Features
Fonts, spacing, colors, overlays, rulers, read aloud, writing help and video controls: everything that changes how a page reads and how you work on it.
Features guides
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AI Features for Learning
Simplify, summarize or translate text, dictate with voice typing and check grammar. See how Helperbird AI features help students, and how admins control them.
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Auto Scroll
Learn how to use Helperbird's Auto Scroll feature to automatically scroll through web pages at your preferred speed. Perfect for hands-free reading.
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Background Color
Learn how to use Helperbird's change background color. Complete guide for improving web accessibility and reading support.
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Blend Mode
Learn what the Blend mode toggle in Helperbird's color overlay does, when to keep it on, and when to turn it off so you get the exact color you picked.
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Chemistry & Physics Voice Typing
Switch Voice typing to Chemistry or Physics mode and dictate science notation. Say H two O and get H₂O, or speak a value with units and get 9.8 m/s².
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Clearing Learned Words
Learn how to reset the words Helperbird's word prediction has learned from your writing, when it starts suggesting your own typos back to you.
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Colors Panel
Learn what the three settings in the Helperbird Colors panel do, and how to set your own text, link and background colors on any website you read.
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Cursor Size
Turn on Cursor size in Helperbird's Display panel, then drag the slider to make your mouse pointer bigger or smaller on websites in Chrome, Edge or Firefox.
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Dark Mode
Learn how to use Helperbird's turn on dark mode in helperbird. Complete guide for improving web accessibility and reading support.
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Dictating into the Page
Learn how to make Helperbird's voice typing put your words directly into the box you are typing in, including Google Docs, instead of into a separate panel.
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Display
The Display panel holds five tools that make a page easier to see: High contrast, Highlight links, Saturation, Cursor size and Magnifier. Learn what each does.
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Dyslexia Fonts
Helperbird has 32 fonts, including OpenDyslexic, six Lexend widths, Andika and Atkinson Hyperlegible. See which to try first and where fonts do not work.
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Dyslexia Ruler
Use the Dyslexia ruler in Helperbird to keep your place while you read. Turn it on from the menu, then set its height, width, color and position in Settings.
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Equations in a Screenshot
Learn how the Helperbird Screenshot Reader picks up maths from a picture automatically, with no mode to choose, and what to do with the result.
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Explain mode in Screenshot Reader
Get a plain-language explanation of a chart, picture or paragraph. Turn on Explain mode in Helperbird's Screenshot Reader, then capture the area you need.
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Font Color
Learn how to change the color of text on any website using Helperbird. Choose a text color that is easier for you to read and reduces eye strain.
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Font Size
Learn how to increase or decrease the font size on any website using Helperbird. Make text larger for easier reading or smaller to fit more content on screen.
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Fonts
Learn how to change the font on any website using Helperbird. Choose from dyslexia-friendly fonts like OpenDyslexic, Lexend, and more to make reading easier.
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Grammar Checker
Helperbird's Grammar Checker corrects grammar, spelling and punctuation across a whole passage. Learn how to use it, and how it differs from spell check.
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Grammar Options
Learn how to split words into syllables and color the nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in Immersive Reader, so difficult text is easier to break down.
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Hearing Your Writing
Learn how to turn on the setting that reads each sentence back to you as soon as you finish it, so you can hear whether it makes sense.
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Hiding Your Highlights
Learn how to switch your saved Helperbird highlights out of view and back again, so you can read a clean page without losing what you marked.
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High Contrast
High contrast recolors any web page so text stands out. Compare the five themes, find the one that suits your eyes, and see how it differs from Dark Reader.
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Highlight color
Choose a color from Helperbird’s Highlighter palette to mark selected text. Turn Highlighter on or off to show or hide your saved marks.
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Highlight Links
Learn how to make links more visible on any website using Helperbird. Highlight links with underlines and styling to make them easier to find.
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Highlighter
Select text on any website and mark it in one of six colors. Your highlights are saved, come back on your next visit, and collect in Notes to export.
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Highlighting Words
Learn how to turn on word highlighting in Helperbird, so each word lights up as it is spoken and your eye can follow along with the voice.
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Images and GIFs
Hide every image on a web page, or only the moving GIFs, with Helperbird. Open Media controls and pick with two switches to cut distractions while reading.
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Immersive Reader
Learn how to use immersive reader on any website. Text-to-speech and reading tools for accessibility Support accessibility for everyone.
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Letter Spacing
Learn how to use Helperbird's change letter spacing. Complete guide for improving web accessibility and reading support.
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Line Focus
Learn how to use line focus on any website. Highlight one line at a time for better reading. Support accessibility for everyone.
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Line Height
Learn how to adjust line height on any website for better reading comfort and accessibility Support for all learners and educators.
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Link Color
Learn how to change the color of links on any website using Helperbird. Make links stand out more or choose colors that are easier for you to see.
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Magnifier
Learn how to use Helperbird's zoom in and magnify any website. Complete guide for improving web accessibility and reading support.
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Math Mode (Speech to Math)
Learn how to turn on Math Mode in Helperbird's voice typing and dictate equations out loud. Say 'x squared plus y squared' and get x² + y².
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Math Reader Is Now Automatic
The Math Reader is no longer a mode you pick. Helperbird's Screenshot Reader now reads equations automatically, in the same capture as the words around them.
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Media Controls
Media controls is the Helperbird panel for video and pictures, with Playback speed, Video volume, Hide images, Hide GIFs and Show descriptions.
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Opening Immersive Reader
Learn how to send a page, or just the text you selected, into Immersive Reader straight from Helperbird's floating toolbar.
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Opening Reading Mode
Learn how to strip a cluttered web page back to just the article with Reading Mode, straight from Helperbird's floating toolbar.
