What is Read&Write?
Read&Write lets everyone read, write, and express themselves more confidently. An easy-to-use toolbar makes documents, files, and web pages more accessible. Read&Write is a big confidence booster for anyone needing little support with reading and writing at school or the workplace. Its friendly literacy features help English Language Learners and people with learning difficulties.
From hearing emails or documents read aloud to text prediction, picture dictionaries, summary highlighters, and a grammar, spelling, and confusable words checker, Read & Write makes many everyday literacy tasks simpler, quicker, and more accurate.
Texthelp Extensions for Microsoft Edge
Note: You add four extensions to your browser. Three extensions will be installed from the Edge Add-ons store, and one extension will be installed from the Chrome Web Store.
Microsoft Edge: Read&Write, OrbitNote, and Screenshot Reader Extensions are all required to get full access to the tool features
- Launch the Microsoft Edge Browser.
- Make sure to clear cookies and cache in all browser profile(s).
- In the top right of the Edge Browser, click on the profile icon.
- Sign in with your full Southern New Hampshire University email address and password associated with your SNHU/Microsoft 365 account. (The account you use to sign into Outlook, Word, etc.).
- Once your Microsoft Edge Browser is synced to your SNHU account follow these steps to install each extension in your Edge browser:
Read&Write Extension
Go to the following link to install the Read&Write Extension and click on the "Get" button:
OrbitNote Extension
Go to the following link to install the OrbitNote Extension and click on the "Get" button:
Screenshot Reader Extension
Go to the following link to install the OrbitNote Extension and click on the "Get" button:
Equatio Extension
- Click on the puzzle icon in the top right corner of your Edge browser and select “Manage extensions.”
- In the left-hand column, toggle “Allow extensions from other stores.”
- Use the following link to the Chrome web store to install this extension:
- You can see the extensions you just added by clicking the puzzle icon on the top right of the Edge browser. You can pin the extensions to make them always visible by clicking on the eye icon next to each extension.
Texthelp Extensions for Chrome Web Browser
Note: There will be four extensions to install on the Google Chrome browser. All four extensions will be installed from the Chrome Web Store.
Installing the Chrome Extensions: Please NOTE all extensions required to get full access to the tool features
- Launch the Google Chrome browser.
- Sign out of your Chrome browser profile by clicking on the button with your name and profile photo/icon on the top right of Chrome.
- Make sure the text under the profile icon says "Not signed in"
- Make sure sync is turned off.
Note: If you are signed in with your Google account, the extensions will automatically use your Google credentials to try to sign in and cause an error.
- Users must "Sign in with Microsoft."
- Make sure to clear cookies and cache in all browser profile(s).
- Use the following Chrome web store links to install the extensions:
Read&Write Chrome Extension
Go to the following link to install the Read&Write Extension and click on the "Add to Chrome" button:
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When using the Google Chrome Extensions, select "Sign in with Microsoft."
- Users must "Sign in with Microsoft"
Equatio Chrome Extension
Go to the following link to install the Equatio Extension and click on the "Add to Chrome" button:
OrbitNote Chrome Extension
Go to the following link to install the OrbitNote Extension and click on the "Add to Chrome" button:
IMPORTANT: MUST Install the Screenshot Reader Chrome Extension
Go to the following link to install the Screenshot Reader Extension and click on the "Add to Chrome" button:
- You can see the extensions you just added by clicking the puzzle icon on the top right of the Chrome browser. You can pin the extensions to make them always visible by clicking on the pin icon next to each extension.
Additional Resources
- Read&Write Desktop Application:
- More Read&Write Articles:
- Texthelp.com learning resources: