Great but missing some of CoWriter's functionality
June 02, 2025

Great but missing some of CoWriter's functionality

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Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Read&Write

We use Read&Write in our school district for students with disabilities such as dyslexia. The features that we use the most are word prediction, speech to text, and text to speech. Read&Write is great but it is missing some of the functionality of CoWriter (which is going away, with some features rolled into Read&Write). [1] Read&Write loads much slower than CoWriter. [2] The Read&Write topic dictionaries are not as robust as the CoWriter topic dictionaries. [3] CoWriter had a function, that Read&Write does not have, called "speak after speech to text", which reads back what a student has dictated. All of that being said, overall Read&Write is a great program to help individuals who struggle with reading and/or written expression

Pros

  • word prediction
  • text to speech
  • speech to text

Cons

  • speed for the extension to load when turned on
  • speak after speech to text
  • more robust topic dictionaries
  • we use Read&Write for students, not for employees, although there may be some employees who use it
  • not for employees
  • although there may be some employees who use it
We exclusively use it within Google Chrome
There have been some students who are extremely proficient in using Read&Write. Even though they have a disability that impacts their ability to spell, using Read&Write, they are able to generate written output with far fewer spelling errors

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

Yes

Did implementation of Read&Write go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Read&Write again?

Yes

It is well suited for student who struggle with typing speed and/or spelling. It is not as good for students who are rapid typers, because the prediction can't keep up.

Read&Write Feature Ratings

Spelling and grammar check
3
Integrations
10
Browser extension
8
Text-to-Speech
10
Speech-to-Text
10
Screen masking
10
Picture Dictionary
10
Dictionary
4
Highlighters
10
Audio maker
10

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