ClaroRead Pro Home & Education Edition is a highly effective, multi-sensory software solution for supporting reading and writing. Designed with maximum simplicity and flexibility for all ages and abilities, ClaroRead aids concentration and increases confidence.

ClaroRead can speak any on-screen text out loud, and is perfectly integrated with Microsoft Word. With ClaroRead Plus, scanned books and documents are also read back with complete clarity.

A wide range of visual tools are included to colour, highlight, and focus on text as it is spoken by the computer. ClaroRead improves written accuracy with an enhanced spell check, homophone check, thesaurus and speaking dictionary. Words can also be spoken back as they are typed.

ClaroRead is easily customised to suit individual needs – making it the ideal companion for learning and working.

ClaroRead Pro is the latest edition to the ClaroRead range. ClaroRead Pro includes powerful new technology that will scan and convert any publication into an editable PDF that can be read out loud with colour highlighting. ClaroRead Pro ensures that any scanned or inaccessible document will be perfectly reproduced with all pictures, diagrams, columns and text intact.

As ClaroRead Pro is closely integrated with Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer, practically any text can be spoken aloud by this powerful software. ClaroRead can assist in delivering high quality documents by using the scanned proofreading capability.

Users can also benefit from the addition of included visual tools that colour, highlight and focus on difficult to read text as it is spoken by the computer. Words can also be spoken back as they are typed, ensuring the accuracy of written papers, tests and study notes.

Reading

• Reads Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, Google Chrome 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 prediction

• Suggest 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 Professional – Dictation

• Control Dragon’s microphone using ClaroRead’s Dictate button, so you only need one floating toolbar on your screen.
• Echo back text automatically, as soon as Dragon recognises it, so you can check that it has been recognised correctly.
• ClaroRead Plus and Pro only (Dragon software is not included).
• Write down the text you speak using the dictation feature.

Writing

• Listen 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.

Spellcheck

• Speaking 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 email or Google Chrome, not just Microsoft Word.

Dictionary

• Speaking dictionary for any word in any program with over 300,000 English definitions.
• Thesaurus to help with comprehension.

Visual

• Change font and text to make it easier to read.
• Change screen colours to reduce contrast and make reading more comfortable.

Listening later

• Read text into an audio or video file to listen to later (on your phone, on the move, for study).

Screen capture

• Make any text displayed on the screen read aloud, including online eBooks and presentations.

Scanning (OCR)

• ClaroRead Plus and Pro only.
• Use 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.

Echo Letter Sounds

• Improve spelling by listening the sound of each letter rather than its name.

Pictures in Prediction

• Pictures in word prediction to help you choose the right word.

Claro Apps
(ClaroRead Plus and Pro only.)

• ClaroPDF
• ClaroSpeak
• Claro ScanPen

Portable USB stick

• Create a portable USB pen drive version of any ClaroRead to let you use it on any computer.

System Requirements

• Windows 10, Windows 8.1
• 1GB RAM
• 500MB hard disk space plus 150-500MB for each voice
• Word 2013, Word 2016, or Word 2019
• Sound card supporting text-to-speech.
• .Net Framework 4.7
• Scanner supporting TWAIN or WIA (Plus and Pro).

Upgrades:

Please contact us for information on Upgrade Editions.