What is Helperbird Free?
Learn about Helperbird Free. Core accessibility features included. No credit card required Support accessibility for everyone.
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Helperbird Free gives you access to essential accessibility features without any cost. You can use it for work, school, or personal browsing - no payment required. Here's what you get.
What's Included in Helperbird Free?
Reading Mode Strip away ads and distractions so you can focus on what matters. Just the content you need, nothing else.
Immersive Reader by Microsoft The popup offers up to 2,000 characters per launch on the free plan. The PDF Reader allows up to 1,200 characters per free launch; the floating toolbar needs Pro. See Immersive Reader for details.
Text to Speech Choose a browser voice and press Play to hear text aloud.
Dyslexia Fonts Choose a font such as OpenDyslexic or Lexend and see which feels comfortable to read.
Letter Spacing Adjusts spacing between letters to make reading easier and more comfortable.
Magnifier Zoom in on text to make it bigger and clearer.
Font Changer Switch to fonts that work better for you. Pick what feels right.
Picture Dictionary Shows images related to words you're reading, which helps with understanding and memory.
Screenshot Capture what is on your screen and save it. (Reading the text out of a capture is the Screenshot Reader, which is a Pro feature.)
Translation Open a webpage or selected text in Google Translate. Pro adds selected-text results inside Helperbird and current-page PDF translation.
Emphasize Links Makes links stand out so you can spot them faster.
Color Blindness Tools Adjusts colors on pages to make them easier to see if you have color blindness.
Reading colors Change page text, links, and backgrounds. Creating saved text highlights needs Helperbird Pro.
Free PDF Tools
You can open PDFs, search the current page and change zoom, read with Standard Voices, and add text or pasted images for free.
The side Notepad lets you type, format and choose Add Textbox to PDF without Pro. Download With my changes to keep a copy. Drawing is also free. Natural voices, dictation, grammar, equation insertion, translation, summarization, and Screenshot Reader need Pro.
The standalone Notepad lets you write, save, and download documents for free. The native Apple PDF reader is also free and has its own tools.
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Need Additional Help?
Have questions about what's free or what's in Pro? Reach out to our Helperbird support team and we'll explain everything!
Printed from the Helperbird Help Center · Updated October 12th, 2026
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