Pixie Accessibility

Pixie Accessibility & Productivity Reader main features summary:

• TTS: A text to speech voice reader (screen reader)
• Text Configurations: Change webpage styling for better readability includes dyslexia friendly fonts such as OpenDyslexic
• Screen Shader: Take care of your eyes and decrease eye-strain
• Reading Ruler: Focused reading mode
• Reader View: Read articles/blogs without distractions and ads
• Dictionary: View selected word definition (English only)
• ePub Reader: Read ePUB files right in your browser
• Color Schemes: Change contrast and saturation for better readability

Pixie Reader version 0.9.1 Web Browser extension/add-on Features:

Pixie Sidebar Widget (Floating Icon):

• The widget will give you quick access to Pixie important features by hovering over the icon only
• Features include: Reader View, Dictionary, Mute, and Text to Speech voice reader
• You can open Pixie Reader sidebar by clicking Pixie widget accessibility floating icon

TTS: Text to Speech Voice Reader (Screen Reader)

• Read aloud the current web-page
• This is an experimental feature in this version (Beta Version)
• Read This Page: This button will start the TTS by reading the current page
• Speed: How fast the TTS read the page. Comes with 3 options: Slow, Normal, and Fast
• Text Highlight: Highlight the text the is being read by TTS for better focus
• Next/Previous: Read next/previous paragraph. Accessible from the widget icon
• Pause/Stop: Pause or stop reading the current page. Accessible from widget icon

Text Configuration

• Readable Fonts (Dyslexia Friendly): We provide a large set of specialized fonts (Dyslexia Friendly) that improve/enhance readability and focus: Arial, Calibri, Century Gothic, Comic Sans, Courier Helvetica, OpenSans, OpenDyslexic, Tahoma, Verdana
• Font Size: Control the font size of the text on the web page
• Font Bold: Bold the whole text on the web page
• Font Italic: Italicize the whole font on the web page
• Font Color: Change the color of the text on the web page
• Align Text: align the whole text with left, right, center, or justify alignment

Text Spacing

• Between Lines: Increase the space between the text lines
• Between Words: Increase the space between the text words
• Between Letters: Increase the space between the text letters

Screen Shader (Eyes Protection)

• This option allows you to shade/tint the screen to reduce the lighting and protect your eyes
• Adjust Tint Color: To enable/disable and to set the color to use to tint/shade the screen
• Tint Brightness: To control the screen shading level where you can set it to your preference lighting level

Reading Ruler (ADHD Friendly)

• This option allows you to highlight the line where you hover the mouse on the screen
• Mask Type: Two types of reading ruler are provided in the extension
• Ruler Height: To control the size of the line highlight ruler to what is suitable for your need