many adaptable learning strategies and my students have given incredibly positive feedback with how it helps them. The features that are highly used are the dictionary, and picture dictionary, the highlighters, and the computer reading options. Many of my students find the screen masking option incredibly helpful in lessons or doing work at home. We have about 30-50 students using this software so far and we hope more students will be able to use it next year.
- Allows easy access to things like dictionary and picture dictionary, so students are able to quickly find meanings of words out instead of asking the teacher which some people struggle to do or find it embarrassing.
- Students are able to use the read aloud setting in classes with using headphones. This has helped increase focus for some students and also has helped them keep up with the speed of the class.
- The highlighter part of Read&Write has been really useful for revision purposes and for students to whittle down large chunks of text. Leaving the student less overwhelmed which is amazing.
- The talk to type feature lags and sometimes does not hear large chunks of sentences which becomes difficult to edit and remember what you were saying.
- The screenshot reader sometimes doesn't work too well. Especially if the words are from a table or diagram.
- I think it would work better if you were able to just highlight words or sentences and then click the Play button for it to be read aloud instead of having to use a PDF or starting from the very top of the page, especially when students just need one or two words read out.
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.
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Primary/Secondary Education Company, 51-200 employees
We have been using the Read&Write app for years at the school and works very well. Now that we've moved over to Chromebooks we use the Read&Write/ Orbitnote Extension and this equally works very well. The click to speak feature is a lot easier to use and quicker than the drag to speak feature. Always receive regular emails with any product updates which is helpful. The Orbit Note app is very easy to use and allows students to open PDF's from Google Shared Drives which is also very useful.
- Click to Speak - allows students to use the text to speech element
- Orbit Note app works very well on the Chromebooks
- The settings are easy for the students to adjust the pitch, speed and other aspects of the voices
- The Read&Write toolbar doesn't appear to be fully compatible with touchscreen - would be nice to see that improved
Used for assessments and exams with PDF' in a locked down Google workspace environment. This works well with how the Google exam accounts are locked down but still need the option of a text to speech function. We also have the Orbitnote app available for the students using their regular accounts and this also works well in the classroom
April 30, 2024
Powerful software that provides for everyone
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 51-200 employees
We use Read&Write to assist students of all abilities improve their writing and ability to understand complex passages of text.<br>In addition to this we use it during our exams as a scribe for students who require one.<br>The colour overlays also prove very useful for students who suffer with dyslexia.
- Reading back text
- Reviewing PDF documents
- Spell checking
- Universal compatibility across devices/OS's
- Updating itself
Read&Write is particularly well suited for exams with the text to speech function.
In addition the document review features such as spell check and grammar check are very powerful and refined.
With training it can be very powerful for students however I sometimes feel that the toolbar itself is not very intuitive and students sometimes struggle to self learn how to use the tool.
In addition the document review features such as spell check and grammar check are very powerful and refined.
With training it can be very powerful for students however I sometimes feel that the toolbar itself is not very intuitive and students sometimes struggle to self learn how to use the tool.
April 29, 2024
Read&Write Review
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
Our main use is for students with required needs for exams. These students are able to access the software through their Chromebook throughout an academic year and therefore are capable with the software when it comes to exams.
- Reading Text at a pace suitable for the user
- Compatible will all devices in our school
- Very easy for us as ICT support to install site wide
- The loading time of the software sometimes can be a little slow
As the ICT support team the software is extremely easy for us to install across out whole site and give access to those users who need it most. It is easy in its functionality and users are able to pick up its use quickly with little support which makes it a must for ensuring our students are disadvantaged in a classroom
April 23, 2024
Read&Write for Google is great!
Verified User
Professional in Other
Primary/Secondary Education Company, 501-1000 employees
Our school district uses Read&Write in grades 3-12 for all students. We have a subscription that includes Read&Write, Orbit Note, and Equatio and they are all valuable tools. Our special education students benefit from all of the features and rely on many of them to keep up with their peers. Our regular education students report that they love the check it tool as well as the note taking features.
- Checks grammar and spelling
- text to speech feature
- speech to text feature
- highlighting tools
- screen masking
- The Check it tool is not always accurate and often makes recommendations that are not helpful like underlining half of a word or suggesting capitalization when it's not indicated.
