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Staff at Texthelp Ltd, Antrim based leading literacy software providers, are eager to get to the world’s largest technology and learning event, BETT 2014, which is taking place in the London Excel, 22nd-25th January 2014.

Texthelp will be exhibiting on stand SN100, where the company’s Education team will be demonstrating their award-winning literacy support software, Read&Write Gold, a unique toolbar which changes students’ lives through a number of powerful reading, writing, studying and research features (available for PC and Mac).  Read&Write Gold makes a huge difference to the confidence and independence of students with dyslexia as well as those with English as a second language.  Texthelp’s Read&Write Gold software is now also being used as a computer reader by a number of secondary schools in England for GCSE and A-level examinations.

BETT visitors will get the chance to play with Texthelp’s iPad App, iReadWrite, and Read&Write for Google, both of which contain many of the popular features of Read&Write Gold and make text accessible within the iPad and in Google Docs, when using the Chrome browser.

On-stand Giveaways and Competition

Those visiting the Texthelp stand will have the chance to get their hands on a set of Texthelp headphones and enter a quiz to win an iPad mini!  The highest quiz scorers will receive their iPad mini at 4pm on the Texthelp stand, SN100, on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of BETT.

Rewarding Excellence

Texthelp are also thrilled to have been shortlisted in the prestigious BETT Awards 2014, as a finalist in the category ‘ICT Exporter of the Year’ and are looking forward to the winners being announced, at the awards ceremony at the Brewery in London, on 22nd January 2014.

Mark McCusker, CEO at Texthelp comments “At Texthelp, we are constantly looking for opportunities to expand the company internationally.  We spend a lot of time diligently researching markets to determine customer demands and have an excellent technical team who develop products to meet these needs.  We are extremely pleased to be recognised for our exporting work in the BETT awards.”

To find out more about Texthelp or Read&Write Gold Telephone: 028 9442 8105, E-mail:education@texthelp.com or visit W: www.texthelp.com

 

About Texthelp Ltd

Texthelp Ltd is the worldwide leader of literacy software solutions provided through three core business divisions: Education, Speech Services and Publishing. Texthelp has been developing assistive technology software for the learning disabled community since 1996. The aim has always been to provide the most comprehensive cutting-edge technology available to provide inclusive education.

Based in Antrim, N. Ireland and with offices in the US, Texthelp is currently experiencing a period of sustained year on year growth.  The company has a reseller network covering over 20 countries.

Texthelp has been a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award winning company for fourteen years and won numerous product, innovation and marketing awards.

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