Literacy support toolbar with speech input, text-to-speech, and word prediction. Education pricing around $15/licence at 150+ seats. Texthelp is now Everway.
Read&Write is a literacy support toolbar built for dyslexic students, English language learners, and anyone who needs help reading and writing. Speech input is one tool among many — alongside text-to-speech, word prediction, dictionary and picture dictionary, translation, and screen masking. Two things have changed recently: Texthelp rebranded to Everway after merging with n2y, and Snap&Read and Co:Writer were retired on 31 December 2025, with their features folded into Read&Write.
At a glance
Vendor
Everway (formerly Texthelp, merged with n2y)
Platforms
Windows, macOS, web, Chrome extension
Education pricing
Around $15 per licence at a 150-licence minimum
Large deployments
Tiers reported from $2.25 per licence above 10,000
Higher education
Priced on student enrolment
Consolidation
Snap&Read and Co:Writer retired 31 December 2025; features now in Read&Write
Text-to-speech, speech input, word prediction, dictionaries, translation, screen masking
What it does well
Built for literacy, not productivity. Word prediction, picture dictionaries, and screen masking address specific reading and writing difficulties. Nothing else in this directory does that.
Institutional pricing scales genuinely. $15 per licence at 150 seats, dropping toward $2.25 at very large volumes, makes district-wide deployment affordable per student.
Bidirectional support. Reads text aloud and takes speech input, which matters because dyslexia affects both directions.
Everywhere a student works. Windows, Mac, web, and a Chrome extension covering Chromebooks — the dominant device in a lot of schools.
Long track record in education. Well established with schools and disability services, which counts for procurement and for teacher familiarity.
Where it falls short
The rebrand makes information hard to find. Texthelp is now Everway. Older documentation, purchase links, and reviews reference a company name that no longer applies, and this entry's URL has been updated accordingly.
Two products were retired at the end of 2025. Snap&Read and Co:Writer users were migrated into Read&Write. If you relied on specific features of either, verify they survived the consolidation.
Pricing is institutional and opaque. The 150-licence minimum effectively excludes individuals, and higher-education pricing is enrolment-based and quote-only. An individual with dyslexia cannot easily just buy this.
Speech recognition is not its strength. Dictation is one feature among many and won't match a dedicated tool. If accurate dictation is the main need, pair it with something else.
Cloud-based. No offline mode, which matters for students without reliable connectivity at home.
Pricing
For K-12 and higher education, around $15 per licence with a 150-licence minimum. Higher education is priced on student enrolment, with tiers reported starting around $2.25 per licence above 10,000. Quote-based via Everway's sales team.
Who it's for
Schools, universities, and disability services supporting students with dyslexia or literacy difficulties — that's the market, and the pricing assumes it. Individuals will struggle to buy it directly and may do better with Speechify for text-to-speech plus a dedicated dictation tool.
Last verified: 10 August 2026. Texthelp rebranded to Everway; pricing is institutional and quote-based.
Similar to Read&Write
Read&Write: The literacy toolbar for dyslexia support — now from Everway, not Texthelp – Dictation Database
The only tool here built for speech that other systems can't understand
Accessibility
Speech recognition trained on non-standard speech, including dysarthria. Around $50/month or $500-600/year, with a 30-day free trial and bulk licensing.