- The students would love human voices for text to speech
- It would be helpful for the highlighting tools to collect on the same document from multiple articles/web pages instead of making a new Google Doc for each page with highlights.
Read&Write is specifically well suited for the upper elementary through high school classroom. The Check It tool, screen masking, and highlighting and collecting tools are invaluable to our diverse learners as they struggle to take notes, synthesize information, read, and dictate. It is less appropriate for K-3 students as they tend to have less need for the features.
April 18, 2024
Read&Write Review
Verified User
Employee in Other
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
Since I work at a district school board, Read&Write is primarily used as a Tier 1 education support as well as a Tier 3 support for individuals with learning disabilities that have difficulty reading and writing in the traditional sense. Since we have a district-wide license, all students and staff have access to both Read&Write and OrbitNote which has greatly helped to reduce the stigma of assistive technology usage that is often a barrier for those who rely upon AT to be successful at school.
- 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!
- One main thing that I think could be improved is reducing the lag time when using text-to-speech tools. Even when our laptops are up-to-date and firmware is also up-to-date, I find that there is a significant lag time between selecting text to be read using text-to-speech and the tool actually "speaking". In some cases it has been 15 more more seconds, and this has "lost" some students that I have worked with. This is similar with the lag time experienced between dictating and words actually showing up on the screen when using the Talk&Type feature. Again, I feel that these tools are great and we are happy to have them, but I have found that the lag time is often a barrier to usage for some of our students and even staff.
- It would be so lovely if voice notes were available for Microsoft users with the R&W Chrome extension.
- I also think that it would be great if highlights could be collected across several websites, etc. into the same "collect highlights" document.
Read&Write is a top-notch accessibility feature. It is easy to use across all ages and can be implemented in many different ways. It is best used with individuals requiring reading & writing support, but it is also an excellent tool to use with all students!
April 18, 2024
Read&Write is a gamechanger for students
Read&Write is our primary literacy software. Our business is higher education and this software addresses our needs in terms of providing TTS and study tools for our students. We also recommend it as a speech recognition option for those not using Windows 11 and MacOS. Our user base is mostly students with disabilities but have seen uptake by our some of our international student population and non-disabled students.
- Text-to-speech
- study tools (highlights and collecting highlights
- scanning and OCR (scan feature and screenshot reader
- Voices for Windows (more natural)
- Speech Recognition is hit and miss
- Spell Check is in need of a bit of an update to bring it up to par with Grammarly
Read&Write is great for students that struggle with reading and studying. It really helps with comprehension and information retention. It does struggle to keep up with the rigors or writing at the post secondary level. Spell check lacks the ability to check grammar.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write an easy to use UDL solution
Verified User
Contributor in Other
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
Read&Write is our district wide accessibility solution. The product works for us for testing accomodations and as a universal accessibility tool. Students also benefit from the dictionary and vocabulary tools as well as the ability to collect highlights.
- Text to speech
- speech to text
- data desk for testing
- study skills (collect highlights)
- we need more info on Windows PC Exam tools
- we wish the platform worked inside other platforms
- make equatio a part of the same tool
The tool is easy to deploy across all staff and student accounts. It is truly a universal design solution offering various levels of support on demand. Teachers can expect students to access the tools independently with very little instruction.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write for Education
Verified User
Consultant in Other
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
I use Read&Write as an assistive technology in K-12 classrooms. It is a great equalizer for students who learn differently. It accommodates many different types of learners and is easy to use. The company is responsive to challenges faced by the software and is easy to contact. They truly aim to support their users!
- The reading tools are great.
- I love how the option for multiple languages supports new language learners.
- The picture dictionary is fantastic, extensive and meaningful.
- The word dictionary is too difficult and often doesn't lead to clarification of meaning.
- I would like to see a click to speak on the web toolbar rather than hover speech. Students sometimes have difficulty understanding the hover speech.
- An option in settings to combine the images from the picture dictionary with the translation tool.
- Having a Canadian dictionary, spelling and pronunciations would be great.
