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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Languages | English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch |
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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.
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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.
April 30, 2024
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 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.
April 29, 2024
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 information evening and ensure parents/students have access on devices at home as well as in school. There is a series of short sessions when they join in Year 7 on how to get the most out of the functionality.
April 29, 2024
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 all students with access to Read&Write for Google in the district. This has been a great tool for all students including students receiving special education, English Language Learners, and most other students.
April 29, 2024
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 an alternative colour. We have 90 exam laptops that all have Read&Write on for when students with Access Arrangements are completing their exams. The students find that the use of Read&Write dramatically improves their grade as they can listen to the questions carefully and repeat them as many times as need be. They can change the speed of the voice as well as the sound of the voice so they can really tailor it towards themself. As per school policy, all PCs across our network have Read&Write installed and all Google accounts have the extension pushed out to them. Therefore, Read&Write is accessible anytime and any place for any member of staff or student.
April 29, 2024
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 and do training on it for our schools. The key for us is around access to learning. Personally I mainly use the read to me tool when my eyes are tired from the screen.
April 29, 2024
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 Dyslexia and the program allows for greater independence in the classroom. We had a problem with support when pupils were doing their GCSEs as a reader and scribe would be required, Read&Write enables the pupil to sit alone in the exam.
April 29, 2024
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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.
April 23, 2024
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 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.
April 18, 2024
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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.
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.
April 17, 2024
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 support literacy development. We also subscribe to Orbitnote and Equatio.
April 17, 2024
Rural K-12 District Review
I work for a K-12 school district as a Technology Integration Specialist. Our K-12 students and staff have access to the Read&Write toolbar, and use a variety of the tools for different purposes based on the need and the age of the child.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write and how it supports LD users
I teach at a private school for students with learning disabilities. Read&Write allows us to offer a variety of assistive technology tools to our students as well as give teachers and adults the ability to do our own work more efficiently.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write an easy to use UDL solution
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.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write for Education
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!
April 17, 2024
Read&Write 4GC is an invaluable Tool
We are an educational institution and we use the Read&Write 4GC tools with all of our staff and students to support literacy and numeracy.
April 17, 2024
Longtime user of Read&Write
We use Read&Write to provide oral accommodations to students who would not otherwise have access to having their work read aloud. We are a tiny district and if the aide who normally reads tests aloud for students is pulled to cover a class or assist elsewhere, the teacher cannot leave the students in the classroom to go read in another location. Read&Write allows each student to have the level of reading support they need in real-time in their seat where they are most comfortable. It also allows students to receive help when they need the help, whether after school hours or in another classroom.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write for Education
We purchase Read&Write for all students and use it as an access support. We have students and teachers with a lot diversity with their needs and wants. The tools provided by Read&Write allow learners to pick what they need when they need it. We have worked to normalize these tools and ensure that they are not viewed as a tier two or three support, but for all.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write for Education
I am a trainer for a school district. I train students and staff in the appropriate use of Read&Write. Depending on the needs I might focus on using speech to text and playback to write and edit simple sentences. Or, I might focus on using Read&Write online to do research more efficiently and take notes. Then we would use the tools to re-write the notes and possibly write the final version using prediction or speech to text. For staff I might demonstrate how to use Read&Write to create lesson plans and resources more quickly and efficiently while also having them support students who need to use Read&Write to access the curriculum.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write for Student Independence
I am the Assistive Technology Teacher. I use Read&Write for reading and writing with students that haved an IEP. LD, etc. We use the tools for reading, writing, research, presentations etc.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write supports both staff and students
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.
April 17, 2024
Read&Write is where it's at!
I begin teaching students the tools in grade 3 for composition, editing, and reading. I teach every 3rd grader and then remind all the grade 3-6 teachers to include my videos and resources in their Google Classrooms. I'm the point person to find glitches in our district as well, and have worked with your team to get to the bottom of such glitches. Unfortunately, after 16 years the budget has cut my position in district. I'm unsure how the software will continue to be utilized without an integration specialists helping teachers and students. I feel like I've been the biggest advocate for the software and now am worried that it will go underutilized. I've created, taught, and integrated TextHelp products into the very fabric of our curriculum. I hope it's enough. Please reach out to me for more. I've done the most work around your software than any other.
April 17, 2024
I love Read&Write!
As a high school administrator who supports students and teachers, I am beyond amazed by the tools provided in the Read&Write platform. These tools allow our students to navigate texts, writing, and comprehension assignments with ease, making teacher's work easier as they support them. Our favourite tool is definitely the highlights collector, allowing for the creation of study notes, followed by the visual dictionary. The fact that the tools are available at the top of the Chrome browser and there is no need to leave the page, allows for seamless use and displayed results for its users. We are in awe every time of the ease of use and simple solutions the platform provides. As our school caters for special ed students, the tools are priceless for them. Screen mask, audio maker and predictive writing are essential for students with IEPs and the text to speech button is probably the most used tool. In summary - an incredible set of tools, highly recommended and affordable.
April 17, 2024
Awesome Product
District wide accommodations for Special Education and 504. Used for reading and writing. Easy to use and the company offers continual training at various dates and times. Customer service is also great. Teacher and students like the product once they learn how to install the tool bar on the chrome books.