Opening Read & Write - This video shows you how to open the Read & Write toolbar.
Customizing the Settings - This video shows you how to customize the settings of the various tools of Read & Write for Google, including the rate of speech, color options, and removing tools from your toolbar.
Word Prediction - This video shows you how to use word prediction to support your typing speed or spelling.
Talk & Type - This video shows you how to use Talk & Type to type with your voice. It also shows you how to easily edit your typed work.
Editing with text to speech - This video shows you how to use text to speech to listen to your typed work read aloud by the computer and edit with your ears!
Voice Note - This video shows you how to use the Voice Comment feature to make a comment using your voice. This can be helpful for students to use to capture their thoughts and then work on typing them or for teachers to use to make a voice comment to a student (explaining the directions, giving feedback, etc...)
Grammar Check - This video shows you how to use Read & Write's grammar check tool - Check it!
Text to Speech Read Aloud - This video shows you how to use the text to speech read aloud feature to support your reading and decoding. You can listen to whole texts read aloud or just the words that are difficult to decode.
Screen mask - This video shows you how to use the screen masking tool to support your tracking. Its good for when you're reading and editing your own work, but will also help you when reading articles on the computer.
Opening a PDF - This video shows you how to open a PDF using the PDF Reader tool.
Customizing Settings - This video shows you how to customize settings, including the voice and pace of the voice.
Click Speak Tool - This video shows you how to use the Click Speak tool to easily control the read aloud feature for listening to PDFs read aloud.
Dictionary - This video shows you how to use the built-in dictionary tool to define words.
Typed Notes - This video shows you how to use the typing tool to type notes directly onto a PDF.
Tip: You will always need to open the file using Read & Write in order to see the annotations. This is also true if you submit your work to a teacher (they need to use the tool to view it)
Vocabulary List Builder - This video shows you how to use the Vocabulary List Builder to create your own customized vocabulary list!
Highlighting - This video shows you how to use the highlighting tools to highlight directly onto a digital PDF.
Tip: You need to open the PDF using Read & Write in order to see the highlights later.