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Read&Write GOLD Read&Write 8. 1 GOLD Product Quick Start Brownsville ISD Presenters: Enriqueta Trevino: entrevino@bisd. us Noe Granado : ngranado@bisd. us Literacy Language Learning

Texthelp Team • Nancy Welch – Texthelp’s Valley Rep • 956 -821 -1323 nancyw 23@aol. com • Jody Gratz – Regional Sales Director • 512 -970 -0113 j. gratz@texthelp. com • Rachel Fresco – National Sales Support • 888 -248 -0652 r. fresco@texthelp. com • Mike Ochs – Technical Support Lead • 888 -248 -0652 Literacy Language Learning m. ochs@texthelp. com

The RWG Toolbar • • • Support for existing curriculum Docks to sides or top of screen Option to display icon text labels Interchangeable toolbar templates Customizable to student needs Literacy Language Learning

• Choice of Toolbar Icons Professional or Fun • Choice of 6 Different Toolbars All Reading Writing Research My Features Study Skills Literacy Language Learning

Practice Click down carrot by TEXTHELP window and look at Current Toolbar and General Toolbar Options Literacy Language Learning

Speech Output • Fundamental support feature • Web highlighting • Options: – Adjust voice • English – Male or Female • Spanish – Paulina • Speed or Word Settle – Highlighting • Red supports ADHD • Blue supports Dyslexia • Yellow is default Literacy Language Learning

Practice Click down carrot by Read Button Literacy Language Learning

Practice • Participants should open word doc • Type a short paragraph about yourself • Type a short paragraph in Spanish • Practice using the read and stop buttons Literacy Language Learning

Screenshot Reader • Select any part of screen and text will be read aloud with highlighting. • Works with virtually text including images and Flash and locked PDF documents Literacy Language Learning

Elementary Level Books • http: //en. childrenslibrary. org/ • Search for “Angels Ride Bicycles” • Play with book format to enlarge text • Use “Magic Box” to read text aloud Literacy Language Learning

PDFaloud Toolbar Plug-in, merges with Adobe Acrobat / Reader • Click and speak • Hover highlighting • Read within the web browser Literacy Language Learning

Practice • Log into CScope • Review a lesson specific to your area • Copy a student PDF to your desktop • Use PDF reader to open and read doc Literacy Language Learning

Translator • • • English to Spanish One word at a time Multiple choices Build Vocabulary “Paulina” Voice Option Literacy Language Learning

Practice Use within a doc or as a stand alone Literacy Language Learning

Talking Calculator • Standard & Scientific • Speech enabled Blackboard type audit trail • Undo button • 5 memory functions • In document calculations • Value converter Literacy Language Learning

Practice Use as a stand alone Try English and Spanish voices Look at the converter Literacy Language Learning

Word Prediction Feature • • • Literacy Language Learning Learns user style of writing Phonetic based predictions Grammar indicator Homophone indicator Dictionary lookup Speech feedback

Spell Check Feature • Speech enabled • Solve complex errors • Audible definitions & Sample sentences Literacy Language Learning

Homophone Support • Highlighted homophones • Definitions • Speech-enabled Literacy Language Learning

Dictionary • Basic, Advanced or Web Dictionary • Sample sentences and descriptions • Speech enabled • Advanced searches Literacy Language Learning

Word Wizard • • Literacy Language Learning Similar to a thesaurus Advanced word search Parts of speech Audible definitions and sample sentences

Join Texthelp’s Online Learning Network • • • www. texthelp. com Choose the red mouse (middle of page) Select North American Resources Create a User Account Login using your new account Explore your resources Literacy Language Learning

Thank you for your attention. Read&Write GOLD For technical support email: support@texthelp. com Literacy Language Learning