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™?
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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
User reviews
User reviews summary
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
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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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