ReaderScribe is a complete digital reader and scribe platform built for South African classrooms. Text-to-speech in English and Afrikaans, real-time dictation, auto-saved answer sheets, locked submissions. Everything a learner with a reading or writing concession needs — at a fraction of the cost of a human reader or scribe.
Learners with DBE/SIAS-approved concessions rely on human readers and scribes during exams. It costs R120–R150 per exam per learner, needs dedicated rooms, trained personnel and coordination for every sitting. Expensive, inconsistent and hard to scale.
The going rate for a single human reader or scribe to support one learner for one paper — and schools foot the bill for every sitting, every term.
Every concession learner needs their own trained adult in the room, in real time, for every single exam — in a country already short of trained adults.
Two human scribes never transcribe the same way. Learners can't practise against what they'll actually face on exam day.
Reader, scribe, teacher dashboard, audit trail, secure submission — all in one platform, all in your language.
Click any question to hear it read aloud in English or Afrikaans. Learner-controlled pace, replay as many times as needed, no one hovering over their shoulder.
Learners dictate answers with real-time transcription. They can review, edit and correct before submitting — then lock it in.
Upload the exam once. Assign to any combination of learners. Watch live progress. Download answers as PDF or CSV and mark on hard copy when you're done.
Browser lockdown, full-screen enforcement, every keystroke timestamped, every submission immutable. A complete audit trail for exam integrity.
Every answer saved every 30 seconds. If the Wi-Fi drops, answers queue locally and sync the moment it returns. No learner loses an answer again.
Papers, voice notes and answer sheets live on Johannesburg servers for the full academic year. No overseas data, no surprises at audit.
From paper in your inbox to marked submissions on your desk — without a single human scribe.
Drop the PDF in, choose English or Afrikaans, tick which learners sit this paper. Done in 60 seconds.
Learner signs in with their code, clicks to hear questions aloud, dictates answers, reviews them, submits.
Answers arrive in the dashboard as they're submitted. Download as PDF or CSV, mark on hard copy, archive for the year.
Data stays in South Africa. Full audit trail.
Johannesburg datacentre. No overseas hops.
Built around the official concession framework.
Built by an SA education company.
Every school gets the full ReaderScribe toolkit. Pricing simply scales with the number of learners with concessions at your school.
| Learners | Per month | Per year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 10 learners | R1,200 | R14,400 | Get Started |
| Up to 25 learners | R2,250 | R27,000 | Get Started |
| Up to 35 learners | R2,875 | R34,500 | Get Started |
| Up to 50 learners | R3,950 | R47,400 | Get Started |
| Up to 75 learners | R5,150 | R61,800 | Get Started |
| Up to 100 learners | R5,950 | R71,400 | Get Started |
| 100+ learners | Tailored quote — volume pricing, multi-campus / district | Request Quote | |
Once-off R8,000 setup fee — 30% refundable inside the 30-day satisfaction window if you’re not happy. The balance covers onboarding work already done. Refer another school and get 10% off for life. Five referrals and your subscription is free.
“Every learner who qualifies for a reader or scribe deserves the same quality support, every exam. We built ReaderScribe so that the learner's ability — not the school's budget — decides the outcome.”
Book a 20-minute demo with our team and see ReaderScribe working on a real exam paper from your subject — in your language.