Support for Read&Write Desktop™

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

What is Support for Read&Write Desktop™?

Support for Read&Write Desktop™ is a Chrome extension that enables the Read&Write for Windows and Mac toolbar to be used within Google Chrome, offering features such as text to speech, word prediction, and text and picture dictionaries to enhance reading, writing, studying, and research.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.texthelp.com

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Users: 300,000+

Rating: 1.79 (42)

Version: 2.1.355 (Last updated: 2024-09-25)

Creation date: 2024-01-04

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting
tabs

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 1.94M

Email: in*****@texthelp.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 1358

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Extension summary

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This extension allows Read&Write for Windows and Mac to work inside of Google Chrome. Simply install this helper extension to use your Read&Write toolbar in places like Google Docs, Word Online, Learning Management Systems, websites and more.

The following video will show how to use Read&Write for Windows with this extension https://youtu.be/WbOmXTkinIM

NOTE: This extension requires that you have either Read&Write for Windows or Mac software installed. The extension by itself does not provide any functionality.

Learn more about using this extension here: https://support.texthelp.com/help/using-readwrite-for-windows-with-google-chrome

Read&Write’s powerful support toolbar helps you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, through these features, and more:

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

• Text and picture dictionaries provide definitions and visual context for understanding unfamiliar words

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works well in conjunction with the desktop app
Helpful for reading text online
Some users find it invaluable after troubleshooting

Cons

Numerous functionality issues, including not highlighting or saving text
Buggy speech-to-text function
Frustrating user experience with robotic voice for text-to-speech
Incompatibility with certain types of documents like PDFs
Extension often fails to activate or function at all

Most mentioned

Does not work at all
Frustrating user experience
Issues with highlighting and saving text

Recent reviews

John Butler, 2024-07-22

The speech to text function is very buggy :(

Farrah Boyuk, 2024-04-11

Works very well for me. I like the desktop app for majority of my work and the chrome extension also works well but the desktop app is superior.

Tony C, 2024-03-30

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Support for Read&Write Desktop™ 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 Support for Read&Write Desktop™ if you trust the publisher.