Read & Write Gold Features
Text to Speech: hear text
read aloud in conjunction with dual highlighting;
it even works with Flash and Text embedded within
graphics
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Phonetic Spell Checker:
analyzes and corrects spelling and returns suggestions
for common spelling errors, and those errors which
are common with dyslexia
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Word Prediction: learns
the writer's style and predicts the word they
are typing and the word they want to use next,
and prediction can be modified by manually adding
words. Indicators beside each word show context
accuracy to avoid grammatical errors.
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Talking Dictionary: each
word in the dictionary has a description and sample
sentence, all of which can be spoken, along with
alternative suggestions
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Homophone Checker: color
codes confusable words and lists possible alternatives
with audible definitions and sample sentences
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Screenshot Reader: used
to read aloud all text, including text that is
embedded within an image or video or is contained
within inaccessible flash. Simply click the toolbar
button and surround the area you would like read.
The selected text will be analyzed with an OCR
process and be read aloud with highlighting.
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Speech Maker: allows the
conversion of text to MP3, WMA or WAV files
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DAISY Reader: allows users
to read their DAISY Books while working within
Read & Write GOLD, and includes a dual color
highlighting option
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One Touch Scanning: scans
paper-based documents or saved images into MS
Word, HTML, MS Excel or PDF format, and the text
may be read aloud and edited
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Fact Finder: performs a
web search through your default search engine
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Online Fact Mapper: produces
a visual representation of facts and ideas on
screen, and is useful for idea mapping, brainstorming,
outlining, revising, and drafting work
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Screen Masking: tints the
screen using any number of colors, and masks areas
of the window apart from the reading or typing
area, and is helpful to users who have trouble
focusing
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Online Translator: translates
into multiple languages and speaks the translation
aloud while highlighting
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PDFaloud: speech-enables
PDF files (provided the file's security settings
allow for text copying) with dual highlighting
support, and provides options for controlling
voice output settings, using a dictionary and
calculator, and searching the internet
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Study Skills Tools: highlights
and extracts text from any document or website
to create study guides, outlines, etc. This is
particularly useful when you want to select text
and categorize it separately by type (e.g., main
ideas, supporting details, vocabulary words, etc.).
Students can highlight each type with a different
color, and then collect the highlighted text and
create a new document.
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Integration with Microsoft
Word for Mac: Integrated with MS Word for
Mac 2008, with the following tools: read aloud
with dual color highlighting, phonetic spell checker,
homophone checker, word prediction, and study
skills tools
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Read Safari Web Content:
Read aloud web content with highlighting.
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Text Transfer: Automatically
transfer text from any Mac application to Read&Write
Gold for Mac. Text can be returned to the original
document with a click of a button.
Boost your students comprehension with Read &
Write Gold!
