What is Read&Write?

Read&Write is a literacy tool that supports and improves studying, reading and research. Find text-to-speech tools and convert PDFs, webpages and more into audible documents. In addition, Read&Write has Talk and Type and translation capabilities.

Read&Write can be downloaded onto your PC or Mac or can be installed as a Chrome or MicrosoftEdge extension. Download or install the Read&Write Toolbar and select the option that will work best for you.

How-to Guides, including an introduction video, a feature tour and training guides can be found on the Read&Write for Education Academy webpage. How-to videos are also available on YouTube.

Read&Write is available to all Kenyon students, faculty and staff.

Read&Write's OrbitNote is a companion tool PDF reader that can:

  • Upload more accessible PDFs to the web or to Moodle
  • Highlight text in PDFs and collect this text in one location
  • Have PDFs read aloud
  • Make notes on a PDF
  • Manipulate text by performing optical character recognition on your own device

Access OrbitNote by going to orbit.texthelp.com.

Please contact Mary Harris at 740-427-5692 or harrisme@kenyon.edu if you need assistance accessing or using Read&Write.