I find it works great for students in K-12 classrooms, but also for staff as well.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write supports both staff and students
Assistive Technology Lead
St Tammany Parish Public Schools (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees)
Read&Write is used to provide universal design for learning for all students in my school district. In addition, for students who need more specialized support, such as word prediction or picture dictionary, the students and teachers have the support at their fingertips to explore and try to determine if the specialized support is required. School district staff and students easily navigate the tools. Customizations such as voice and speed adjustments make Read&Write a successful tool for a variety of needs.
- word prediction
- read aloud (web and google platforms)
- highlight collections
- vocab builder- enter the words individually rather than collecting highlighted words
It provides accommodations for read aloud and word prediction with ease. Teachers, related service providers, and students find the tools easy to use.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write for all
Verified User
Team Lead in Other
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employees
I work in a school district. We use Read&Write district wide to support all learners but especially those that need speech to text, word prediction, text to speech. Staff have found dictionary and picture dictionary to be very useful. We try to encourage the use for all students and staff.
- Text to speech
- Dictionary
- Picture dictionary
- Audio notes
- Speech to text
- Highlighters
- Vocabulary list
- Word prediction
- Speech to text different languages (type in English)
- Translation
- Support for research-outline tools
- Features in word bank universal
- Ability to move word prediction toolbar to bottom of screen
- Read aloud to act like fluency tutor
- Writing support like wriQ to make better writers
It is a good tool for text to speech it even reads math. It is a time saver for staff and students to make vocabulary lists. I also like the ability to highlight text and extract the highlights. The dictionary and picture dictionary are very powerful for all learners. The ability to leave voice notes is a powerful feature to make a quick comment to others or to get your ideas out and listen to your audio note to remind you what you wanted to write about. The translation feature is not as powerful as I would like, it translates one word which is great for some students, but other applications provide more support to students who are starting to learn English.
March 29, 2024
Terrific TextHelp
Verified User
Director in Professional Services
Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Read & Write is used with many of the dyslexic students. The cost of the software does limit the widespread use to all that actually need it.
- automatically populates to screen
- highlights words as it reads a passage
- online dictionary
- Cost is too prohibitive
- I'm going to miss Fluency Tutor
- downsize the pop up menu/bar
It's an amazing software that is so helpful for dyslexic learners.
March 08, 2024
Read&Write for an Inclusive workplace
Digital Learning Manager (IT Training)
Burges Salmon LLP (Law Practice, 501-1000 employees)
Initially, our organization was limited to 15 licenses. This limitation created a barrier as employees had to request access from the HR team and justify their need for a license. We recognized that more than 15 individuals within the company could benefit from this tool, but some were hesitant to approach HR.To address this, we transitioned to an enterprise license, granting all employees access to the tool. This change has been positively received, with over 100 employees downloading the tool since the implementation.
- Screen Mask
- Highlight
- Prediction
- Speech to text, this can be a little slow
- General performance of the tool can be slow
- It would be useful to have Bionic Reader
Screen masking appears to be really popular, or highlighting a row to focus your eyes.
Speech to text has been a challenge for some as it can often run slow
Prediction and storing words have been a benefit for people with Dyslexia
Speech to text has been a challenge for some as it can often run slow
Prediction and storing words have been a benefit for people with Dyslexia
March 05, 2024
Read and Write
Verified User
Professional in Other
Education Management Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Using to support students requiring a reader for exams
- Being able to be used independently
- Being able to be used for English Language exams
- Being able to be used by all users
- IT often struggle with the set up between exams and class use
- time consuming on exams days setting up
It is perfect for exams in aiding independence and being able to be used in the English exams
March 05, 2024
Accessibility for All with Texthelp!
Verified User
Professional in Other
Education Management Company, 201-500 employees
Texthelp is used all across our school district, primarily with Read and Write. We use this tool with students to individually focus on and help support their reading and writing. In special education, the tools available especially assist with the specific needs of students. The Read and Write Chrome extension is great for our Chromebook 1:1 in the district, providing tools like text-to-speech, highlighting, and simplifying the task of reading. EquatIo has also been a newly adopted math tool that has been great in our district, especially with our 1:1 program.
- The highlighting feature has been loved by our staff and allows students to identify items as they go along and read.
