Reading mode

3.3
4.74K reviews
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PEGI 3
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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 customisable 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 customisable 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, colours and line spaces to customise 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 and Spanish

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

Ratings and reviews

3.4
4.6K reviews
Rene Kadoo
23 November 2024
Such a great app in terms of concept, but execution is bad. Sometimes it doesn't pick up all content in the article (not ads), and it would be awesome if it could also incorporate pictures because the article might be describing something that requires a picture. And the 2 finger swipe from the bottom of the screen to activate does not work, please address.
22 people found this review helpful
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*'er *'er T'Floobius
20 April 2025
totally useless stupid widget button for the totally stupid nonsense accessibility app that is text to speech reader as it only reads text aloud if the fones screen is on!?,duh! totally defeats the object of how people with visual impairment need the screen on to hear the text an books etc read aloud , how many decades are we to wait until we have a useful working text reader that can read for more than a few minutes without needing the screen to be on and unlocked!? most unhelpful accessibility
7 people found this review helpful
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Richard H
14 February 2023
A great little screen reader. Not perfect, but good enough for my needs. The are two improvements I would like: 1) It skips hyperlinks, which is fine unless they're embedded in a sentence 2) I would like a little more granularity in the speed settings (1.5 is too fast, 1.25 too slow) One final observation, it has trouble with words like ChatGPT or OpenAI, but this is a free app so I'm not complaining.
60 people found this review helpful
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What's new

Initial release of reading mode.