ReadingVox for your LMSEvery course page, read aloud
Install once in Canvas or Moodle, and every student gets a listen button with word-by-word highlighting on their course content. One flat yearly price for your whole institution. On Schoology, D2L Brightspace, Blackboard Ultra, or Google Classroom? Students use it through our Chrome extension.
K-12 and want reading support on every website? See the Chrome extension
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The Institution plan
Your LMS and your public website, every student, every feature. Priced by enrolled students, billed yearly. No setup fee, no sales call.
Small
Up to 2,500 students
$750/year
Medium
Up to 10,000 students
$1,500/year
Large
Up to 30,000 students
$3,000/year
Extra large
30,001+ students
$5,000/year
Canvas & Moodle in minutes
Canvas: upload one file to your theme, or a sub-account theme to pilot with one department. Moodle: paste one line into Additional HTML. Schoology, Brightspace, Blackboard Ultra, and Google Classroom work through the Chrome extension. Install guides
Your website included
Up to 10 domains: your LMS, its test instance, and your public website, at no extra cost.
Built for procurement
Pay by card or PO (net 30). FERPA “school official” terms, a DPA on request, and our data handling written down. For IT & procurement
Reading support on every website, with the Chrome extension
The LMS plan covers your courses. For K-12 students who also read on Google Classroom, Khan Academy, news sites, and everything else, add the ReadingVox Chrome extension, pushed to Chromebooks from your Google Admin console. It's also how ReadingVox works in Schoology, D2L Brightspace, and Blackboard Ultra today. Google Admin deployment guide
With an Institution plan
$0.50/student/year
Minimum 100 students.
Extension on its own
$1.00/student/year
Minimum 100 students.
What the Chrome extension does
One toolbar. Every website. No per-site setup.
Word-Level Highlighting
Audio and text stay perfectly in sync. Every word lights up as it's spoken.
Works Everywhere
Google Classroom, Canvas, Khan Academy, Wikipedia, news sites, plus Google Docs and Slides in a side reading panel.
One-Click Rollout
Push via Google Workspace admin console. Every student Chromebook gets it in minutes.
Privacy First
Built for COPPA and FERPA. No student data sold, ever. Privacy by default.
What's in the toolbar
The same toolbar runs in your LMS and in the Chrome extension, at no extra cost. Tools marked “Chrome extension only” need the extension.
Play / Pause / Stop
One click reads the whole page, or just the part you select.
Word-by-word highlighting
Each word lights up as it's spoken (English). Translated playback shows a sentence caption.
Voice picker
6 natural English voices (Heart, Michael, Lily, Leo, Mia, Theo), US and UK accents, chosen in Settings.
Reading speed
Slower and faster buttons, 0.5x to 2x.
Dictionary
Built-in dictionary with definitions, examples and synonyms.
Text size
Make text up to twice as large.
Font
Dyslexia-friendly fonts, including OpenDyslexic.
Page colors
12 high-contrast color combinations for easier reading.
Reading ruler (screen mask)
A reading ruler that keeps focus on a few lines at a time.
Magnifier
Big-text view of the sentence being read.
Simplify view
A clutter-free reading view of any page.
Simplify vocabulary
AI rewrites tricky words in plain language, with the original one hover away.
Translate and listen
Select text, translate it into one of 13 languages and hear it read aloud.
Listen in another language
Hear the whole page machine-translated into 13 languages (7 with natural voices, 6 with the browser voice). A caption replaces word highlighting.
Browser-voice fallback
Never breaks: past your limit, pages still read aloud.
Toolbar guide
Built-in help explains every tool.
Google Docs & Slides reading
Reads Google Docs and Slides with highlighting.
Chrome extension onlyScreenshot reader (OCR)
Reads text inside images and scanned content.
Chrome extension onlyKeyboard shortcuts
Full keyboard control, with shortcuts readers can customize.
6 natural English voices. Translation covers 13 languages, machine translated (7 with natural voices, the rest with the device's voice); word-by-word highlighting is English only, and translated playback shows a sentence caption instead.
Chrome extension: up and running in 3 steps
Sign Up
Enter your student count. Pay with credit card or request a PO for district procurement.
Deploy
Push the Chrome extension to student Chromebooks via Google Workspace admin console. Takes 5 minutes.
Read
Students click the toolbar on any website. Word-by-word highlighting starts automatically.
Save 58% vs Read&Write
Read&Write by Texthelp costs $2.40 per student per year. The ReadingVox extension is $1 on its own, or $0.50 with an Institution plan.
250 students
$600 with Read&Write
$250
Save $350/year
500 students
$1,200 with Read&Write
$500
Save $700/year
2,000 students
$4,800 with Read&Write
$2,000
Save $2,800/year
Standalone extension prices shown. All features included at every tier. No per-feature upsells.
Calculate Your Cost
Flat $1/student/year. All features included. Minimum 100 students.
Your ReadingVox Cost
$500
per year • all features included
Read&Write would cost
$1,100-$1,250
~$2.20-2.50/student/year
You save $600 - $750 per year
Built for education
Student privacy and accessibility compliance are built in, not bolted on. Read our FERPA guide →
Individualized Education Program support
Section 504 accommodation documentation
Student education records protection
Children’s online privacy protection
Supports accessibility accommodations
ReadingVox vs Read&Write
Feature-for-feature comparison. Same tools, fraction of the price. Read the full comparison →
| Feature | ReadingVox | Read&Write |
|---|---|---|
| Price per student/year | $0.50–$1 | $2.40+ |
| Works on all websites | Desktop browsers only | |
| Word-level highlighting | ||
| Text-to-speech | ||
| Speed controls (0.5x–2x) | ||
| Dictionary lookup | ||
| Translation | ||
| Simplify view (clutter-free reading) | — | |
| Vocabulary simplifier | — | |
| Text magnifier | — | |
| Screenshot reader (OCR) | Chrome extension | |
| Google Docs & Slides | Side reading panel (extension) | In-document toolbar |
| Screen mask / reading ruler | ||
| Dyslexia-friendly fonts | ||
| High-contrast page colors | ||
| Admin dashboard | Limited | |
| Installation | 1-click Chrome extension | Software download |
| Pricing model | Flat — all features | Per-feature tiers |
From the blog
Guides for teachers, IT admins, and decision-makers.
ReadingVox vs Read&Write: An Honest Comparison for Schools
A side-by-side comparison of ReadingVox and Texthelp Read&Write for K-12 schools. Features, pricing, privacy, and which tool fits your students best.
Feb 10, 2026
How to Set Up Text-to-Speech on School Chromebooks (2026 Guide)
Step-by-step guide for IT administrators to deploy text-to-speech tools on managed Chromebooks using Google Admin Console.
Feb 8, 2026
Text-to-Speech as a Reading Accommodation: 504 Plans and IEPs
How text-to-speech tools support students with reading disabilities under 504 plans and IEPs. What teachers and parents need to know.
Feb 5, 2026
Give every student a voice on every page
Institutions start with a 30-day pilot in their LMS. Teachers start free with the Chrome extension.
Chrome extension: schools
$0.50–$1/student/year
$0.50 with an Institution plan. PO and card accepted.
Start School PilotSchools can also request a PO quote for the Chrome extension, or see IT & procurement details.