Read&Write vs. WhiteSmoke

Read&Write is definitely suited to supporting learners of all abilities in accessing learning. Its on-demand nature is really powerful, giving children the support, confidence, and scaffolds to access their learning without any stigma or the need to be embarrassed when asking for help from a teacher or another adult in the classroom.

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WhiteSmoke provides a plagiarism checker to aid in data processing with other online databases that may have similar content. WhiteSmoke supports the use of a style checker that includes grammar, punctuation, and other aspects that work together to create a grammar checker.

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• Read&Write works well with Word in Office 365 (we are a Microsoft board)
• Read&Write is excellent in the speech to text and text to speech areas.
• We love the prediction tool, especially for users whop are apprehensive to dictate yet still require spelling support.
• We love the collect highlights feature, especially when we are researching a webpage in order to write a research paper.
• We love the summarize tool!

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• Detection and correction of the misspelled word, as well as the correct word but with an incorrect context.
• Its grammar checker will make your writing free of awkward grammar mistakes.
• Your copyeditor will improve the quality and impression of your writing, which will be widely accepted by your writing.
• It also serves as a plagiarism checker.
• It can translate up to 50 languages, etc.

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• I wish the Check It tool was available on the web (only in GDocs currently)
• I wish the highlighter/collect highlights would collect citation information (kind of a combination of MyBib and highlighters)
• One weird thing with the Reading tools (text-to-speech) is that if you are zoomed in to FIT on a GDoc it does glitchy stuff (skipping or not displaying) vs when you are at 100% zoom
• why isn't Rewordify in Read&Write in a Google Doc? only on web version? Same for Simplify text tool.

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• The WhiteSmoke Windows application is limited to 10,000 characters at a time. That is not 10,000 words. It's 10,000 characters, which means each letter, punctuation mark, and space. However, this problem does not apply to your web-based application.
• No free version.
• Slow customer service.
• The lowest price level only works within the browser.
• Provides some false positives.
• You need internet access to work.
• The translator function uses Google Translate.

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As an assistive technology software that revolutionizes literacy experiences. With features like text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and vocabulary tools, it empowers learners of all abilities. Its impact extends beyond the classroom, fostering engagement, accessibility, and personalized learning.

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Extremely user friendly and easy to use

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Highly available

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Integrates well and quickly

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I always appreciate the emails with tips, tricks, videos and professional development. The tool is often changing for the better and it's good to stay in the loop. I have also been pleased with the tech support from Texthelp when needed. However, we rarely need tech support for the product. Our sales rep has helped us renew our license multiple times!

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Still trying to get all schools and teachers to buy in that students need this access

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Clicker was missing from the list. The benefit of using Read&Write over other software has been its integration with Google, and that it brings all the features into one toolbar. This means we are not adding additional cognitive load to our students.

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I highly appreciate the software for its awesome features for writing perfection. Here one can easily find the writing accurately in a short time. [The] translator function of [the] software is just awesome to use. And the features of the software [are] perfect to find grammatical mistakes, [the] pronunciation of the writing. Overall the software is just cool to me[.]

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Easy to use

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• It engages more students in the writing process
• It engages more students in the reading process by allowing struggling learners to listen to text and be able to keep up with the discussions with their typical peers.
• It has improved learning outcomes by giving students tools to promote independence and engage them in the process and allowing them to create their best work.

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• This software offers excellent functionalities, including a spell and grammar checker and a translator. With the ability to correct and translate each word between 55 different languages.

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