ClaroRead for Windows PC supports reading and writing.
ClaroRead is a simple, easy-to-use and flexible software program that helps you to read, write, study, and increases your confidence. You can read any on-screen text out loud and improve your writing in Microsoft Word. ClaroRead Plus and Pro also lets you read aloud scanned paper books and documents with complete clarity.
Home Page : https://www.clarosoftware.com/claroread
Free Trial – Demo Versions: https://www.clarosoftware.com/demos
Versions Comparisions Chart: https://www.clarosoftware.com/comparison
Mac Version: https://www.clarosoftware.com/claroreadmac
Operating Systems: Windows – Mac
ReadingReads Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, OpenOffice/LibreOffice and Internet Explorer with speech and highlighting so you can follow the text as it is read out by high-quality human-sounding speech.Reads text in email, webpages, and any other program you want by selecting with the mouse, pointing with the mouse, or capturing from the screen.Read paper documents with scanning (OCR). ClaroRead Plus and Pro only.Reads English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and twenty-four other languages with 80 different voices and accents so you can listen to a voice you like.Choose highlighting by word, by sentence, any colour, and lots of combinations so you can get just the right one for you.Word predictionSuggest words as you type to help with spelling and writing.Choice of high-frequency, many subject-specific, and huge prediction dictionaries.Phonetic prediction – type “n”, see “knowledge” suggested.Learn new predictions as you type or train it in a particular subject.Dragon NaturallySpeakingEcho back text recognised by Dragon as it appears on your computer screen so you know it is right.WritingListen back to your text after you have written – hear mistakes you can’t spot when you read.Listen to each word or sentence as you type so you can hear mistakes immediately.SpellcheckSpeaking spellcheck lets you select the word you want by hearing the alternatives.Support for homophones and easily-confused words like “there” and “their” and “they’re” including images to help you select the correct word.Advanced phonetic, dyslexic and problem spelling corrections like “neel” (kneel) and “necessary”.Check anywhere, in Mail or Safari or Chrome, not just Microsoft Word.DictionarySpeaking dictionary for any word in any program with over 300,000 English definitions.Thesaurus to help with comprehension.ReadingChange font and text to make it easier to read.Change screen colours to reduce contrast and make reading more comfortable.Listening laterRead text into an audio or video file to listen to later (on your ‘phone, on the move, for study).Scanning (OCR) – ClaroRead Plus and ClaroRead ProUse industry-leading Omnipage technology to convert printed documents and image files into PDF, Word and many other formats for reading and annotation later.Create accessible PDF files with reading order.Make any text displayed on the screen read aloud, including online eBooks and presentations.
Included software
ClaroRead Standard, ClaroRead Plus and ClaroRead Pro (but not ClaroRead SE) include all of:
ClaroIdeas, ScreenRuler, ClaroCapture, Claro AudioNote, Claro Voice Setup