Reads any program
Select text in any program, including your LMS in a web browser, a Word document or a PDF, and press Ctrl+Alt+R on Windows to hear it read aloud.
For colleges & universities · Accessibility services · Accommodated exam centres
A reader that stays on the exam computer. Nothing leaves the PC.
Students with reading accommodations need text-to-speech during exams. Read Aloud For Me reads the screen aloud with recognition and speech running on the computer itself: no cloud service, no student account, no internet connection. We are piloting an exam-centre edition with colleges and universities this winter.
- 🔒 Nothing leaves the PC
- 📴 No internet needed
- 👤 No student accounts
- 🚫 No ads
- 🖥️ Windows · Mac · iPad · Android
Why local-only matters in an exam
Most natural-sounding readers send text to a cloud service to be spoken. In an exam room that means the questions leave the building, and the computer needs an open internet connection.
A reader that works entirely on the PC removes both problems. Exam content stays on the machine, and the network can stay off for the whole sitting.
- Exam questions are never uploaded or stored by us
- Works with the network disconnected
- No student login, no personal data collected
- No ads, no tracking inside the app
- Your IT team decides where it is installed
Available today
These features ship now in Read Aloud For Me PRO for Windows 10 and 11 and in the apps for Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android.
Scans, PDFs and photos
Scanned PDFs, Word documents, screenshots and photos of printed pages are read with on-device text recognition, every word highlighted as it is spoken.
Audio for study
Save any text as an MP3 so students can review readings and notes away from the computer.
On every device students use
Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android and Chromebook, so students practise during the term with the same reader they use in the exam.
Needs Windows 10 (version 1809) or later. Today it uses the voices installed in Windows.
In pilot for exam centres
We are building these with pilot institutions now. They are not in the public app yet, and we will only call them ready once exam-centre staff have tested them.
Natural voices, offline
Neural voices that sound natural and run on the PC with no internet connection, starting with English.
Exam mode
A mode that blocks all network access while the reader is in use, with features IT can lock or turn off.
Silent per-machine install
A signed installer your IT team can push to exam-room and lab computers with Intune, SCCM or similar tools.
Licence pool you control
Assign and revoke student licences instantly, for bridge access while students wait for funded software, or for non-credit learners.
How the pilot works
- Tell us about your exam centre: number of computers, operating system, and the browser or lockdown tool used for online exams.
- We send voice samples recorded on a typical exam computer, so you can judge quality and speed before anything is installed.
- Pilot on a few exam-centre computers this winter, with your staff and students giving feedback.
- Roll out for the spring exam session if it meets your standards.
Questions from accessibility services
Is this a replacement for Read&Write or Kurzweil?
Not as a whole. Those are broad literacy suites. We focus on one job, reading text aloud clearly and privately, and on the exam centre in particular, where a local-only reader is easier to approve.
Does it work with D2L Brightspace, Moodle or Canvas?
Today, students can select text in the LMS in any web browser and press Ctrl+Alt+R. For quizzes delivered inside Respondus LockDown Browser or similar tools, we are testing compatibility with pilot institutions and will publish what works.
Do students need an account?
No. There is no sign-in and no student data is collected. The reader works on the computer it is installed on.
Which languages are supported?
Today it uses the voices installed in Windows or macOS, which cover many languages. The offline natural voices in the pilot start with English, with French and other languages to follow.
How is it licensed for an institution?
Today: a one-time Microsoft Store purchase per Windows PC. For exam centres we are setting up per-machine licences and a licence pool with our pilot partners. Email us and we will plan it with you.
Run a pilot in your exam centre
Tell us about your institution and your exam centre, and we will send voice samples and a pilot plan.
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