What is SprintPlus?
SprintPlus helps children, young pupils and adults with reading, writing, spelling and learning difficulties. Thanks to the speech and language technology you can listen to any available text on your computer. SprintPlus can read text out loud as it is being entered. It helps in developing the user’s reading and writing skills.
SprintPlus evolves with the user’s needs. It is a very helpful tool for young as well as adult readers. It has proven its efficiency in the field of education, from primary and secondary till higher education. SprintPlus can also be a great tool when learning a foreign language.
Two versions
SprintPlus is available in two versions.
- The installation version that you can install on your Windows computer, laptop or tablet.
- The online version that you can use on all devices via an Internet browser, including an iPad, Macbook, Chromebook or Android tablet.
Both versions differ in some areas and thus have their own advantages over each other. Discover the differences and which version supports you best using our decision tree and comparison chart.
Why read-aloud software?
SprintPlus is not a “cure” but a compensatory tool. Using software for learning disabilities such as dyslexia provides support in several areas: learning to read and read faster, spelling and writing, text structuring and studying more fluently.
SprintPlus can be used with young children for remediation and practice. You can use it to prepare texts or lessons. SprintPlus can also be used when learning foreign languages. In secondary and higher education it is a useful tool for studying. Also adults with reading problems can benefit greatly from it.
Learning to read - reading faster
Have all your texts read aloud by SprintPlus. Reading aloud can be done in many ways: the whole text, per paragraph, per sentence, per word, in syllables or even phonetically. During the reading, words are highlighted to make it easier to follow along in the text. You can also read the text yourself and just click on the words you have trouble with and have them read to you using the convenient click-and-read method. Sprint also supports sound reading. This involves spelling words phonetically.
Spelling and writing better
SprintPlus pronounces text as it is written. This instant feedback allows one to hear mistakes as they are being made. A spell checker looks for spelling mistakes and reads aloud suggestions for correction.
- A spell checker looks for spelling mistakes and reads aloud suggestions for correction.
- The “smart word prediction” predicts a list of words based on the letters already typed in. Even if you type a mistake, SprintPlus makes correct predictions. For example, if you type “kompjoeter,” Sprint will predict the correct word.
- Hear and here are examples of homophones. They are pronounced the same but differ in meaning. One can’t hear the difference and the spell checker will accept both. SprintPlus marks the homophones and gives a definition, an example and a picture of the possible meanings of each alternative.
Studying will be easier
Use time to acquire knowledge by listening instead of spending time and energy on reading. SprintPlus pronounces the text so you can concentrate on the content. Use onscreen colour pens to structure and summarise a document with a single mouseclick. SprintPlus supports different languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian. The speech technology will help you to improve your understanding of foreign languages, but it will also teach you the right pronunciation.
Also in other programs
Websites, e-mails, powerpoints … Sprinter reads it! SprintPlus has a floating tool, Sprinter, that can read any text on your computer. Listen to e-mails, web pages or a powerpoint presentation. Just highlight the word or text you want to hear and press the play button.
A comprehensive toolbar provides access to all the features and tools of word processing to support reading and writing. The SprintPlus toolbar will integrate into MS Word providing reading and writing supports in one of the most commonly used word processors.
PDF and digital textbooks
Pdf files, including digital textbooks, can be opened directly in SprintPlus and read aloud. Exercises from a workbook can be completed on the computer. The writing tool allows you to fill in text, answers and remarks. SprintPlus makes it possible to read documents in two languages, without having to switch to an other language. Can be very practical when you have to study long list of vocabulary in two languages.