Accessibility and Disability Resources

Read&Write

Read&Write is a program which supports reading, writing and studying with a toolbar available on multiple platforms. It is provided to all Xavier students, faculty, and staff free of charge. Accommodations are not required to use Read&Write (for use during in-class assignments, such as tests, contact your professor directly). 

Features

  • Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text 
  • Text prediction
  • Dictionaries (traditional and picture based)
  • Translation 
  • Screenmasking (provides line focus)
  • Screenshot reader: Reads screenshots of traditionally inaccessible text
  • Rewordify: breaks down complex vocabulary 
  • Simplify page: ability to customize background color, font color and size, line spacing, declutters page
  • Spelling & grammar support

Installation and Activation