OrbitNote

(Video Credit: Text Help)

It helps with reading text out loud and understanding unfamiliar words. It has tools like highlighters and written notes to make the most of your learning experience.

OrbitNote offers a range of features to enhance your PDF-based learning experience:

Text to Speech
Effortlessly reads text from PDFs with dual-color highlighting.

Text Input
Allows you to add your own text to PDFs.

Pushpin
Perfect for inserting notes, instructions, or hints within PDF assignments.

Freehand Drawing
Enables you to draw, scribble, and highlight crucial information on your PDFs.

Shapes Drawing
Create circles, rectangles, and lines with customizable lines and fill colors.

Text and Voice Comments
Facilitates collaboration, demonstrates comprehension, and provides feedback.

Highlighters
Gather text highlights from documents or the web for research summaries and bibliography creation.

Add image
Add an image to your PDF document.

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • OrbitNote is installed as a Google Chrome extension that is linked to your Horizon student Gmail account. Please review for installing Google Chrome and the OrbitNote extension.

    If you have further questions, please contact assistivetech@csueastbay.edu.

  • If you are a Windows user and have received PDF textbooks from Accessible Media, please follow for uploading the books from your Google Drive. Watch this on how to save your textbooks to Google Drive and open them with OrbitNote.

    If you are a Mac user and have received PDF textbooks from Accessible Media, please follow for uploading the books from your Google Drive. 

    Alternatively, you can upload PDFs directly from your computer on your .

    If you need to request PDF textbooks from Accessible Media, please submit your Accessible Textbook Request Form which can be found in the Accessible Media section of the Instructions webpage.

    If you have submitted your request, you can reach out to the Accessible Media team at alternate.media@csueastbay.edu.

  • To upload PDF documents, please review.

    If you have further questions, please contact assistivetech@csueastbay.edu.

  • If you are clicking on the OrbitNote icon on your Google Chrome Extensions then you may need to fix your Google Chrome pop up settings. To do so, please review . 

    You can also access your Dashboard by going to . 

    If you still face issues, please contact assistivetech@csueastbay.edu.

  • No, OrbitNote only handles PDFs. Read&Write can however be used with Bookshare and EPUB files.

  • Contact us at assistivetech@csueastbay.edu
    or visit  for more queries and questions.