Helperbird vs Snap & Read
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What you can expect with Helperbird
Over 900,000 use Helperbird every day. Allowing them to be more accessible and productive on the web.
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Font changer | ||
Dyslexia fonts | ||
Readability Analyzer | ||
Magnifier | ||
Word spacing | ||
Line height | ||
Letter spacing | ||
Reader mode | ||
Immersive Reader | ||
Screenshot tools | ||
Screenshot reader | ||
Printing tools | ||
Translation | ||
Voice typing | ||
Speak As I Type | ||
Voice Note | ||
Vocab List | ||
Audio Maker | ||
Annotation tools | ||
Analyze | ||
Highlight paragraphs | ||
Highlighter | ||
PDF editor | ||
PDF reader | ||
Dynamic Text Leveling | ||
Volume control | ||
Readability Analyzer | ||
Extract text from images (OCR) | ||
Scan | ||
Emphasize Links | ||
Color blindess tools | ||
Dyslexia ruler | ||
Dyslexia ruler options | ||
Overlay | ||
Overlay options | ||
Adblocker | ||
High contrast | ||
Hide images | ||
Remove flashing images | ||
Reading mask | ||
Line focus | ||
Coginitive load | ||
Text to speech | ||
Text to speech options | ||
14 natural voices | ||
Cursor options | ||
Auto scrolling | ||
Spell check | ||
Similar Word Checker | ||
Word Prediction | ||
Color features | ||
Highlight options | ||
Highlight & Collect | ||
Font options | ||
Sync settings & styles | ||
Themes | ||
Google doc support | ||
Simplify/Summarize | ||
Word support | ||
Picture Dictionary | ||
Bibliographer | ||
Word Prediction | ||
Dictionary app | ||
Annotations app | ||
Drawing | ||
Research Folder | ||
Similar Word Checker | ||
Text editor app | ||
Dication app | ||
Bookmark app | ||
iPad app | ||
Google Docs app |
What our Helperbird customers say
Over 1,200,000 use Helperbird every day. Allowing them to be more accessible and productive on the web.
This extension has been an absolute lifesaver. I have that fantastic combo of ADHD and Dyslexia while trying to go through college. I have difficulty keeping letters in order, seeing the gaps between words, and with ADHD on top, I lose focus A LOT. The immersive reader has been my new best friend. It drowns out the rest of the content on the page, changes the font to something I can read, and highlights the word as it reads to me. My eyes are forced to keep going in the right direction. I can slow down and pay attention to what I'm reading. I don't even have to go back and read the same paragraph 5 times to understand it! The screen overlay has been outstanding for eye strain and being able to distinguish between words and spaces. The custom font and spacing for research articles have been an enormous advantage! I can actually read the research papers now and not have this daunting 2 column fine print page to squint over.All around, this has been the best purchase I've ever had. I use this every day, with every assignment. I don't even struggle with story-based questions anymore. The immersive reader helps me read, listen, and understand the question all at once. I am still exploring what I can use this with and how it can make my academic career, and I keep getting impressed with every new way I find to use it. Seriously, try it out. You won't regret it at all. Even if you don't have dyslexia or ADHD, just try it out. You might find that it helps you understand the content you're trying to learn even better!
This tool helps so many of our students at school - not only those students who have dyslexia, but students and adults who have other learning differences (and those who don't!). It helps ensure that all students have the opportunity to succeed in their learning!
Helperbird is an excellent extension supporting a range of learning differences. Aside from providing many evidence-based dyslexia-assistive tools, the extension also functions as an easy-to-use, feature-rich web experience customization tool suitable to support a wide range of cognitive differences (i.e., color blindness and ADHD-related focus concerns, among others). Also, the developer is a very good person who supports the various learning-different communities in many ways, including by designing the free version of Helperbird to provide enough functionality to be beneficial to people who cannot afford to subscribe to the full-function version.
Love this extension works beautifully overall.

I have been trying to find ways to make my child happy to go to school again, and someone recommended helperbird. She loves helperbird, and she is now much happier about the idea of returning to school. I think this might be a game changer, as they do so much web based schoolwork and research. She says they really understand people with dyslexia

Let me tell you, I didn't know how badly I needed this until I got it. It was much like when I got glasses, I had just assumed that was how everyone saw the world...then it wasn't. Thank you Helperbird for the efforts you put forth in this lovely extension for everyone to use. The fact that you can use so much on the free just goes to show that this is something to help aid people not just some money grab. However with the pricing it still couldn't be a money grab. Thank you all again for the efforts you put forth so others can enjoy the internet more fully.
this extension is amazing and has helped improve my productivity robert has also been a very nice person to deal with when I have issues the live chat feature is amazing and quick for a response it's a really great Chrome extension that helps a lot way worth the money I pay per month and is also just great to support great people making accessibility tools
Awesome! I don't suffer fatigue when I use this extension. Highly Recommended
Have an amazing collection of assistive tools that have benefits for everyone. For me, the combination of Microsoft's Immersive Reader and Apple's reading machine voice (US Alex) makes Helperbird my first choice for processing web content.
Frequently asked questions
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- What is Helperbird?
- With a delightfully intuitive and easy-to-use design, Helperbird is your all-in-one extension that provides personalized support to make web pages, PDFs, and documents more accessible and productive to your needs. It is designed to help everyone with the web in a way that suits their abilities learning styles and lifestyle.
- Do you offer discounts?
- Yes. When you pay for a year upfront, you will get two months free. We also offer discounts for students.
- How do I login
- We use the email your logged into Google Chrome or your browser. Suppose you need to update your email. Just contact us.
- Do you accept purchase orders?
- Yes, we do. You can either contact support or visit our purchase orders page.
- Do I need a student email for the student pricing?
- Yes, we are doing the honour system here. We will follow up to ask for confirmation you are a student.
- Is Helperbird Free?
- Yes. We give you the basic features for free. Those features will always be free. We have a Pro version, which helps support the development of Helperbird and the costs with the Pro features. We keep our prices as low as possible, which lower than others. If you have any questions I would love to answer them.
- Can we cancel at any time?
- There's no minimum contract for Helperbird — cancel at any time without penalty or hassle.. To cancel, open up the app, go to the subscription option, and click cancel.
- Why are we charging for this?
- The $6.99 per month is to support the cost of the development of new and upcoming features. We also do a yearly subscription for $60.00 as this is a one-person team.
- What browsers does Helperbird run on?
- Currently Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Edge. Coming soon on macOS Safari extension and iPad.
- I have a suggestion!
- Excellent I would love to hear about it! Email [email protected] with your suggestion.
- Does Helperbird and OpenDyslexic work on Google Docs?
- Yes! Google Docs currently doesn't support some fonts like OpenDyslexic. So we built CSS and support for these fonts.
- What if I have more questions?
- We'd be happy to answer them.
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