Item: Read&Write
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Read&Write

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a special education teacher, and this suite of supports provides equitable access to grade-level text and assignments for my students.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Screenshot reader for PDFs
Collecting highlights for note-taking.
Read aloud for text.

Cons

Tracking the text being read is not accurate most of the time and requires an "update" that requires deleting and reinstalling the app—which my students are not able to do given district administration permissions.

Return on Investment

Equity and access to grade-level text provide opportunities for students who may not be able to decode the text but can comprehend it at a higher level and, therefore, have rich discussions with peers.

While the text support people defined the problem, my school district's administration has set permissions for updating access for all apps. Though this is not text support's fault, the same recurring issue makes TextHelp's features unreliable.

Platforms and Devices

This assistive technology provides the least restrictive environment for students possible without demoralizing their "other-ness."

Alternatives Considered

Grammarly

Grammarly is fine for spell/grammar checking, but there is no text-to-speech feature.

Key Insights

Do you think Read&Write delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Read&Write's feature set?

Yes

Did Read&Write live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Read&Write go as expected?

Would you buy Read&Write again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Grammarly

Likelihood to Recommend

I translate text into a Google Doc and have students frequently use the text-to-speech function and their note-taking to parse longer text down to manageable amounts for reference.

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Read&Write, unreliable but best available.