Welcome to Readable Notes from Sensory App House. Readable Notes is a talking notepad and word processor with powerful built-in text-to-speech using natural voices. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Chromebook.
What Readable Notes for Windows includes
- Natural text-to-speech voices — hear any text in your document read aloud
- Hover speech — move your mouse over text to hear individual words, lines, or blocks
- Cursor Speak — use the arrow keys to navigate and hear your text read aloud
- Word prediction — Windows text suggestions appear as you type to speed up writing
- Speech dictation — use Windows Voice Access to dictate text into Readable Notes
- System spellchecking — errors underlined as you type, with the option to turn this off for exams
- Open .docx, .txt, and .html files — save and print from within the app
Help topics in this guide
- Toolbar Guide — a walkthrough of every toolbar button and the Play/Stop controls
- Speech Settings — voice, rate, volume, Cursor Speak, Key Echo, hover mode, and underline highlight
- Word Prediction — enabling and using Windows text suggestions
- Speech Dictation — using Windows Voice Access with Readable Notes
- Spellchecking — system spellchecking and exam mode
- Getting Help — how to contact Sensory App House