Compare Chrome extensions: Read&Write for Google Chrome™ vs OrbitNote

Stats Read&Write for Google Chrome™ Read&Write for Google Chrome™ OrbitNote OrbitNote
User count N/A N/A
Average rating 3.51 3.38
Rating count 1,799 137
Last updated 2024-04-18 2024-03-06
Size 7.67M 2.68M
Version 2.1.279 6.0.18
Short description
Boost reading and writing confidence across all types of content and devices, in class, at work, and at home. Create, convert, connect: take your digital documents to the next level with OrbitNote.
Full summary

Wonderfully intuitive and easy-to-use, Read&Write for Google Chrome™ provides personalized support to make documents, web pages and common file types in Google Drive (including: Google Docs, PDF & ePub) more accessible. It’s designed to help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles.

Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, including:

• Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting

• Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained

• With speech-to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying

• Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type

• Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing and research

• Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs

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Create, convert, connect: take your digital documents to the next level with OrbitNote.

Searching for a way to make digital documents accessible, dynamic and more collaborative?

Download OrbitNote to transform and interact with digital documents in a completely different way! With OrbitNote you can make digital documents accessible and actionable, while demonstrating and giving feedback in multiple formats. It’s a great tool to boost productivity, connections and collaboration!

Open digital documents in Google Drive, OneDrive, on the web app, in your LMS (Google Classroom and Schoology), or on your local device, then use OrbitNote to:

• Collaborate in real-time within digital documents • Read text, including math & science equations, aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting • Type text on top of your PDFs with the Text feature • Highlight and extract information with colored highlighters • Add text and voice comments or use pushpins for helpful hints or instructions • Use freehand or shape drawing to scribble and draw on your digital documents • And more!

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