The ReachDeck Toolbar is a built-in web accessibility and readability toolbar that we use on our website. This allows you to access all of our website content in the best way to suit your needs.
The toolbar includes the option to read text out loud, translate pages into different languages, and change the way that text on the page is displayed.
This video from Everway TextHelp, the creators of the ReachDeck Toolbar, explains how to use the tool. Alternatively, details of the toolbar's features are detailed below.
To open the toolbar, click the button that appears in the top-right hand corner of any page on our website. This is an orange circle with a the white outline of a person inside it. Clicking this button will open the toolbar at the top of the page. You can then hover your mouse over each button in the toolbar to find out what it does.
Toolbar features
Text-to-speech reads on-screen text out loud, with read along highlighting. You can choose to click where you want to start reading from, highlight a selection to read, or read from the start of the page:
Translation allows words to be translated into multiple languages:
Picture dictionary displays word meaning through illustration:
MP3 maker converts online content into MP3 files for easy listening:
Screen mask with reading pane, to reduce visual stress and make it easier to focus on the part of the page that you are reading:
Text magnifier magnifies text and reads it out loud:
Webpage simplifier creates a simplified view of a webpage and removes distracting content:
