Educational Institutions

HoverSpeak for
Educational Institutions

Give students a point-and-read accessibility tool designed for classrooms, labs, and institution-managed Chrome and Edge environments. Deploy consistently across shared devices and managed student accounts.

Bring HoverSpeak to Your School description View Deployment Guide

Privacy by Design

Built for education environments where student privacy and clear data-flow boundaries matter.

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Native Infrastructure

When cloud voices are disabled, voices are rendered through local browser or OS speech infrastructure. HoverSpeak does not send speech data to HoverSpeak-operated servers.

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Local-First Option

Admins can enforce local speech synthesis by disabling cloud voices via policy, keeping speech synthesis completely local.

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Compliance Ready

Designed with COPPA, FERPA, and GDPR considerations in mind. We do not collect PII from student accounts.

Security Snapshot

HoverSpeak is designed for managed environments where IT teams need clear data-flow boundaries.

storage No HoverSpeak account, database, or server-side storage of page text.

sync User preferences are stored in browser-managed storage.

memory Text detection and packaged MediaPipe language detection run locally.

psychology Optional definitions use the browser's local LanguageModel capability when available.

block No analytics SDKs or ad trackers are included in the extension logic.

cloud Cloud voices are opt-in and send spoken text to the browser voice provider for synthesis.

IT Administrator Friendly

Zero-Touch IT Deployment

Force-install HoverSpeak across institution-managed Chrome and Edge environments and apply centrally managed policy settings for supported controls such as cloud voices, branding, follow-mouse behavior, language automation, and donation/rating suppression.

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Google Admin Console

Force-install HoverSpeak across managed Chrome browsers and apply supported policy controls from the central admin console.

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Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Deploy to managed Edge browsers and keep supported HoverSpeak settings centrally governed across institution-owned Windows devices.

For exact supported policy keys, payload examples, validation steps, and troubleshooting, see the IT Deployment & Configuration Guide.

policy.json

{

"EnableCloudVoices": false,

"OrganizationName": "Westside Learning Center",

"OrganizationUrl": "https://www.westside.edu",

"FollowMouse": true,

"AutoSwitchLanguage": true,

"ShowLanguageToast": false,

"WordByWordHighlightingEnabled": true,

"HideDonationAndRating": true,

"ReadShortcutWindows": "Alt+Z",

"StopShortcutWindows": "Alt+X",

"PauseShortcutWindows": "Alt+C",

"ReadShortcutMac": "Option+Z",

"StopShortcutMac": "Option+X",

"PauseShortcutMac": "Option+C"

}

Shortcut policy values are display-only hints. Word-by-Word policy locks the feature toggle, while the word-count threshold remains user configurable.

Managed Governance

Education plans come with enhanced controls designed for institution-scale deployment and student safety.

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Cloud Voice Governance

Enable or disable cloud voices centrally via managed policy to match educational institution privacy and deployment requirements.

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Priority Support

Dedicated email support channel for your IT administrators with guaranteed response SLAs and onboarding assistance.

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Individual vs. Educational Institution

The core reading engine remains free for everyone. Educational institution plans add deployment, governance, and support features for educational institutions and classrooms.

Feature	Individual Free	Educational Institution Paid
Core Functionality	Full	Full
Support	Basic	Priority SLA (24h response)
Data Privacy	Standard Policy	Signed education DPA
Deployment	Manual Install	Admin force-install with managed policy support
Settings	User-controlled	Centralized policy for supported controls
VPAT 2.5	N/A	Available
HECVAT Lite	N/A	Available
NDPA	N/A	Available
Pricing	Free	Contact Sales

info HoverSpeak's core functionality remains free and always will be. Educational institution deployment features are designed for IT administrators managing campus, program, or classroom rollouts.

Ready to make the web accessible?

Make HoverSpeak available to your students today and support neurodiverse readers across your educational institution.

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HoverSpeak forEducational Institutions