Read&Write

Score9.3 out of 10

81 Reviews and Ratings

What is Read&Write?

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.

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Highlighters
A tool that enables users to highlight sections of text for future reference or citation.
Category average: 9.7
Dictionary
Built-in dictionary tool that enables users to visualize the meaning of specific words.
Category average: 9.7
Picture Dictionary
Enables vocabulary learning through visual associations.
Category average: 9.5

Spelling and grammar check
The software checks writing for spelling and grammar errors and suggests how to fix them.
Category average: 7.2
Integrations
Integrations are available with software users might write with, such as word processors, email clients, and content management systems.
Category average: 6.8
Audio maker
Converts text to audio files that can be shared and accessed remotely.
Category average: 6.8

Most Frequent Users

Educational Services

80.0%

4 installations of 5

#2 most frequent

Public Administration

20.0%

1 installation of 5

Verified User

Employee (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Read&Write for our high school students. All students have access to it, but we especially encourage students with a learning disability in reading or writing to use it to complete assignments. Some of our students have trouble getting their thoughts into words, or reading a large amount of text and Read&Write assists with this.

Pros

Research component (collect highlights)
Is very user friendly
Functions are clear and easy to use

Cons

Quirks when downloading the extension
The Read&Write bar doesn't always open for us
It's not always easy to know how to trouble shoot tech problems when they arise
It's a bit clunky at times to use

Return on Investment

Improved work output
Improved efficiency

Alternatives Considered

Speechify API

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365

Verified User

Professional (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have a district wide license for Read&Write and it helps us address necessary accommodations for students per their 504s and IEPs as well as reaches general ed students who may benefit from the tools as well. We started with a license for SPED only and increased to district wide a few years ago.

Pros

The text-to-speech is very easy to use, customizable and works everywhere our students need it.
The addition of Co:Writer word prediction has been excellent and the topic dictionaries are very helpful.
The ability to customize the toolbar is very helpful, especially being able to modify the number of tools shown at a time for students who get overwhelmed.
I love the built-in dictionaries.

Cons

I wish Rewordify showed the approximate grade level of the text it was reading.
I think it would be great to be able to see real pictures in the picture dictionary instead of just colored drawings.

Return on Investment

This has had a huge impact on increasing access and independence for my students.
Giving ALL of our students access to this is extremely beneficial because there are a lot of unidentified students who are able to use this for help.
This increased independence allows staff to focus more on additional needs of other students.

Alyssa Law

Occupational therapist at Portland Public Schools (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Read&Write in a school based setting. I use it with my students from grades 4 to high school to use mainly speech to text, word prediction, and playback. I love some of the tools that simplify reading materials and highlight tools. My favorite is simplify page.

Pros

Speech to text
Word prediction
Simple, non obtrusive toolbar
Simplify page
Highlight and picture dictionary features

Cons

More natural voice for writing playback
More use of AI tools for grading up or down text
Improve ability for the tech to know when to add punctuation when students are using speech to text

Return on Investment

Improves accessibility for students with disabilities
Improves learning and comprehension for students

Other Software Used

OrbitNote

Emily Wilson

Teacher at Our Lady of the Rosary School (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a teacher and I use this programme with all of the students in my class, especially with the ones who are dyslexic (or have dyslexic tendencies). It supports them in a wide range of tasks within their learning (e.g. researching, writing and reading). It helps them to complete their work independently and to a higher standard.

Pros

Provide tutorials to assist with using Read&Write effectively.
Can transfer across tabs (e.g. can take information from one page and automatically transfer it to a Google Doc).
Really clear, easy-to-understand symbols for each feature.

Cons

Being able to play (and listen to) one section of a text (e.g. highlight the one sentence that you want read, rather than it going through the whole page until you stop it).
One or two more highlighting colours.

Courtney Bonham View profile

Curriculum Accessibility Coach at United Schools of Indianapolis (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our network of K-8 schools uses Read&Write to help make curriculum more accessible to all students. Read&Write helps remove barriers for students who struggle to read or comprehend text as well as provides flexibility to aid students in their writing with features such as word prediction and Talk & Type (speech-to-text). We make it universally accessible to all students in the network.

Pros

Screenshot Reader's OCR text recognition makes inaccessible text accessible quickly
Customizable toolbar
Collecting highlighted text makes quoting text evidence easy
Collecting highlighted words to create a vocabulary list with visual support quickly

Cons

The translation tools that are available aren't quite as helpful as those that Co:Writer offered. Being able to translate another spoken language into written English particularly is a helpful feature.

Return on Investment

Improved access to text: Text to speech was used 66,000 times this school year.
Increased student written responses: Word prediction was used 56,000 times this school year.
Increased student written responses: Speech to text was used 12,000 times this school year.

Other Software Used

OrbitNote, Beep, Inc.

Grammarly

Helperbird

Microsoft Immersive Reader

Kurzweil 3000

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Highlighters

Dictionary

Picture Dictionary

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Spelling and grammar check

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Audio maker

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