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Overlay & Tints
Add a color overlay or tint to any website with Helperbird. Pick a color, set the strength, and use Blend mode to cut glare and make reading easier.
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Paragraph Background Color
Learn how to use Helperbird to add a background color to paragraphs on any website. Make text easier to read by highlighting paragraph blocks with color.
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Paragraph Borders
Helperbird can draw a colored outline around every paragraph, so you can see where each one starts and ends. Here is how to turn it on and pick the color.
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Paragraph Features
Learn what the Border, Background and Width controls in Helperbird's Paragraphs panel do, and which one to try first if you lose your place when reading.
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Paragraph Width
Learn how to use Helperbird's adjust paragraph width. Complete guide for improving web accessibility and reading support.
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Reading a Page Aloud
Learn how to use the Play and Stop buttons on Helperbird's floating toolbar to have a web page, or just the part you selected, read out loud.
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Reading Guide
Follow text with a colored reading guide in Helperbird. Adjust its height, width, color and opacity, and keep your place as you move or scroll through a page.
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Reading Mode
Learn how to use Helperbird's Reading Mode to create a clean, distraction-free reading experience. Reading Mode removes ads, sidebars, and clutter.
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Reading Preferences
Learn how to use Line Focus and the Picture Dictionary in Immersive Reader, so you can keep your place and see what an unfamiliar word means.
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Reduce Motion
Learn how to stop animations on any website. Disable moving content for better focus and accessibility Support accessibility for everyone.
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Saturation
Learn how to use Helperbird's adjust color saturation. Complete guide for improving web accessibility and reading support.
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Screenshot Reader
Read, copy or save text from a picture with Helperbird's Screenshot Reader. Learn to select an area, crop the visible page and use keyboard controls.
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Screenshot Reader with a keyboard
Capture text from a picture without a mouse. Open Helperbird's Screenshot Reader, choose a capture type, and move or resize the box with your keyboard.
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Screenshot Tool
Save the visible part of a webpage as a PNG with Helperbird Screenshot. Find the capture action, locate your download, and learn when to use Screenshot Reader.
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Show Descriptions
Turn on Show descriptions in Helperbird's Media controls to see an image's alt text or a link's title in a tooltip when you hover over it, on any website.
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Simplify Text
Learn how to use Helperbird to simplify complex text into plain, easy-to-understand language. A complete guide to the Simplify feature.
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Spell Check
Learn how to turn on your browser's spell checker for every text box on a page with Helperbird, from the Quick actions grid or with a keyboard shortcut.
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Sticky Notes
Add a sticky note to a web page with Helperbird, write a title and reminder, choose its color, and find it again when you return or open your saved notes.
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Sticky Notes on Desktop
Put a shortcut to your Helperbird sticky notes on your desktop, taskbar, Dock or Chromebook shelf, so your notes open in their own window with one click.
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Summarize Text
Learn how to use Helperbird to summarize long articles, web pages, and text into short, easy-to-read summaries. A complete guide to the Summarize feature.
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Text Alignment
Learn how to use Helperbird's change text alignment. Complete guide for improving web accessibility and reading support.
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Text and Style
Learn how to change the text size, spacing, font and background color in Immersive Reader, so the page is comfortable for you to read.
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Text Settings
Learn what each control in Helperbird's Text settings panel does, and which one to change first. Spacing helps more readers than changing the font does.
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Text to Speech
Learn how to use Helperbird's Text to Speech feature to have any text read aloud. Listen to articles, emails, documents, or any written content on the web.
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Text to Speech in Word Online
Learn how to use Helperbird's Text to Speech feature in Microsoft Word Online. Have your documents read aloud.
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Text to speech settings
Choose a voice, hear a live sample, and set your reading speed in Helperbird's shared Text to speech settings.
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Topic Dictionaries
Learn how to use topic dictionaries in Helperbird's word prediction, so subject words for Science, History, Space, or the page you are on appear as you type.
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Translate
Translate a whole webpage or selected text with Helperbird. Set your language in Settings, then press Translate page or Translate text on any website.
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Translating
Learn how to translate a page in Immersive Reader, either the whole document or one word at a time, so you can read in your own language.
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Turning On the Reading Guide
Learn how to switch on Helperbird's reading guide from the floating toolbar, so a bar follows your place down the page and you stop losing your line.
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Turning On Word Prediction
Learn how to switch on Helperbird's word prediction from the floating toolbar, so suggestions appear as you type into any box on the page.
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Video Playback Speed
Speed up or slow down videos with Helperbird. Learn how to choose a pace from 10% to 200% on YouTube, Vimeo and other websites that use standard HTML5 video.
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Video Volume
Learn how to mute every video on a web page at once with Helperbird, or set them all to a quieter level, without using each player's own controls.
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Video Volume
Learn how to use Helperbird's Video volume to control the volume of every video on any website with one simple slider.
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Voice Typing
Use Helperbird Voice typing, choose a language, control spoken punctuation, and copy, listen to, or print your draft.
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Where Word Spotlight Works
Where Word spotlight works, what it will not highlight, what a screen reader hears, and how it differs from the other two ways Helperbird highlights.
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Word Prediction
Learn how to use Helperbird's Word Prediction feature to get word suggestions as you type. Word prediction helps you write faster and spell words correctly.
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Word Prediction Layout
Show Helperbird's word suggestions across a row or stacked in a vertical list. Choose a layout and keep your usual prediction tools.
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Word Spacing
Learn how to increase the space between words on any website using Helperbird. Word spacing makes text easier to read by giving each word more breathing room.
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Word Spotlight
Word spotlight colors the word your mouse pointer is on. What it does, and how to switch it on from the Helperbird menu.
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