Accessibility and translation

To open the toolbar, click on the ‘Accessibility and Language’ button.

If you’re accessing our website on a laptop or computer, this will be located on top right of any page. If you’re accessing our website on a tablet or mobile device, open the menu and scroll down until you see the button.

Once you’ve clicked the button, the toolbar will open at the top of the page.

Click the rewind button to go back to the previous paragraph of text.

Click the play button to read the text aloud.

Click the forward button to skip to the next paragraph of text.

Highlight text then click on the gold button to download it as an audio file.

Highlight a word then click on the book button to view the meaning of the word.

Click and drag the magnifying glass to increase the size of text on the screen.

Click the ruler button to enable the reading ruler.

Click the paragraph button to create a letterbox for focused viewing of a section of the page.

Click on the green button to remove images and view information in plain text mode.

Click on the blue focus text button to highlight key parts of words.

Click on the translation button to change the text into a different language.

Click the minus button to make the text size smaller.

Click the plus button to make the text size bigger.

Click the Aa button to change the font that displays on the page.

Click the colour wheel button to change the background, text and link colours.

To change the text dimensions by narrowing the width of the text column, first click on the green button, then on the red button.

Click on the cog button to adjust your toolbar settings.

Click on the refresh button to restore the default settings.

No. There is no need to install anything on your computer, mobile or tablet device.

To launch the toolbar, you will need to click the ‘Accessibility and Language’ button which is located on top right of any page to open the toolbar. The toolbar will open at the top of the page.

To disable the auto read you need to:

1. Click on the button marked ‘Settings’. This will give you a list of three functions to choose from.
2. Click on the bottom to the right of the option marked ‘Autoplay’ to disable auto-read.

Yes. The tool works on multiple devices and operating systems including Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows devices.

The tool uses cookies to save your settings.

To change the language of the website page or document that you are viewing:

1. Click on the button marked ‘Languages’.
2. From the drop-down list, find the language you want and click on it.

The website page or document will then be converted to that language.

To create an MP3:

1. Turn off the Autoplay option located within the settings button.
2. Highlight the section of text that you wish to create into an MP3.
3. Once highlighted, click on the ‘Download Audio’ button from the toolbar.
4. You will then see a message telling you that your file is being created.

Once created you will see the file appear ready at the bottom of the web page. You can now either listen to the file created or save it to a location of your choice.

To close the tool, click on the icon marked ‘Close’ to the right of the toolbar.