Web Tool Wednesday: Snap and Read Extension

 Web Tool Wednesday: Snap and Read Extension

What is the extension that students and I now have in our Chrome browser? This is a simple tool that will allow students to highlight text for it to be read aloud. The extension will read across Google Docs, pdfs, websites, and more. It also can translate the text into another language and simplify the vocabulary. Does your student need a color overlay? It has that too!

This is what the tools look like when you have the extension-

Want to know more? These are the features of this tool listed on the Chrome Web Store-

Read Aloud - Listen to text as it’s read aloud across websites, PDFs, and Google Drive. It also reads in other languages.

Dynamic Text Leveling - Dynamically adjust the readability of text without changing the meaning.

Translation - Translate text into 100+ languages on any webpage.

Study Tools - Pull text into an outline, then organize it and add notes.

Remove Distractions - Remove distracting content and adjust fonts, spacing and number of characters per line creating the best online reading experience possible. The Remove Distractions tool also reformats any webpage to read—distraction-free—alongside an open outline.

Color Overlay / Reading Line Guides- Color Overlay and Reading Line Guides brings focus to text paragraph-by-paragraph and even line-by-line—by masking the reading area.

Picture Supported Dictionary - Clear definitions plus multiple icon representations enhance meaning. 

Bibliographer - Automatically cite sources on any webpage

Screenshot Reader - Instantly get access to text embedded in images, inaccessible PDFs, and Flash through Optical Character Recognition (OCR).

Readability Analyzer - See the grade level equivalent of the text on any webpage.

Annotation - Highlight and add text to PDFs then save to Google Drive, One Drive, or download. 

Brenham ISD students and staff- we have the paid version of this extension!