1. To install Read and Write:
  2. Read and Write and the web (including Brightspace for online tests)
  3. To use Read and Write with PDF
  4. To adjust the voice and speed (Windows)
  5. To adjust the voice and speed (Mac)

To install Read and Write:

  1. Start here: https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write/read-write-for-education/
  2. Click on “Try Read and Write”.
  3. Click on Windows or Mac and save the installer.
  4. Run the installer.
  5. When you run the program for the first time you’ll be asked to login. Select Sign in with Microsoft and login using your Carleton email address,  YourUsername@cmail.carleton.ca, (staff: ….@cunet.carleton.ca).

Read and Write and the web (including Brightspace for online tests)

  1. Open a browser once Read and Write is running.
  2. Read and Write will prompt you to install a plug-in (or add-in).
  3. Follow instructions to do so.
  4. To read text on the web, hover the mouse cursor over any text you want read and the program will start reading.

To use Read and Write with PDF

  1. Click on the PDF button on the ribbon bar at the top.
  2. Browse your computer and open a PDF.
  3. Click anywhere on the text to have the program start reading.

Note: often PDFs will open in a browser.  To read them effectively, save them offline and open via the RW PDF button.

To adjust the voice and speed (Windows)

  1. Click on the menu at the top right (three horizontal bars).
  2. Select “Show more settings”.
  3. Click on Speech. On the right you can choose a voice and adjust voice speed.

To adjust the voice and speed (Mac)

Click on gear icon at the top right.  Settings will be similar to as shown for Windows.

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