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No. 06 Reading

A reading check that listens on the device.

A child reads a passage aloud and answers three spoken questions. Readaloud marks the reading and estimates a level. Then you review it and confirm it. The app never confirms a score on its own.

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Used with a full second-grade class.

Readaloud reader screen: page 1 of the picture book The Duck at the Pond, an illustration of a girl looking at a duck on a pond above the line Nia went to the pond. She saw a brown duck, with an owl and an I'm listening indicator.

No. 06

Readaloud

ReadingLevels A to Z54 passages

The reader

What the child does

  1. Says hello to Pip

    Pip is an owl. Saying hello is a microphone check of a few seconds.

  2. Reads a story aloud

    At the earliest levels the reader sees one picture and one page of text at a time. Higher up there are no pictures during reading.

  3. Answers three spoken questions

    “Hear the question again” is always there.

The teacher

What you do

  1. Add a reader by nickname

    The teacher area sits behind a 3-second hold on a corner key. Readers have no other way in.

  2. Choose “Find reading level”, or choose a passage

    “Find reading level” picks the next story by itself: up to five readings, alternating story and nonfiction.

  3. Review, then accept and confirm

    The automatic result is labelled “automatic · not reviewed”. Open the marked passage, tap a word to hear it, change any mark or answer score, then confirm. It becomes “confirmed by you”.

The report

What the report shows

  • Word-by-word marks on the passage the child read.
  • Accuracy, reading rate, and the scores for the three answers.
  • An estimated level from A to Z, and a level trend over time.
  • A class overview, a “Needs you” list, and each reader’s history.
  • Exports when you want them: a results file, a CSV, and a PDF report.

Levels are automatic estimates from Readaloud’s own passages, not official F&P levels. The levels are Readaloud’s own claims, informed by the F&P text gradient.

The passages

54 original passages

Two for each level from A to Z, one story and one nonfiction, from 24 to 424 words. At level A a reader meets Where Is Dot? At level Z, Life Without Sunlight.

Plain limits

  • Use a headset and a quiet spot. Classroom background noise could make the app score a strong reader too low without flagging it.
  • Automatic assessment is less reliable for English learners.
  • The automatic marking was built and checked with adult and synthetic voices. It has not yet been formally studied with children’s reading, which is one reason the teacher confirms every result.
  • Readaloud is a reading check that a teacher confirms. It carries no Georgia standard code.

Where the audio goes

Nowhere. The listening happens on the device.

Speech recognition runs on the laptop or tablet in front of the child. There is no upload. A recording is held in memory and removed when you confirm the result, or after about 3 hours.

There are two cases where a recording is written to the device’s own storage, and the label lists both. Neither sends it anywhere. The label also lists every file you can export, and what each one holds.

Devices
Chrome on a laptop, or Safari on a tablet through Add to Home Screen.
First load
Downloads the speech files, about 153 MB, once per device. After that it works offline.
Trial
Readaloud has no cut-down version. It comes with a 14-day trial classroom link. Trial classroom links open in December.

Readaloud

The listening happens on the device. Nothing is uploaded. Files leave only when you export them.

Accounts or logins
None
Names
Nicknames, kept on the deviceYou type a nickname of up to 16 characters for each reader. The guide asks for a short nickname, not a full name. The app cannot stop a real name being typed.
Voice recordings
Never uploadedSpeech recognition runs on the device, and the app has no upload. A recording is held in memory and removed when you confirm the result, or after about 3 hours. At most 12 readings are held at once. Reloading the page clears recordings you have not reviewed.
Recordings written to storage
In two cases onlyOne: when you accept an app update, held readings are copied to the device’s storage once and deleted at the next start. Two: when you turn on “Keep recordings to improve Readaloud” for a reader, after ticking that a parent or guardian agreed. That switch is off by default and is set reader by reader. Turning it off deletes that reader’s kept recordings.
Stored on the device: readers
Nickname, English-learner tickFor each reader: the nickname and whether you ticked “English learner”.
Stored on the device: results
Marks, heard words, scoresFor each reading, automatic or confirmed: word-by-word marks, what the recognizer heard for each word, the answer scores, accuracy, rate and level. Saved results never hold recordings or free transcripts.
Stored on the device: learning log
On by defaultA numbers-only record for each confirmed reading, plus the consent records for kept recordings. A filter keeps names, audio and transcripts out of it. You can switch it off and delete it.
Stored on the device: settings and id
Settings, a random device idYour teacher settings, and a random id for the device. The id is written into results files and the CSV.
Export: results file
When you chooseReaders’ nicknames, the automatic and confirmed records with word-by-word marks and what the app heard for each word, the device id and the app build. No recordings and no answer transcripts.
Export: CSV
When you chooseOne row per reading: nickname, passage, accuracy, band, words correct per minute, comprehension score, levels, whether you reviewed it, and the device id.
Export: PDF report
When you chooseNickname, levels, and for each reading the accuracy, rate, answers and error counts, the marked passage and a level trend. It can be downloaded or handed to the device’s share sheet.
Export: kept recordings
Only with the switch onExists only for readers whose “Keep recordings” switch is on. This file does hold recordings. It leaves the device only if you export it by hand.
Export: learning log
When you chooseThe numbers-only learning log can be exported as a file from “Help improve Readaloud”. It holds marks, scores and timings, and no name, recording or transcript.
Ads or tracking from Williams Labs
None

The first load downloads the speech files, about 153 MB, once per device from the app’s own address. After that it still asks its own address for updates. It sends nothing.

Plates

A look inside

Readaloud reader start screen: a green owl holding a book above a card that greets the sample reader Sam by name and shows the title The Duck at the Pond. Ready? Tap Start and read out loud, with Start and Listen buttons.
Readaloud teacher Class overview: a Nothing needs you banner, buttons to save, print and download results, and the first reader rows showing independent and likely instructional reading levels for sample readers.
Readaloud teacher progress page for the sample reader Chart Cy: a line chart of independent reading level rising from E to K to S, with print, PDF and share buttons.

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