- Text-to-speech has been an important tool in our special education classes and allows differentiation in general ed as needed.
- EquatIo has replaced a tool that no longer exists, allowing our students to created equations and formulas in Google Docs.
- There have been a few bugs when launching EquatIo that just need to be cleaned up to remove frustrations from staff while using.
- Nothing else, it's a really simple to use tools that enhance learning and teaching!
Texthelp creates amazing tools that are great for schools and education, especially with students in special education classes or who have specific needs to assist their learning. With a 1:1 initiative, the tools also support differentiation and personalized learning.
February 28, 2024
Read&Write
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
I used to Read&Write to train staff members. Most use is to support reading long documents, having them read to you, and then supporting checking documents before sending them.
- OCR screen reader.
- PDF Reader.
- Audio maker.
- Homophones on/off.
- Be able to move the icons around on the toolbar.
- Pop ups for EVERYTHING! Too much.
- Check it, opens a pointless pop up before checking document.
Great for reading long bits of text to the user and converting to text to an mp3 file to listen to away from the computer. It is hard in an office environment if it is busy, noisy, etc.
February 22, 2024
Great Supports for Kids.
Verified User
Employee in Other
Education Management Company, 201-500 employees
We use R&W with all students in our district from K-12. I am not on the business end of this, so I am unaware of any business issues. I support students and staff in using these supports to help increase independence and success in the classroom.
- wide range of literacy supports/tools that are equally developed and helpful.
- I particularly appreciate the highlight and collect highlight tools. They help with a variety of needs.
- The ease of use is amazing, along with the integration with Google environment.
- These powerful supports are embedded so well that students who like to look like their typical peers don't mind using them in the classroom.
- The text-to-speech option sometimes gets glitchy. The sound doesn't always match up to the visual feedback.
- When creating lists of vocabulary, it is often difficult to highlight single words. Also, when using word lists, the last word is often left off.
This is the perfect option for k-12 schools. Kids who are hesitant to use AT tools in the classroom for fear of looking different are more open to R&W because it is seamlessly embedded within the Google environment. In addition, the low cost allows all students and staff to have these supports, regardless of need. No one is left out, which helps kids not look different in the classroom.
January 19, 2019
All-in-one Assistive Technology Tool
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 201-500 employees
Texthelp is currently being used throughout our school district to help students personalize the learning experience by tailoring it to their individual needs. For teachers, Texthelp's Read and Write chrome extension is a tremendous tool to differentiate the classroom, affording students a simple way to highlight online texts, use text-to-speech, and simplify the reading of a page. Students often need ways to assist them with reading online texts, and students with disabilities are always in need of a variety of tools to assist them with their learning. Texthelp Read and Write helps address a number of their specific needs, taking advantage of 1:1 technology in schools.
- The online text-to-speech reader within the Read and Write chrome extension works really well. Having used it a number of times with students, the reader works quickly and efficiently, highlighting the words it reads as it goes along. Users can also highlight the text or paragraphs they want the program to read.
- There is an integrated talk and type feature that is simple to activate and easily listens to the user's speech to type into online documents or text fields. The program is quick, and offers students with physical disabilities another way to complete an assignment requiring written text.
- I really enjoy the highlighters. Close reading and analysis is often a difficult skill to master, especially online. Texthelp's extension offers a way for students to highlight online texts, then collect all of the highlights into a new google document that they can edit. This is great during research assignments.
- The text-to-speech works well, but could use a more humanistic voice. It is quite robotic. As well, as a feature to increase the read speed.
- A feature to clean up the page for easier reading and printing would be a nice addition.
Texthelp Read and Write is best used with students with disabilities who need assistive technology to help them in school, but can be used with all students, as it is a great tool to help students with reading and writing online, as well as research skills with the highlight feature or the built-in dictionary and word prediction. With most schools going 1:1 with technology, a tool that can assist students when the teacher isn't there is a bonus, as well as having multiple tools integrated within. Texthelp is great for students who have sight issues, as you can adjust the color of the text or the background page. Students who struggle with a physical disability can utilize Texthelp's Talk and Type to put their thoughts on paper.