As part of their $32 million U.S. Department of Education OSEP award, Bookshare chose Read:OutLoud by Don Johnston Incorporated as the text reader that would best achieve the goal of providing access to reading materials and enabling students to read texts with comprehension. It is available for free to all Bookshare members.

If you are a Bookshare member you can download Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition here.

To learn more about Bookshare visit their website.

Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition

Key Features:

• Text-to-speech reads Bookshare content
• eHighlighter and Note tools cultivate text-to-self connections
• Bibliographer logs and organizes sources in a structured step-by-step process

Benefits:

• Provides access to classroom content – Students with print disabilities can access curriculum-based information through electronic books available from Bookshare
• Supports reading comprehension – Read:OutLoud provides the structure and a robust set of tools students use to independently practice comprehension strategies recommended by the National Reading Panel Report and Reading Next.
• Increases knowledge in any subject area – Students highlight key information creating an information outline to organize and clarify their content understanding.

Text Reader Functionality Lookup Table

Determine which text reader is right for you. This functionality lookup chart compares features found in Read:OutLoud, Read:OutLoud Bookshare.org Edition and the ClassMate Reader.

Update as of 8.7.09

Both the Windows and the Mac version of Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition are now available! Bookshare members can download the software on the Bookshare website here.

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