Read&Write for Google Chrome™

Read&Write for Google Chrome™

Boost reading and writing confidence across all types of content and devices, in class, at work, and at home.

What is Read&Write for Google Chrome™?
Read&Write for Google Chrome™ is a feature-rich Chrome extension designed to boost confidence in reading and writing. It enables users to interact with digital content in a way that suits their abilities and learning styles. It provides text-to-speech, text and picture dictionaries, speech-to-text, word prediction, summarizing and research tools, voice notes, and simplification of web pages. This extension is free for 30 days and teachers can obtain a free premium subscription.
Stats
Version: 2.1.266 (Last updated: 2024-03-27)
Creation date: 2020-06-09
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • tabs
  • identity
  • identity.email
  • scripting
  • management
  • search
  • alarms
  • gcm
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 7.67M
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Summary
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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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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Some users find it useful for multitasking
  • Has multiple features including text reading, highlighting, searching words and images, creating audio documents, creating documents by dictation
  • Bypasses securly software
Cons
  • Many users report the extension not working or behaving inconsistently
  • Issues noted with user interface
  • Many users annoyed that it was forcibly installed on their accounts and could not be removed
  • Does not work on all websites
  • Some features such as text reading and masking are not functioning as expected
Most mentioned
  • Extension not functioning as expected and inconsistency in its performance
  • Forcible installation on school accounts
  • Problematic user interface
  • Issues with text reading and incompatibility with some websites
Recent reviews
by Owen Haider Owen Haider, 2024-02-29

by Trimaan Patro Trimaan Patro, 2023-12-12

BEST EXTINATION EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by COOLGUY COOLGUY, 2024-03-26
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Safety
Risk impact

Read&Write for Google Chrome™ is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Read&Write for Google Chrome™ if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Read&Write for Google Chrome™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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