All ACPS educators and students now have access to a powerful accessibility tool called Snap&Read, which is designed to help learners of all ages better access content and organize ideas. Snap&Read is accessible as a Chrome internet browser extension or desktop app and provides on-demand read aloud support for students to engage with any text that they encounter, whether on a website (in any browser), in a PDF, or even part of a picture or illustration.
In addition to Snap&Read’s primary text-to-speech function, the resource also serves our learners in the following ways:
- Text complexity: Users define the degree of adjustment, an important step in our division’s commitment to Universal Design for Learning.
- Primary language: Snap&Read translates written text and then allows for translated text-to-speech.
- Note Taking, Citing & Organizing: Users can select text that can be added to outlines and automatically cited into a works cited page.
The software has been “pushed” by DART to all Windows 10 and Mac laptops in the division. It sometimes can take a little while for “pushed” software to install on all laptops, so please log a ticket if you have restarted your computer and still are having trouble accessing the software. The following guides provide a step-by-step for ACPS educators and students on how to access Snap&Read for the first time:
Want to learn about Snap&Read? Check out the following resources: