ProWritingAid vs. Read&Write

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ProWritingAid
Score 8.0 out of 10
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ProWritingAid is a smart writing assistant, providing personalized advice on writing and plaigarism checks, from the company of the same name in Wheatley.N/A
Read&Write
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Read&Write is a literacy support tool that helps individuals of all abilities read, write, and express themselves with confidence. For education and the workplace, its assistive features include text-to-speech, word prediction, and research tools for users with diverse learning needs.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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ProWritingAidRead&Write
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Writing and Proofreading
Comparison of Writing and Proofreading features of Product A and Product B
ProWritingAid
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Ratings
Read&Write
8.2
Ratings
6% below category average
Spelling and grammar check00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Machine translation00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Integrations00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Browser extension00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Speech-to-Text00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Picture Dictionary00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Dictionary00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Highlighters00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Audio maker00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ProWritingAidRead&Write
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
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9.3
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Likelihood to Renew
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8.8
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Usability
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8.8
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Availability
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9.0
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Performance
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9.0
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Support Rating
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8.0
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Implementation Rating
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8.0
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Configurability
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9.0
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Ease of integration
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9.0
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Product Scalability
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9.0
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User Testimonials
ProWritingAidRead&Write
Likelihood to Recommend
Would it be a good idea for me to pick ProWritingAid? Absolutely yes, if you are searching for an online writing coach and you like to write in MS Word, possibly this is the most ideal choice for you. There are many tips that they offer you. Once you analyze the writing, they will suggest corrections and suggestions such as highlighting the quotation marks and the use of the passive voice. Also, it matches the use of quotes, which is remarkable and cannot be found in any other software. Also, ProWritingAid is one of those premium applications that integrates very well with Mac OS. For example, when you are willing to write a post in WordPress. The ProWritingAid extension in the Chrome plugin works like a charm with no lag and works accurately to find suggestions for you
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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.
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Pros
  • ProWritingAid has options for life.
  • It is a manuscript editor that works perfectly with any version of Microsoft Word
  • It also corresponds to the script editor, OpenOffice.
  • If you want to scan your RSS feed regularly this is the ideal option.
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  • Creates vocabulary lists for students that include symbols, definitions, and space to add additional notes or images (a staff favorite)
  • Intuitive word prediction that supports spelling, grammar, and reduces the number of keystrokes needed
  • Text-to-speech on any digital text using the regular reader or screenshot reader, making almost any content accessible
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Cons
  • One of the websites I visit has troubles with the addon.
  • Another typical issue is that some of the "correction lines" that appear under the text do not match.
  • The only drawback is that in order to get good content, you must copy and paste it into a new document in My Home for ProWritingAid.
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  • The lack of custom, web-scraped topics in word prediction has significantly impacted my students' ability to produce written work. I am extremely disappointed with the Read&Write - Co:Writer merger, and feel it was more of a "catch and kill" maneuver to eliminate a competing product that was, frankly, much better. Read&Write has rolled out topics from websites and documents recently, but this would require finding a website or document that has relevant vocabulary, which is inaccessible for most students, leaving them unable to effectively write.
  • The lack of keyboard shortcuts makes this tool inaccessible for many students using alternative access methods, such as using their AAC devices to access the tool
  • When accessing using switches or tab/enter alt-access, the visual feedback of where the selector is is very faint and hard to see, and not customizable. Generally the lack of visual customization, from changing the colors of the word prediction list, the size of the toolbar, etc, impacts access for students with sensory disabilities.
  • The audio playback does not work well in Gmail for reading email lists.
  • I have been extremely disappointed in the focus on acquiring new products under the Read&Write umbrella to the detriment of updating or improving existing products, such as deploying the AI voices in OrbitNote, the associated Read&Write PDF annotation program.
  • The "CheckIt" spell check feature often misses words that can be corrected by built-in spell check tools.
  • The lack of auditory chime when using the speech-to-text can make it difficult for some students to know when to start and stop speaking, influencing the accuracy of their prediction.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I'm just really impressed with the software and the access it gives to learners who are used to coming up against barriers in education. It's a quick-fix for a learner - something they can access usefully and productively with very little training. I also love that learners can access Read&Write on their devices at home - that really is a game changer.
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Usability
Massive help with candidate facing communication whereas sourcing message, offer letters or rejection notes. Saves time and brain power whereas helps to avoid rewring and overthinking for emails or linkedin postings. Helps with non native English speaker whereas not everyone can speak or write a better english for the others understanding
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I am giving this an 9. Not a perfect score because working on PDFs is better but not yet as easy as I need for it to be. Working with many students who have executive function challenges, I need a smooth simplistic access method. We are not quite there yet for writing on PDFs. Overall the toolbar on Read&Write is super easy to access and I love that the suite includes several tools on the toolbar providing a solution to many accessibility challenges.
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Reliability and Availability
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Highly available
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Performance
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Worked quick and easy, except sometimes with adobe
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Support Rating
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The support team at Texthelp is excellent. They're all super helpful and open to feedback and new ideas. Still, more importantly, they are ultimately fully committed to aligning with us and ensuring they help us provide the best education possible. Furthermore, they're open to new features and always communicate this incredibly well.
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Online Training
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It was easy to learn to use
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Implementation Rating
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It took a solid 2 weeks for R&W to work on our students chromebooks even after reaching out to tech support. The toolbar was greyed out and not accessible to students. Took a long time before tech support helped us solve this problem.
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Alternatives Considered
The great similarity that these three tools contain is that through it the entire organization can check the plagiarism of their projects and reports and their authenticity, through DupliChecker our organization used it for the creation and development of unique reports without spelling errors or grammatical, the difference of Grammarly is that it only allows you to check grammar and spelling errors, our company currently prefers ProWritingAid because without a doubt it is a tool that helps everyone to improve writing, eliminate plagiarized texts from other sources and all grammatical errors.
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We are still learning how to use Equatio. I am not a mathematician and therefore I am finding understanding it a bit more difficult. Once I understand how to use it I will be able to cascade it down. My hope is that it will be as useful as Read & Write
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Scalability
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It worked well with our google accounts, but was difficult with adobe
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Return on Investment
  • ProWritingAid is useful for shaping written reports in a shorter period of time, which is essential for submitting and publishing them with confidence and uniqueness.
  • ProWritingAid is very useful and versatile to keep track of blog entries, notes, social media material, and other publications of the organization.
  • ProWritingAid is an application that allows you to learn how to write business content in various ways.
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  • We are early to deploying Read&Write but hope to see increased test scores
  • We are early to deploying Read&Write but hope to see decreases in student behaviors triggered by challenging ELA assignments
  • We are early to deploying Read&Write but hope to see improvements in student self perception as a result of increased ELA success
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