Read & Write Standard

Latest features
Read&Write 8 continues the tradition of innovative assistive technology software from Texthelp for those with literacy needs. New features include:


• Multiple Options For Toolbar Positioning
• Expanded Prediction Database
• Redesigned Daisy Reader Application
• Study Skills Toolbar
• Extended Teacher's Toolkit
• Improved Installer
• New Look Toolbar Icons

Read & Write is also available with scanning capability (printed text to speech). 

Read & Write is also available for the MAC.

View the following product matrix to see which version of Read & Write is best for you. Read & Write Product Matrix (Left Click to open)





Speech- With Read & Write text can be read back by each word, sentence, paragraph, selected text or spoken as the User types. Read & Write is compatible with Microsoft SAPI 4 and 5 speech technology and comes with a choice of 34 different voices including British and American accents. The voices can be adjusted to suit the individual requirements of the User by altering the pitch, speed, volume and/or word pause.

Spell Checking- Read & Write incorporates a fast advanced spellchecker specifically designed to solve the most complex of phonetic errors. The spellchecker can be customized to suit individual needs and provides audible definitions of alternative suggestions to help you choose the correct one.

Homophones Support- Read&Write has an improved homophone database with the option to select from basic or advanced homophone suggestions, further enhancing the suggestions relevance to the User.

Word Prediction - The Read & Write word predictor learns the Users style of writing and predicts the word they want to use next. It also incorporates a prediction database based on a 100 million-word corpus. As the User types, a list of suggestions will appear in the Prediction Panel.

Web Highlighting- The new Web highlighting feature of Read&Write allows the User to experience dual color highlighting with audible feedback in HTML documents. This is of particular use for Users with literacy difficulties when accessing information online and also aids the Users concentration and comprehension.

Dictionary- 180,000 words are provided with alternative suggestions in the Read&Write dictionary, thus developing the User’s creative writing skills.

Simple Calculator- Read&Write has an easy to use Simple Calculator. Not only does this provide the most common functions associated with a Simple Calculator but it also provides an audit trail so that each User can see their calculations as they go.

Word Wizard- Word wizard assists in developing creative sentences by offering solutions for vocabulary. When you are searching for the word you want to use Word Wizard takes you though a simple step by step process till you find the word you are looking for..

Teachers' Toolkit- An Educator can control which features of Read & Write a student has access to.

Latest features Read & Write 8 continues the tradition of innovative assistive technology software from Texthelp for those with literacy needs. New features include:

• New RealSpeak solo voice
• Improved Dictionary
• Improved Word Prediction.

System Requirements -
The following are the minimum requirements needed to operate Read & Write:

• Pentium 800MHz Processor
• Windows 2000 SP4 or above (including Windows Vista)
• 256 MB RAM (512MB minimum on Windows Vista)
• 600 MB Free Disk Space
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
• Sound Card and Speakers
• CD ROM drive

 
Windows 98, 2000, XP, ME or NT4


Read&Write Testimonials -

How fortunate we in the Luke Waites Child Development Center are to have found the wonderful Read&Write. We have been recommending your product to families almost daily since we first discovered its strong capabilities.......we have installed Read & Write and feel that we are providing our students with the finest support available. A mere "Thank You" hardly seems sufficient.
-Lois Pohl, Luke Waites Child Development Center, U.S.A.

My story is like a dream come true. I have extreme dyslexia. At one time I was told there was no way I could even graduate from high school. My parents moved to California where they have a really good program for disabled students, and I did manage to graduate. My dream was always to go to college, but not being able to read was a major handicap. For many years I struggled trying to get ahead, but to no avail. After my mother bought Texthelp for me, it transformed my life. I am now enrolled in college working toward a degree. I would have never been able to do so if it were not for Texthelp. Words alone cannot describe my gratitude to the people at Texthelp for coming up with this program. Thank you Texthelp.
-David Wollenberg, User, U.S.A.

I was just involved giving a demo of Read&Write to a 40 year old native American student with LD. Do you know how hard it is not to cry when someone who has tears of joy at having found what this program can do? Now it is a matter of her working through the process of finding funding etc. Thanks for a literally awesome program.
- Gerry Nies, University of North Dakota, U.S.A.