Windows software
All our Windows products, including ClaroRead, Scan2Text, ScreenRuler and ClaroCapture.
Windows software
Claro Website Reader Latest Version Reading
Your website users-visitors, staff, students – have to navigate and understand the pages, applications and documents you provide. Many have problems with reading, such as dyslexia. How you can help them get what the need, avoid having to implement costly workarounds, and ensure your investment in your online presence meets quality and Read more…
Claro Writing Helper
Claro Writing Helper User Guide
Writing essays is a tricky skill to master, and not many of us come into the process without needing to experience it first hand, and develop the skill ourselves. Whilst every essay is different in content, structure, tone, audience and the themes it explores, the creation of every essay can Read more…
Windows software
ClaroRead Windows – How to Videos
Video tutorials of how to use different features in ClaroRead Windows. ClaroRead lets you save the text from the Word documents, Adobe PDF files and text from any application selected and copied to the Windows clipboard to audio (sound) files. In Microsoft Word, you can use ClaroRead to check for Read more…
ScreenRuler
ScreenRuler – How to Videos
Video tutorials of how to use different features in ScreenRuler. The ScreenRuler allows you to add a coloured underline to your active screen, helping you to stay on the line you’re trying to read and concentrate on.
ScreenRuler
Fixing ScreenRuler when the splash screen remains on screen
If the ScreenRuler splash screen remains on the screen when ScreenRuler is launched, use the following procedure to reset the settings for ScreenRuler.
ClaroView
Fixing ClaroView when overlay does not cover the whole screen
When the ClaroView overlay does not cover the whole screen, e.g. maybe only a small area top left of the screen is tinted, follow the procedure below to reset the settings for ClaroView.
Help Files & User Guides
ScreenRuler Windows Help Files and User Guides
ScreenRuler Windows help files and user guides UK English ScreenRuler V3: Help File ScreenRuler V1: Help File Czech ScreenRuler V3: Help File Danish ScreenRuler V3: Help File German ScreenRuler V3: Help File Spanish ScreenRuler V3: Help File French ScreenRuler V3: Help File Italian ScreenRuler V3: Help File Dutch ScreenRuler V3: Read more…
ClaroRead
Fixing “no icons on ClaroRead toolbar”
If after opening ClaroRead you encounter a toolbar with no icons, here’s a guide on how to fix it. This problem usually happens when the bit depth of your computer is too low (6bpc or lower). To check this, type “View Advanced Display info” in the Windows search bar and Read more…
ClaroRead Edge
ClaroRead Edge Extension User Guide
The ClaroRead Edge Extension sits in your Microsoft Edge web browser. It lets you speak web pages, PDFs and Google Docs on Windows.
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Using ClaroRead with Dragon Speech Recognition
ClaroRead has a number of features that can help you to use Nuance’s Dragon speech recognition software (formerly called Dragon NaturallySpeaking).
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Installing licensed (keyed) versions of ClaroRead on networks
Our licence key (or license key) versions of ClaroRead require a licence key before they will run. This is time-consuming to install by hand across many machines. (more…)
Windows software
Claro Software Platform Support Policy
Versions of platforms we support with our software.
ClaroRead
Moving your licence to a new computer
If you need to move your Claro software from one computer to another, follow the procedure below to release your licence key:
Auto Converter
Auto Converter Release Notes
Auto Converter Version 1.1 released September 2020
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ClaroStava for Windows Release Notes
Latest release: Version 7 released November 2018
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ClaroView
Low Contrast in ScreenRuler
ScreenRuler helps you with reading by colouring (tinting) your whole screen, or by providing a reading toolbar.
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ClaroPDF Windows Release Notes
ClaroPDF Windows Version 2 released September 2020. Lead DeveloperNathan Dewhurst Product ManagerAlasdair King Version 3 Under Development Speech controls: select the SAPI5 TTS voice you want and the speed or rate for it to speak. Note that Vocalizer and Acapela voices from Claro Software are not supported in this version Read more…
Android
Neither Reading Nor Writing
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.
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Unlocking iPad and iPhone Apps with ClaroRead
Download and print the PDF version of this guide here: Unlocking iPad and iPhone Apps with ClaroRead.
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ClaroPDF Windows Help Files and User Guides
English ClaroPDF Windows V2: Help File ClaroPDF Windows V1: Help File | User Guide (PDF | Word doc)
Mac software
Finding Your Licence Key
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…)
ClaroCapture
ClaroCapture Release Notes
ClaroCapture Windows Version 4 released December 2017
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Converting an MSI-plus-CAB into a single MSI file
Creating a single MSI file for network installation.
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Chrome
Licence key lookup
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…
ClaroRead
Windows 10 Support Statements
Windows 10 Support Statement ClaroRead and ScreenRuler are supported by Claro Software Ltd on the following editions of Windows 10 – Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Education, and Windows 10 Enterprise. ClaroRead and ScreenRuler are supported on the in-market supported servicing branches of Windows 10 including – Read more…
Android
Licence Keys
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…
Installation
Installing lots of MSI files at once (batch files)
If you’re a system administrator (or partner) you might find yourself needing to install multiple MSI files onto a target computer. There are several technical ways to do this, but for simplicity here are some super-simple batch files that will install all of the MSI files in the folder where they find themselves. (more…)
Help Files & User Guides
USB Creator User Guide
Please see ClaroRead USB for how to create a ClaroRead USB.
ClaroRead
Troubleshooting scanning/OCR for troublesome PDF files
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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Updates
Disabling ClaroUp
ClaroUp is our automatic software update program. It only runs when you run a Claro program: it doesn’t run in the background, or when Windows starts up. So it’s quite unobtrusive.
It also doesn’t show itself if the current user is not an Admin on the machine, so it should not bother users on networks or locked-down machines.
However, you may want to disable it entirely. You can do this by writing a per-machine registry key: (more…)