Caitlin DiCristofalo, Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist

Christina Dancsak,SLP

Ver.11

Getting Started1) Open Read &

Write Gold

2) Open Word

3) Click on textHELP drop down arrow

4) Choose General Options

Change the Button Bar

5) Choose “Small icons without text”

6) Choose “Clear Style Color”

Speech Options 7) Click on the green Play button drop-down menu

8) Choose “Speech Options”

9) Click the Auto Read tab

10)Uncheck all the boxes

Spell Check Video Tour

Spell Check 1) Type into a Word document

2) Make a few spelling errors

3) Word underlines errors in red

4) Click on the Spell Check button

Hear the Definitions1) Click the Play button on the menu bar to hear the definition

2) Click the Change button to select the new word

3) Click Ignore button if you do not want to change anything

4) Error Type is displayed at the bottom

Spelling Options

1) Add word

2) Delete word

3) Settings

4) Add a list

Prediction Video Tour

Prediction1) Click on the

Prediction button

2) Right click on the prediction window

3) Check “Follow the Cursor” and “Speak the word when it is clicked”

4) Try it out!

Prediction Options1) Select “Prediction

Options”

2) Check desired options Alphabetical Follow the cursor Color

3) Show advanced options

4) Additional tabs

Dictionary Video Tour

Dictionary1) Select a word

2) Click on the Dictionary icon

3) Select a definition

4) Click on the Play button to hear the definition

Web Definitions1) Select “Web

Definitions” from the drop down menu

2) Select a word in your document

3) Click on the Dictionary icon

4) Google automatically defines the word for you!

Picture Dictionary Video TourNEW!

Picture Dictionary1) Click on the Picture Dictionary icon

2) Double click a word in a document to see the associated picture

3) Double click on the picture to insert it into the document

Word Wizard1) Select a word

2) Click the Word Wizard button

3) A dialog box pops up

4) You can discover related words, phrases, etc.

Homophone Video Tour

Homophones 1) Click on the Show button and all the homophones will be colored in blue

2) Click on the Sounds Like button, and a dialog will pop up

3) It will show you all the possible definitions of possible homophones for a word

4) You can replace a word with the word that was intended

Sounds Like1) Click the Play button

to hear the definition

2) Choose Ignore or Change

3) Check Always Ignore this word in future for common words!

4) Click the Hide button to turn off the homophone support

Verb Checker Enter a verb

to see how it is conjugated for past, present, and future tense

NEW!

Calculator Video Tour

Calculator Click the

Calculator drop-down to choose Standard or Scientific It will speak the

numbers and the solution!

Notice Conversion options

Calculator

Speech Video Tour

Speech Controls1) Open a Word

document

2) Practice using Speech Controls

3) Open Internet Explorer

4) Practice using Speech Controls

Speech Options

Select desired Speech Options

Screenshot Reader Video Tour

Screenshot Reader1) Can be used to read even locked PDF documents

2) Open a webpage or a PDF

3) Click the Screenshot Reader icon

4) Click and drag a box over a portion of text

Speechmaker 1) Open a document

2) Select text

3) Click the Speechmaker button

4) Continue with on-screen prompts to convert text to speech

Daisy Reader 1) Click on the DAISY icon

2) Find a DAISY file

3) Adjust display settings

Scan Video Tour

Scanning Options1) Be sure you have

selected “Scan to Word”

2) Select “Scanning Options”

3) Select Output Settings tab

4) Click to choose a location to save to

Scan 1) Place a document in the scanner

2) Click the Scan button and follow scanning prompts

3) Use any of the features in Read & Write Gold with your scanned document

Fact Tools Use the Fact Finder,

Fact Folder, and Fact Mapper to do research and keep track of bibliographical information

Screen Masking Video Tour

Screen Masking Screen Masking

offers many options for highlighting specific areas of the screen

Translator Video Tour

Translator 1) Select “Single Word” or “Paragraph” translation

2) Select some text

3) Click the Translator button

PDF Aloud 1) Click the PDF Aloud button

2) Choose a PDF file on your computer

3) Use the buttons to hear text read aloud

Study Skills Video Tour

Highlighter Tools1) Select text

2) Click a highlighter color

3) Click the Collect Highlights button

4) Choose colors to collect

5) Highlights will be pasted into a new Word document

Vocabulary 1) Click the Vocabulary button

2) Add words to the list . You can click “with images” or leave them out.

3) Click OK

4) Read & Write will automatically generate a list in a Word document

Word Cloud Video Tour

Word Cloud 1) Select some text or a word list

2) Click the Word Cloud button

3) Click “Create”

4) A separate window will appear with all the words. You can click on the words to hear them spoken.

Voice Note Video Tour

Voice Note 1) Click inside a document

2) Click the Voice Note icon

3) Click the Start Recording button and record your message

4) Click Replay to hear your message

5) Click Save to save onto your computer or Insert to include it in your document

Summary 1) Copy and paste text into Word

2) Click the Summary button

3) Choose the percentage in the drop-down and click OK

4) A summary will be pasted into a new Word document

Common Core ConnectorsCCSS English Language Arts:

• Demonstrating proper punctuation and spelling• Determining meaning of unknown words• Strategic exploration/use of digital media• Gathering relevant info from digital resources/following standard format for citation• Develop writing by planning, organizing, revising, editing, and rewriting

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