Read&Write in Further Education
Updated June 16, 2025

Read&Write in Further Education

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Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Read&Write

To give support to SEND students and exam candidates during formal examination. To support and advise students on the various applications in Read&Write that suit their individual needs, courses and progression into Higher Education.

Pros

  • The ability to alter and retain settings suited to the individuals needs
  • The use within other packages and programmes

Cons

  • Setting the speech to text up on different devices that do not have the internet speed to function smoothly or if it is in Exam mode and the user is not constantly using the speech to text mode.
  • Grouping the voices on their style such as harsh, clipped or soft would enable to pick their preference quicker rather than going through all of the different countries.
  • The impact that it has had on the staff supporting students is huge as they have a tool that they can direct students to who are struggling to use the tool and get support to use it in their own individual way. There are currently no numbers for this as we have only started using Read&Write this year for both Exams and SEN support and it will take 2 years for the use to have a clear and measurable impact.
This is hard to assess due to the strong connectivity needed by students to access their accounts to use Read&Write on their own personal devices. Through their Office 365 portal that we use as a Sixth Form College located in a rural area of the UK with very little 5G coverage all of the time.
For myself it has been the customisation that I have set-up in Read&Write in a way that works for me that I can then show students and they can see how it would impact the way that they work.

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Read&Write again?

Yes

As I support students with SEN in a 6th Form College this is all of the time. A case is of a student who is going to university and who is going to claim DSA but needed to know what software would benefit them and how so that they could understand more fully before their assessment I was able to show them Read&Write and what it it could and would do for them on the course that they had chosen. The student was amazed and so much more confident in their chosen path that they would be able to achieve it independently.

Read&Write Feature Ratings

Writing and Proofreading
6.1
Spelling and grammar check
7
Machine translation
Not Rated
Integrations
8
Browser extension
1
Text-to-Speech
8
Speech-to-Text
1
Screen masking
9
Picture Dictionary
Not Rated
Dictionary
8
Highlighters
9
Audio maker
4

Using Read&Write

100 - Supporting students to use Read&Write and students using Read&Write
11 - Student support and exam access arrangements
  • To use for access arrangements in exams
  • For students to use in essay writing for course work
  • For staff and students to use to support their needs
  • Use for access arrangements in exams
  • Supporting students who are going to university and applying for Disabled Student Allowance understand what Read&Write can do for them on their chosen course.

Evaluating Read&Write and Competitors

Read&Write Implementation

Read&Write Training

Configuring Read&Write

just right
I like to have the tool bar on the right hand side of my screen as I am right handed
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface

Read&Write Support

ProsCons
Good followup
Problems get solved
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
Not kept informed
N/A

Using Read&Write

It works with a range of software and can be taylered to suit the users needs and put into exam mode.
ProsCons
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Feel confident using
Familiar
Do not like to use
Unnecessarily complex
  • text to speak
  • screen masking
  • screen reading
  • dictation
Yes, but I don't use it

Read&Write Reliability

Works for a lot of people but is dependent on need and sofeware being used
there are issues with the dictation not running smoothly.

Integrating Read&Write

Relationship with Everway (formerly Texthelp and n2y)

Upgrading Read&Write

  • the ability to use it more extensively through online software
  • more voices to choose from
  • easy of setting up and using the dictation

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