ReadSpeaker TextAid
Assistive Technology for Learning Disabilities and Literacy Support. Speech-enables any text making it accessible to all.
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Helping students build lifelong learning skills, build confidence, and achieve academic success.
The task of helping struggling readers stay motivated and at grade level is a difficult one. ReadSpeaker TextAid helps teachers, institutions, and parents face accessibility challenges with its reading, writing, and studying tool, helping those with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, and language learners to become confident, autonomous learners.
Users listen to an audio version of assignments, textbooks, web pages, scanned notes, personal documents, and more, while reading along with the highlighted text.
ReadSpeaker TextAid Helps:
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Improve comprehension
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Increase self-confidence and performance
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Give independence to choose
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Motivate reluctant readers to read more
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Students stay at peer level in all subjects
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Reduce IEP budgets
Pricing
From individual complete subscriptions starting at $4/month to institutional licenses, ReadSpeaker TextAid is the most cost-effective solution available today. Contact us about multi-user licenses or click here for more information about ReadSpeaker TextAid for Individuals and to sign up for a free trial.
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FAQs about ReadSpeaker TextAid
ReadSpeaker TextAid is assistive technology for learning disabilities with read-aloud technology and voice-enhanced learning tools to allow all students to listen to audio while following along with highlighted text.
ReadSpeaker TextAid pricing is the most cost-effective solution available today. Individual subscriptions start at $4/month. Institutional and multi-user licenses depend on the number of users.
ReadSpeaker TextAid is web-based, which means no downloads and access on any device. For institutions it can be easily integrated into any existing learning management systems (LMS) and as an LTI Tool. The ReadSpeaker TextAid for Chrome extension and other browser extensions can be integrated directly into your browser.
ReadSpeaker TextAid is web based, so you don’t need to ‘turn it off’. Simply log out when you need to and log back in when you want to use it.
The ReadSpeaker TextAid login can be found on the ReadSpeaker website, so you can access it from any device. You can also bookmark it for easier access.
Implementing ReadSpeaker TextAid is easy. Just contact us to ‘turn it on’ in any LMS. Having trouble or have questions? Our customer service is here to help.
No. The first time you click on TextAid your account is created. After that you can bookmark the link or use the extension without going through your LMS. If you see a login message when you access TextAid, click on the Login link and enter your institutional email address and LMS password.
A TextAid coordinator or administrator can share books and documents with students. The materials will show under their TextAid library tab “Shared with me.” Students cannot re-share these materials or move them to their OneDrive or Google Drive.
You can add the External Learning Tool to the Global menus in the same way that you add them to course navigation.
If you use a Google domain for your institution, then you can deploy the TextAid extension to all students or a select group of students by doing a force+pin to their Chrome Browser.
Yes. Use the Snapshot tool on the TextAid extension and draw a box around the text. The text will be OCRed (Optical Character Recognition) and read out loud.
