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Syracuse University maintains a site license for TextHelp Read&Write for PC and Mac and iReadWrite for iPad, as well as a Chrome browser extension.

Read&Write helps all individuals succeed regardless of ability or learning style.  Users can access the reading, writing, studying, and research tools they need at school, home, or work. Having text read aloud with dual color highlighting, along with additional support tools, helps every learner gain confidence and work independently at their own pace.

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Contact your local IT support team for assistance installing the software on your University-owned computer.Download link below for installing on your personally-owned computer.

Installing Read & Write

Go to the Texthelp webpage.  (https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/ )

On the Texthelp homepage locate and select the 

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“Learn More” button/link under Read&Write

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Click the Read&Write for Education buttton

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Click Try Read and Write Today

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Choose Android, iPad, Windows, Mac OS, Chrome, or Edge

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Click Install (Note: if you choose the Chrome option be sure you are logged in to Chrome with your netID@g.syr.edu account, not a personal account)

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The install package will be downloaded to your device where you can install as you would any other program.

Note: when prompted to log in please use your netID@g.syr.edu email address. This will authenticate you as a Syracuse University user. 


Running Read & Write for the first time (Example from Windows)

1. Double click the Read & Write icon on your Desktop.

2. Click on the Read & Write tab at the top of your screen. 

3. Choose Sign in with Google and sign into Read & Write using your preferred providernetID@g.syr.edu

Information and Training

Webinar

ITS arranged for a live, one-hour webinar that presents a thorough tour of Read&Write and discussion of how the application can help students and other that you support.Kimberly Nix, M.Ed., TextHelp’s Senior Professional Development Manager in North America, discusses the key tools in Read&Write for empowering university students to maximize their time and effort.She focuses on the areas of accessing digital text, working through reading, creating study guides, gathering information for research, organizing and proofing, paper writing, and more.  A demonstration of how tools function was interspersed with practical application suggestions to help different kinds of learners with strategies for success TextHelp has a number of free training resources including tutorials and videos in their Training & Resources Center.