Read&Write
Read&Write is a program which supports reading, writing and studying with a toolbar available on multiple platforms. It is provided to all Xavier students, faculty, and staff free of charge. Accommodations are not required to use Read&Write (for use during in-class assignments, such as tests, contact your course's professor).
Considerations
Benefits
- Speech-to-Text technology
- Screenshot reader: Reads screenshots of traditionally inaccessible text
- Highlight function
- Collect highlights function: Collects highlights of all colors and places them in a new Microsoft Word document with a citation
- Spell check
- Dictionaries (Traditional and picture-based)
- One-Word translation
- Word prediction (For writing)
- Screen masking (Makes all of, or portions of, the screen darker)
- Underline cursor function
Drawbacks
- Takes up space on the screen
- Apple products put the toolbar on top of the rest of the screen (hiding portions of the screen)
Tips & Tricks
- Go into the Word Banks section of the settings, and add those relevant to your area of study
- If Read&Write is mispronouncing a word, adjust it's pronunciation in the settings by typing in a phonetic spelling
Training
- Installation and Activation
- Training
- Includes links to tutorials
- With Respondus Lockdown Browser