All our Mac products, including ClaroRead for Mac
Starting with ClaroRead 8.2 (2022) our apps, such as ClaroRead and Writing Helper, will check for and read a plist file on startup and license accordingly. This saves the user having to type in the license key in manually when the app is first launched. The file that the key Read more…
If you are an Admin you can create a Configuration Profile containing entries for ClaroRead and other Claro apps Accessibility and Automation and push out to target Macs using the MDM. Apple’s documentation on configuration profiles is available here: https://developer.apple.com/enterprise/documentation/Configuration-Profile-Reference.pdf Page 65 of this document has information that is relevant Read more…
Apple macOS 11 Big Sur is going to be released in Autumn 2020.
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Latest release: version 2.2, March 2022.
(more…)ClaroRead Mac has the same core features as ClaroRead Windows – speech, scanning/OCR, spellcheck, screen tinting, word prediction – but a slightly smaller feature set. These are generally less-used features, for the obvious reason that if they were popular we would have built them into ClaroRead Mac already! (more…)
Apple macOS 10.15 Catalina is going to be released in October 2019. With it comes additional security features ensuring you know exactly what the software on your computer has access to.
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If you minimise the ClaroRead toolbar, then click on the ClaroRead icon in the Dock and the toolbar doesn’t reappear, read below for instructions on how to fix this. This is also related to ScreenRuler working on multiple monitors.
(more…)ClaroPDF allows you to have text PDFs read back to you.
(more…)We have lots of programs for lots of users with disabilities, though nowadays we concentrate on print impairments like dyslexia with our ClaroRead range and Apps.
(more…)ClaroRead Uninstaller (7.6 MB) Installs and runs /Applications/Utilities/ClaroRead Uninstaller.app Allows you to uninstall all Claro apps and voices. Allows you to to reset the settings of all Claro apps. Allows you to reset the Claro license keys on your Mac. Claro Mac Voice Downloader No longer available separately, in ClaroRead Read more…
Latest release: Version 1, July 2018 Lead DeveloperLiam Product ManagerStuart Version 1.1 In development Improve background image loading and zooming Fix hide/show children button not rotating with node Fix horizontal lines in tree layout Version 1 Version 1.0 released 14 July 2018 Blog Post: ClaroIdeas can now be used on Read more…
From 14th April 2018, Apple will begin issuing an alert box when you open a 32-bit app in MacOS 10.13.4. (more…)
If you need to re-locate your Claro licence key once your product has been activated, you can do so in the following ways: (more…)
ClaroIdeas is an easy-to-use tool to support the creation and editing of concept or idea maps using visual components. It has been specifically developed to support people with wide age and ability ranges. We have tried to keep the complexity of the program down whilst still retaining the functionality of an idea map. (more…)
Find out what your licence key can get you by using our Licence Key Lookup. This tells you what your licence key is for, and gives download links and the number of times you have used your key. If you have activated your software and need to find out what Read more…
Our software uses Licence Keys to let you activate and use it on your machines while making it easy to distribute widely. You can look up your licence key and download the correct software by using our Licence Key Lookup: Licence Key Lookup If you have activated your software and Read more…
You can use any of the Mac system voices with ClaroRead for Mac. There are many extra voices to download and use. (more…)
Our software, powered by the world-class Omnipage engine, is great at handling a huge variety of PDF files. In the unlikely event of your coming across a PDF that does not scan/OCR well – we have identified three in ten years – then here is a technique that might help.
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If the ScreenRuler colour overlay does not span over all of your monitors, read below for instructions on how to fix this. This is related to ClaroRead not reappearing after being minimised.
(more…)When you try to install ClaroRead for Mac (or any other Claro Mac apps) on your Mac, you may see the error message “ClaroRead for Mac” can’t be opened because the identity of the developer cannot be confirmed when you try to run it. (more…)
How to get updates for your Claro software (more…)
English ClaroRead SE Mac V8: Help File | User Guide (PDF) Danish ClaroRead SE Mac V8: Help File Swedish ClaroRead SE Mac V8: Help File
If the TeamViewer connection freezes a lot, try the following: Open TeamViewer Click on Extras Click on Options Click on Advanced Tab Click on “Show Advanced options” button Uncheck the “Enable UDP” option
Symptoms All or some of the voices which begin with “Claro” don’t work All or some of the voices which begin with “Claro” don’t show up in ClaroRead’s Speech settings tab. Solution This usually means some of the voice files have been deleted somewhere, run the ClaroRead Uninstaller app to Read more…
This is caused by disk permissions not being correctly set. Run Disk Utility and repair your hard drive.
If you want to back up your Claro product settings, navigate to Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Preferences and copy the relevant “com.claro…” settings files.
Resetting the app’s setting will fix this unless you are on Mac OS X Lion. To do this:
This happens when you install the latest version over an old version. Please delete the Claroread application and re-run the latest installer.
An update to ClaroRead V4 is required to allow it to work with Word 2011, please download and run ClaroUp to update.
