Read on My Own
Reading help for primary school
Practise reading at your own pace: the text fades as you read, a one-minute test counts the words read, and an assistant spots the words to practise.
Audience : Primary school studentsLevel : Grades 1–5
Sign in with your e-mail address or with Google. The app then opens in your browser.
What the app does
- Import a text: PDF, photo of a page (the text is recognised) or pasted text.
- Fading reading: the words disappear from left to right, at an adjustable speed from 10 to 150 words per minute, after a countdown.
- One-minute test: a silent timer; the student clicks on the last word read and the app calculates the number of words read per minute.
- Reading assistant: it listens to the reading, spots the words that were misread and plays them again, syllable by syllable.
- Microphone recording and MP3 export of the result.
- Reading comfort: Dys-friendly font (OpenDyslexic), size, spacing and four background colours.
How it works
- 1ImportA PDF, a photo of a page or pasted text.
- 2AdjustSpeed, font, background colour.
- 3ReadFading reading, or the one-minute test.
- 4MeasureWords read per minute, words to practise, recording.
Why it is useful
- Trains fluency, a key indicator of reading comprehension, with immediate numerical feedback.
- Students practise alone, at their own pace, and can listen to their recording again to assess themselves.
- Any text can be used: a photographed textbook, a teacher's text, an extract from a book.
- Adapted font and visual settings for dyslexic readers.
Good to know
- No key is needed. Credits are offered at sign-up to try the app; each photo read, reading analysis or read-aloud voice uses a little, and the balance is shown in My account. An individual subscription renews a credit allowance every month; with an institution licence, use is included, within the usage limits of the plan.
- Photos and recordings are not kept on our servers.
- The app works in the browser, on a computer, tablet or phone, with nothing to install.