Read & Write software
Read & Write is a powerful literacy software to help law students with reading, writing, and studying. It is available for download by any student with a Mitchell Hamline email account. The software works with Mac, PC, Google and Microsoft365.
Capabilities
Reading
- Reads PDFs
- Electronic textbooks,
- ePub files,
- Websites
- Canvas
Writing
- Dictation/Grammar
- Spell Checker
- Proofread by listening as your writing
Study/research
- Highlighters for collecting and organizing notes
- Simplify webpages
- Learn vocabulary words
- Screen Masking and tinting options to help improve focus
- Voice Notes for recording short audio files which can be inserted into a document
Download and install directions
Read & Write is easy to download and is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac, and Google Chrome. You will need your @mitchellhamline.edu email address once you download it to log on.
To get started:
- Go to text.help/gethome
- Scroll down and select Read&Write for Education
- Click the try Read&Write Today button
- Select the format (Windows, Mac, Google Chrome, Microsoft 365)
- Select Read&Write US English.
- Follow the installation prompts
You can also watch the quick Student Install Videos, which provide easy instructions on how to download the software and start using it.
On the same YouTube Channel, the install guides are found on, includes other playlists and videos which can help you learn how to use the tool and buttons.
Glean
Glean is a note-taking tool that puts the student in control of their own notes. This software captures audio and allows students to annotate their audio recordings with markers for important information, questions, and tasks. The software enables students to effectively engage with class content in real-time and makes it easy for them to come back to review important information at a later time.
Disability Services has a limited number of Glean licenses. Student access to this tool would be determined during the interactive process as a reasonable accommodation.