Skip to main content

Accessibility Profiles

Start with one of eight profiles for reading, focus, contrast, and movement, then adjust the settings to suit you.

The same article with larger text and adjusted spacing after applying Reading Comfort.
Wikipedia's Honey bee article before applying a Helperbird profile.

Before and after applying the Reading Comfort profile. Results vary by website. Example: Wikipedia’s Honey bee article.

A Starting Point You Can Make Your Own

Choosing fonts, spacing, colors, and reading tools can take time. Accessibility Profiles give you a starting point to try, with a preview of the settings before you apply them.

Choose a profile, review its settings, and select Apply. You can change individual settings afterwards. These are personal reading preferences, not treatments or a guarantee that a website meets accessibility standards.

Learn how to use Accessibility Profiles


Available Profiles

Dyslexia: Verdana, wider letter and word spacing, a reading ruler, taller lines, narrower paragraphs, and left-aligned text.

ADHD & Focus: A reading ruler, narrower paragraphs, taller lines, reduced motion, and hidden GIFs. Still images stay visible.

Low Vision: Atkinson Hyperlegible, 150% page zoom, increased contrast, underlined links, adjusted spacing, and left-aligned text.

Contrast & Color: Increased contrast and underlined links. Font, spacing, and paragraph-width overrides are off.

Reading Comfort: A cream background, larger text, taller lines, narrower paragraphs, and left-aligned text.

Motor Accessibility: A larger cursor, 125% page zoom, reduced motion, and taller lines.

Autism & Sensory: A cream background, Verdana, reduced motion, hidden GIFs, taller lines, and narrower, left-aligned paragraphs. Still images stay visible.

Motion Sensitivity: Reduced motion and hidden GIFs, with text-size, spacing, and paragraph-width overrides off. This cannot guarantee that all moving or flashing content is removed.


How It Works

Open Helperbird's Settings page and choose Profiles from the section menu. Choose one of the eight cards, review what it includes, and select Apply.

Applying a profile replaces your current reading settings and updates your quick actions. You can use Undo to restore the previous setup while the Settings page remains open, or adjust individual features afterwards. Export settings you want to keep before experimenting.


Who Uses This

New users who want a good starting point without configuring everything manually.

Students who want to try a reading setup and adjust it to their preferences.

IT administrators setting up accessible browser environments for their teams.

Anyone who wants to try different accessibility configurations without guessing.


Is This Free?

You can use profiles with Helperbird Free. Settings that require Pro are only applied with an active Pro subscription; the preview reflects the settings available to you.

Want the why, not the how? Read ADHD and reading online and Dyslexia and reading on screens — what it is, where it came from, and who it helps, with a demo you can try.

More accessibility features

I am getting such great support from Robert. I enjoy working with him. He answers my questions very quickly. Thanks so much for your great support and a great product.

Terry Martin
Terry Martin
Assistive technology specialist
Helperbird logo: a stylized owl with large round yellow eyes and a beige face.

Download Helperbird

Text to speech, dyslexia fonts, reading rulers, color overlays, and 44 more.

Free to add, and the everyday tools stay free. Works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.