u/Rabbit-Lover_2000

Hello folks,

I hope it is okay to write here. I was in special education in high school until 20 then did transition year for students with developmental disabilities with a community college at 21. I know teachers are helpers and maybe they know a program that can help me write, read and communicate.

I rely on Read&Write to do all my daily work and school plus all online communication. The features I need most are speak as I type and prediction. Screenshot reader and pdf reader are useful but not essential. I use the dictionary and picture dictionary but I can use an online dictionary plus images for those features.

I’m happy to pay for good software but it’s a pain to have subscription models. Why should I have to pay more than $300 a year for my entire life plus risk losing access if the company ever goes out of business or cancels the product? I was just laid off from my job at a school yesterday that had a group license for Read&Write so I will loose access June 30. I could pay for it myself but paying yearly for the same thing is not an efficient use of my money especially when unemployed.

I have learning disability and moderate autism that affects writing, reading, spelling, communication/ comprehension, number recognition and memory. It’s possibly an intellectual disability since it’s so broad but IQ test wasn’t able to be scored. Lowest less than 1st percentile (math and coordination) highest 45 percentile (writing). Since I can write (the 45) LD instead of ID. My writing is good because word prediction and spell check, can’t write by hand so test was adapted to typing on tablet. Plus physical needs that make typing and using a mouse slow and difficult.

Any other options I have tried can speak the key presses or word typed but don’t read the entire sentence once you add punctuation. I really need this feature because I forget what I have written by the time my sentence is done, it also helps me catch misspelled words. I have been using NVDA lately for screen reading and keyboard navigation but it can’t read the full sentence typed , do word prediction, and even with the visual indicators turned on it doesn’t highlight the words as it speaks which makes it very difficult for me to follow. I understand why that is though because visual cues would not be helpful for someone who is blind.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a software I could try that does speak as I type for sentences and word prediction. Extra good if it can go on USB like NVDA so I can bring it with me to computers if I get a job where it is shared computer.

Thank you so much!

Hello folks,

I rely on Read&Write to do all my daily work and school plus all online communication. The features I need most are speak as I type and prediction. Screenshot reader and pdf reader are useful but not essential. I use the dictionary and picture dictionary but I can use an online dictionary plus images for those features.

I’m happy to pay for good software but it’s a pain to have subscription models. Why should I have to pay more than $300 a year for my entire life plus risk losing access if the company ever goes out of business or cancels the product? I was just laid off from my job at a school yesterday that had a group license for Read&Write so I will loose access June 30. I could pay for it myself but paying yearly for the same thing is not an efficient use of my money especially when unemployed.

I have learning disability and moderate autism that affects writing, reading, spelling, communication/ comprehension, number recognition and memory. It’s possibly an intellectual disability since it’s so broad but IQ test wasn’t able to be scored. Lowest less than 1st percentile (math and coordination) highest 45 percentile (writing). Since I can write (the 45) LD instead of ID. My writing is good because word prediction and spell check, can’t write by hand so test was adapted to typing on tablet. Plus physical needs that make typing and using a mouse slow and difficult.

Any other options I have tried can speak the key presses or word typed but don’t read the entire sentence once you add punctuation. I really need this feature because I forget what I have written by the time my sentence is done, it also helps me catch misspelled words. I have been using NVDA lately for screen reading and keyboard navigation but it can’t read the full sentence typed , do word prediction, and even with the visual indicators turned on it doesn’t highlight the words as it speaks which makes it very difficult for me to follow. I understand why that is though because visual cues would not be helpful for someone who is blind.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a software I could try that does speak as I type for sentences and word prediction. Extra good if it can go on USB like NVDA so I can bring it with me to computers if I get a job where it is shared computer.

Thank you so much!