Use Google Read & Write when reading a website or creating a word document. Read and write is useful for students that have various learning disabilities. It is easy to install and easy to use.

Features:

Text to talk

speech to text

Easy access dictionary

An icon that converts highlighted text into a separate document

An icon the converts highlighted text into a vocabulary list

Translation icon

Annotation feature

Audio inserts into Google Doc

Application of Read & Write Google Chrome

-ESL students can translate text easily

-students with a low reading level and research websites with ease

-teachers can prepare assignments with audio notes embedded in document for more explicit instructions

-Students can organize key points of a document using the highlight feature

-Students can use several features on Read & Write to create documents.  Using word prediction helps students choose correct wording, speech to text helps students with limited typing skills and using the dictionary helps understand challenging language.