Screen Reading Software for Exams

[garethEds]

Afternoon,

 

I've been asked to look into the provision of Screen Reading software for pupils who will be sitting their exams on laptops. One would assume the exam board could offer advice - but alas they do not.

 

Are any schools out there using such software? If yes - what.

 

Hope someone out there can help,

 

Thanks

 

Gareth

[jambocb]

Hi Gareth,

 

We use Ivona Minireader which was recommended by the Scottish exam board. Unfortunatly, this is no longer available to download. Below is a link to a blog by CALL Scotland with a few alternatives they recommend, you might find helpful:

 

Digital Papers - Blog

[Simcfc73]

We use ClaroRead on a USB stick. It works great... except on password protected PDFs which some of the past papers were. We contacted the exam board for different versions for the live test.

 

£82 per stick

[EmperorPeng]

Hi Gareth,

 

We looked at a few and finally settled on Claroread Plus. It is good value for money, easy to install and dealing with the company itself was a joy. I can't recommend them enough.

 

Jason

[rad]

We have Read Write Gold installed on our PCs which can read any program including adobe reader files.

[Danp]

We have Read Write Gold installed on our PCs which can read any program including adobe reader files.

 

Same here