Product Description
Technical
Read&Write for Mac's customizable easy-to-use toolbar provides reading, writing, studying, and research support tools within familiar applications (i.e. Word, Pages, Safari, Adobe Reader).
Features
Features
- Text to Speech: reads text aloud with dual color highlighting.
- Screenshot Reader: reads aloud inaccessible text, including text embedded within an image or Flash, locked PDFs, or online applications. Text can even be exported directly into Word or Pages document.
- Phonetic Spell Checker: analyzes and returns suggestions with definitions; Phonetic spelling, flexible spelling, and mirror letter errors are identified.
- Word Prediction: learns the writer's style and predicts the word being typed and the next word; prediction can be modified by manually adding words. Indicators show context accuracy to avoid grammatical errors.
- Talking Dictionary: provides definitions as well as alternative words to help expand vocabulary and improve reading comprehension. Basic, advances and online dictionaries support writing skills.
- Picture Dictionary: displays images for selected words. Users can get a visual image to better understand a words meaning.
- Vocabulary List Builder: build lists by highlighting words in a document or web page or by entering words manually. A document is automatically created with the words, definitions and images.
- Sounds Like and Confusable Words Checker: identifies words that sound the same but are spelled differently or words that are commonly confused. Display alternate choices and definitions.
- Verb Checker: helps determine verb conjugation. Once past, present, or future tense is selected, multiple conjugations are provided.
- Talking Calculator: provides the most common functions associated with a Simple or Scientific Calculator; provides an audit trail that shows calculations as they progress.
- Speech Maker: quickly and easily select any text and convert into a sound file, such as MP3.
- DAISY Reader: reads DAISY Books aloud, includes support for MathML and books using the DAISY plug-in.
- Pronunciation Tutor: breaks words into syllables allowing easy recognition of syllables in a word; includes an on-screen moving mouth to help develop more accurate speech.
- Scanning: scans print and digital documents; even scan documents using a digital camera.
- Fact Mapper: produce a visual representation of facts and ideas on screen. Great for idea mapping, brainstorming, outlining, drafting and revising.
- Screen Masking: tints the screen using colors, like an overlay, helping users who have trouble focusing on the screen by masking out active/non-active parts of the screen.
- Online Translator: translates single words, paragraphs or blocks of text into multiple languages and speaks the translation aloud while highlighting.
- PDF Aloud: speech-enables PDF files with dual color highlighting support.
- Study Skills Tools: highlight and extract text from any document or website to create study guides, outlines, etc. Collect highlighted text with bibliography information and export into a Word, Google, or Pages document.
- Summary Feature: allows users, while working in Microsoft Word, to summarize a document by paring down its content by 10% to 75%.
- NIMAS Conversion Tool: creates NIMAS source files from your work (e.g., Digital Talking Books). The Mobile USB format includes all of the featured of Read&Write Gold with no installation necessary. It contains all of the files required to run Read&Write Gold and lets users store their own files in addition to their personalized toolbar settings.
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Read&Write is supplied as a digital download - you will receive a link to download the software. The mobile version (previously supplied as a USB) can be used on more than one computer, via USB.
System Requirements
Standard
Mobile
Read&Write Mobile contains all of the files required to run Read&Write.
Software that has been opened or purchased as a download may only be replaced with identical software / media within 30 days if the originally purchased software is defective. Software that is purchased as a download is considered opened at the time of purchase.
System Requirements
Standard
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- 1.83 GHz processor
- Mac OS 10.7 or above
- 4 GB RAM
- 4 GB of free disk space
- Speakers, Sound Card
- Internet connection for certain features
- Optional: 300 MB disk space for Texthelp voices
Mobile
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- 1.83 GHz processor
- Mac OS 10.7 or above
- 4 GB RAM
- Speakers, Sound Card
- Internet connection for certain features
- Optional: 300 MB disk space for Texthelp voices
Read&Write Mobile contains all of the files required to run Read&Write.
- No installation required - can be used on any Mac computer via USB
- Provides complete portability
- Includes all of the features in Read&Write
- Users can store their own files on the device along with the Read&Write software
Software that has been opened or purchased as a download may only be replaced with identical software / media within 30 days if the originally purchased software is defective. Software that is purchased as a download is considered opened at the time of purchase.
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