Welcome to ReadEase

Our website aims to enhance the usability and readability of text for everyone by providing features like magnification, text-to-speech, and dynamic content loading. Whether you're a student, a professional, or just someone who loves reading, our tools are here to make your reading experience better.

We believe that reading should be accessible to all, and our tools are designed to help achieve that goal. Dive in and explore! Below are detailed instructions on how to use these features effectively. If you have any issues, refer to the troubleshooting section, or feel free to reach out for assistance!

Site Viewer

How to Load a New Page:

  1. Paste the URL of the webpage you want to view into the input field.
  2. Press Enter to fetch the page. It will load in the viewer's display area.

** Certain functionality of webpages (i.e. links) may not be available on site viewer as it is embedded

Text Viewer

How to Load new content:

  1. Paste the body of text that you want to view in the text field.
  2. Press Enter

Features

The toolbar is located at the top of the page and provides several controls to customize your experience.

Magnification

Purpose: Magnifies text and images within the content for better readability.

How to Use:

  1. Click on the magnifying glass icon in the toolbar to activate the magnification feature.
  2. Once activated, hover over any text or image in the content area to magnify it.
  3. To disable magnification, simply click the magnifying glass icon again.

Additional Settings

  • Magnification Factor: Choose from 1.2x, 1.3x, 1.5x, or 2x.
  • Text Color: Use the color picker to change the color of the magnified text.
  • Background Color: Use the color picker to change the background color behind the magnified text.

Text-to-Speech

Purpose: Reads aloud selected text from the content.

How to Use:

  1. Click the volume icon (Text-to-Speech button) to activate text-to-speech.
  2. Once activated, highlight any text on the page, and it will be read aloud.
  3. To deactivate text-to-speech, click the volume icon again.

Voice Options:

  • US English 1
  • US English 2
  • UK English 1
  • UK English 1