Hearing text read aloud along with dual
color highlighting helps with comprehension and word recognition.
Read&Write GOLD for Mac supports, interacts with, and reads
aloud:
- Microsoft Word
- Apple Pages
- Web pages
- PDF files
- Inaccessible Flash and text embedded in graphics or videos
- Instant Messages
- Email
- DAISY books
- All content on your screen, including file names and tool
tips
(Can't access YouTube? All videos are available to
download here.)
Text to
Speech
It is often much easier to understand a block of text by
listening to it, particularly if you struggle to read. This feature
reads aloud text in documents or on the web. You can select
your preferred reading voice and set the pitch, speed and volume to
suit your individual needs.
Individual words are highlighted in one color as they are spoken
while the sentence is highlighted in another color - this dual
color highlighting has been proven to raise comprehension levels by
20%.
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"I
can scan any book, worksheet, etc. into the computer so that the
software can read it aloud. I no longer have to sit right beside
the kids reading the information to them! They know how to turn on
the toolbar and select the information that they want
Read&Write to read for them. Kids, especially those with severe
learning (reading) disabilities, love having the ability to be
independent
learners!"
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Screenshot
Reader
There are times when text can't be read aloud as it is part of
an image, contained within inaccessible Flash, or found in a
locked PDF. Read&Write GOLD has the ability to read aloud even
this inaccessible digital text as well as text found in online
applications, including course management systems, credit recovery
applications, remedial learning programs, and online assessments.
Examples of applications that are accessible using
Read&Write GOLD are: Accelerated Reader, Blackboard, Cognitive
Tutor, MAP tests, ModuMath, NovaNET, and Study Island. See Screenshot
Reader working with Third Party Applications.
With Screenshot Reader, you can select any text or part of the
screen to be read aloud with dual color highlighting. You can
even reread the last selection without having to
reselect it and export the selected text directly into a
Word or Pages document.
Screenshot Reader truly differentiates Read&Write
GOLD from the rest.
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"If I had to pick only one [out of the many] features that I love
the most in Read&Write GOLD, it would be Screenshot Reader. I
love it because of how easy it is to use, because it provides
INSTANT access to content that was once inaccessible and because
there is nothing like it on the market today! I use it to gain
quick and easy text-to-speech access to content that was once
impossible to access. For people like me who have difficulties
reading text, Screenshot Reader is an invaluable tool that I cannot
live
without!"
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Screen Masking
If you have trouble focusing on the screen or need a visual
reference, use Screen Masking. Masking types include tinting
the whole screen, mouse spotlighting, and underlining the mouse
pointer.
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"My favorite feature is Screen
Masking. I use "follow mouse pointer" when I am teaching a whole
group lesson to provide a strong visual reference for students to
follow along. When students are typing I use the various screen
masking options to reduce visual distraction. This feature has
helped to improve student focus, increase on task behavior, and
highly motivate my students through the use of
technology."
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PDF
Aloud
PDF Aloud reads aloud text found in a PDF document with
dual color highlighting. You can choose your reading voice, voice
speed and have the content read back by word, sentence, or
paragraph.
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"My favorite feature is PDF Aloud. Since many of my students have
challenges of following oral directions, this feature allows me to
pre-write a series of directions for all the different activities
we do with Read&Write GOLD (e.g. research social studies topics
online, etc.). The prewritten directions allow the students to open
the PDF and listen to the directions with the visual support of the
printed word and practice this skill of learning to follow oral
directions."
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Safari Web
Highlighting
With Safari Web Highlighting, you can have web content read loud
as you navigate through the Safari browser. Simply hover your mouse
over the text you wish to have read aloud using high quality
voices. The words are highlighted as the text is read to reinforce
reading comprehension.
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"I use the Text to Speech feature the most. I find it hard to
read on a computer screen. This difficulty is mostly due to
the fact that I find it difficult to track from one line to the
next. It is for this reason that I also use this feature to
read websites, emails, PDF files and Word documents to
me."
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DAISY Reader
Read&Write GOLD reads DAISY Books aloud with dual color
highlighting.
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"My favorite option is DAISY Reader. With the networked
Read&Write GOLD, we save IT time (and annoyance) and the DAISY
Reader video tour is so good that we save assistive technology time
too!"
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