Read and Write at Writtle College
Read and Write software is an extremely supportive piece of software for students with dyslexia, according to Paul Hill from Writtle College
“I recommend this software to many people” explains Paul Hill at Writtle College, it makes a measurable difference to the way in which people work and to the work that they submit.”
“Our students submit high standards of work in the form of essays, dissertations and research papers. Preparing, compiling and proofing this work before submission requires skills that can be challenging to the dyslexic student.”
“Importantly I believe that once students have used this software they can see how it would help them in their working life and their lifelong learning. There are many students that really benefit from using this software. We are giving our students a good tool for life.”
Paul is talking about Read & Write from Texthelp.
As an IT specialist at the Writtle College Paul believes that the software has been invaluable to a cohort of dyslexic students and feels that it effectively supports the colleges Learning Support Unit. Its speech feedback feature means that text can be spoken back to the student by word, sentence, paragraph or selected text, as it is typed. Words can also be highlighted as they are spoken for audio-visual reinforcement, increasing word recognition levels. The software also includes a phonetic spellchecker, homophone support (to identify similar sounding words) and the powerful context speech- enabled word prediction.
About Writtle College
Established in 1893, Writtle College has been producing leaders in the land-based industries and organisations for over 100 years. The college takes pride in providing its students with valuable insight into the world of work, backed up by comprehensive careers guidance and the flexibility to specialise according to their own individual strengths and aspirations. Working with the University of Essex, its academic standards and practices
