Reading mode

3.5
2.71K reviews
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Designed for and with people with low vision, blindness and dyslexia, Reading mode helps improve your screen reading experience with a focus on customizable contrast, text size, text-to-speech, page clutter, and font types. Once downloaded, the app integrates into your quick settings and can be easily accessed across apps and web pages.

Instructions:

To get started:

1. Download and install Reading mode via Play Store
2. Find Reading mode on your home screen and tap to open it
3. Read the tutorial and it will redirect you to the settings at the end
4. In the settings, tap “Reading mode” and toggle on “Reading mode shortcut” to allow Reading mode to access your device
5. Please refer to https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/7650693 to set up different Reading mode entry points

Key Features:

Focused reading view: Reading mode provides a customizable reading environment without clutter to make it easier to access content and focus
Text-to-speech: Hear written content read out loud to you at the touch of a button. Choose from a selection of high quality long-form voices. Easily accessible audio control options to rewind, fast forward, and change reading speed on the go
Adjust font type and size: Toggle quickly between font sizes, styles, colors, and line spaces to customize what’s best for your reading needs
Quick access: Once downloaded, Reading mode is integrated into the phone interface for fast access
Multi-language support: Reading mode supports English, French, Italian, and Spanish with additional languages to follow
Compatible with Talkback: Easily use Reading mode when using your screen reader.
Designed with privacy in mind: Content is never sent off your phone.

Join the https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/accessible to provide feedback and receive product updates.

Requirement:

• Available for phones on Android 9 and later
• Currently Reading mode supports English, French, Italian, Spanish

Permissions Notice:
• Accessibility Service: Since this app is an accessibility service, it can observe your actions and window content.
Updated on
Oct 17, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App info and performance and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.6
2.62K reviews
Akari
February 27, 2024
This app has great voices and the different display options are helpful. But I've really only been able to use this app for certain articles online. It doesn't work for all articles, and it doesn't work at all for document apps, communication apps, etc. It'd be great if it worked for more apps rather than only working on articles.
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Aoi Kemono
February 25, 2024
It's very useful, especially for reading articles when you are mulktitasking or have the screen off and have Bluetooth connected. The text conversion and site compatibility needs lots of work though. Wikipedia, for example, does not work. Many articles are cut off or end up reading the fine print on some medical ad on the page. Sometimes the play button disappears. It would be nice if it was a separate app instead of an overlay and allowed for queueing and saving converted text.
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Kurt Kaufman
January 24, 2024
Generally good, requires repeated voice downloads. Overall I'm impressed with how intelligible the voices have become, despite occasional inaccuracies in prosody. One odd thing: nearly half the time I initiate reading mode I am requested to download supplemental voices. Is it because they are frequently updated and must be manually installed this way? Or is it a bug?
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What's new

Initial release of Reading mode.