Syracuse University maintains a site license for TextHelp Read&Write Gold for PC and Mac and iReadWrite for iPad.
Read&Write Gold 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.
The discrete, customizable toolbar works with commonly-used file types and applications including: Microsoft ® Word, Google Docs™, PDFs, Mozilla Firefox®, Internet Explorer®, Safari, and Chrome™, to make digital content accessible. The software can take scanned electronic documents and camera images into a format that enables interaction with the content.
Read&Write Gold is especially helpful for those challenged with the increased demands of college, including:
The software will soon be installed on the computers in the ITS public computer labs and can now be installed on users’ University- and individually-owned computers.
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.
ITS has arranged for presentation of a live, one-hour webinar that will take you on a thorough tour of Read&Write Gold, and help you understand how the application can help those you support. Kimberly Nix, M.Ed., TextHelp’s Senior Professional Development Manager in North America, will discuss key tools for empowering university students to maximize their time and effort. She will focus 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 will be interspersed with practical application suggestions to help different kinds of learners with strategies for success.
The webinar took place on March 25th, 2015. It was recorded and will be available for viewing soon. Please send an email to accessibility@syr.edu if you would like to be contacted when the recording is available. Otherwise, a link to the webinar recording will appear here when it is ready.
Read&Write Gold has video tutorials covering most of the toolbar features. These videos are accessed from the dropdown menu at the right end of the toolbar next to the R&W logo.
Download Read&Write Gold and iReadWrite for PC and Mac (You must login to Answers to download Read&Write Gold)
iPad version installation (You must login to Answers to download iReadWrite to install)