Help every student understand, learn and express themselves with confidence

Texthelp’s literacy support tool Read&Write offers help for everyday tasks. Like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words and proofing written work. With tools that enrich both teaching and learning and help every student realise their full potential.

Read&Write makes the web, documents and files more accessible. It’s a friendly, intuitive toolbar that assists students at all levels with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work.

Used daily by millions of students, Read&Write is the world’s best-selling family of literacy software for any platform or device.

One subscription. One sign in. Any device.

Enjoy the benefits of Read&Write on Windows PCs, Macs, Google, iPad and Android tablets. One simple annual subscription lets users sign in on any device. So it’s great for students and employees working at home, at school or on the move.

Everyone in your school, college or organisation can try all the great features of Read&Write absolutely free for 30 days. After this trial period, continue using basic features like text-to-speech at no cost - or subscribe for unrestricted access to all our exciting premium features.

Features

• Text-to-speech: Reads words, passages, or whole documents aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting.

• Text & Picture Dictionaries: Provide definitions and display images to help with word comprehension.

• Vocabulary List: Creates a list instantly into a new doc, including selected words, the dictionary definitions, images from Widgit Symbols, and an editable notes column.

• Check It: Reviews writing for incorrect grammar, spelling (phonetic), capitalization, punctuation, verb tense and more.

• Audio Maker: Converts selected text into an audio file, and automatically downloads.

• Talk&Type: Turns the spoken word into text.

Benefits

• Improves confidence and understanding levels for struggling readers

• Help students and employees with dyslexia and other literacy challenges

• Assist English Language Learners and individuals with English as a Second Language

• Supports independent learning and understanding

Providing a personalized learning experience for all of your students

Used daily by millions of students worldwide, Read&Write is our award-winning literacy toolbar that enables each member of the class to realize their full potential - throughout K-12 to Higher Ed and beyond. 

Great for all subjects and lesson plans, Read&Write helps students understand, learn and express themselves with confidence. 

It offers support with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work. It’s designed in line with the principles of UDL (Universal Design for Learning), so it fits right in with a wide range of educational technology strategies and personalized learning plans.

Encouraging Independent Learning

Read&Write can be enjoyed independently by K-12 and college-aged students of all abilities without supervision, inside or outside the classroom. It works with virtually any kind of educational content – websites, Word files, PDFs, Google docs and more. Easy to install and manage, it runs smoothly on all your hardware, including PCs, Macs, Chromebooks and tablets.

Read&Write is a big confidence booster for English Language Learners, or anyone who needs a little help with their reading and writing. What’s more, it includes valuable extra features that discreetly support students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties.

At a glance

• Improve reading comprehension: hear web pages and documents read aloud with a choice of natural voices

• Help students understand unfamiliar words with text and picture dictionaries

• Develop writing skills and confidence with word prediction

• Support homework and independent research with study skills tools

• Turn documents and web pages into MP3 files for easy listening on the move

• Assists English Language Learners and students studying a second language

• Accessibility features like screen masking give extra support to students with dyslexia and other literacy challenges