Opening the Read&Write for iPad Safari Web Toolbar
To access the Read&Write for iPad web toolbar in Safari:
Open a page in Safari and click the Safari Share button
Locate the Read&Write icon (you may have to scroll down to locate it)
Tap the rw icon to activate the toolbar
Using the Play Button
To use the Play button tap the triangle icon on the Read&Write for iPad toolbar
Tap and hold on area on a website where you would like Read&Write for iPad to begin reading. Then select the text you’d like to have read
Tap the Play button on the toolbar to begin reading
Note: Only plain text can be read with the Read&Write for iPad web toolbar
Using Hover Speech
To use Hover Speech tap the Hover Speech icon on the Read&Write for iPad toolbar
Tap an area on a website where you would like Read&Write for iPad to begin reading
Note: Only plain text can be read with the Read&Write for iPad web toolbar
Tap the Hover Speech button to begin reading
iPad Safari Reader
If you use iPad Safari Reader on a web page, it opens a new page with text only
The Read&Write for iPad web toolbar cannot inject into a page in Reader mode and is unavailable in this view
MDM Deployment Settings
If you used an MDM solution to deploy the iPad app and are unable to access the web toolbar in Safari on an iPad, you will need to make settings change within that MDM solution.
For example:
- Allow opening documents from managed apps in unmanaged apps
- Allow opening documents from unmanaged apps in managed apps
Also make sure to allow the following URLs for iPads:
- toolbar.speechstream.net
- rwipadtoolbar.texthelp.com