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Hear webpages readaloud
to you
Elocance(www.elocance.com)isa
browsertoolandappcombothatmakes
thewebmoreaccessible.Manyusers
struggletoreadtextonthescreen,
whichmeans
missingouton
swathesof
content. Install
Elocancein
Chromeand on
yourphone,sign
inon both
deviceswith the
sameaccount
andyou’ll be
abletoget
emails,web
pagesandtext
documentsread
aloud ontheapp.
Onceyoufind
an articlethat
takesyourfancy,
clicktheextension’s toolbarbuttonand
choose‘Addthispageto mylibrary’.For
documents,eitheruploadthemviaFile
Exploreror draganddropthemtothe
box.If you’rebrowsingonyourphone,
tapthe Sharebuttontoseeanoptionto
sendtoElocance.Youcanthenopen
yourlibrarytoplaybackyourtext. Here,
youcanalso changetheElocancevoice
anddiscovernewarticles.
Howoftendoyoubookmarkapagewith the
intentionofreturningtoitlater,onlytocompletely
forgetaboutit–orunearth itmonthslater, bywhich
timethepageisirrelevant?
Mailist(bit.ly/mailist4 89 )letsyou bookmarkpages
byclickingitstoolbarbutton andchoosing‘Add
pagetoMailist’ soyoucanreceivetheminan email
newslettereveryweek.Anotheroptionis toselect
‘Managealllinks’tomanuallyadd bookmarksat
my.mailist.com.The Settingshereletyousetthe
numberoflinkssenttoyoueachweek–anywhere
from oneto10–andchooseaparticularday.
However,thebestpartisthatyoucanadd
allyourotherbookmarksfrom bothChrome and
Firefox.Thisisafairlystraightforwardprocedure
thatseesyouexportthem fromyourbrowser, thenuploadthem
toMailist. Atleastthisway,you’llneverforgetaboutanothersavedpageagain.
writing.
Helperbirdalso
offersamonthly
subscription,soifyou
planonstickingtothe
freeversion,choose
GetStarted,not
Upgradewhenyou
clicktheextension’s
button.Addestimated
reading time
toemails
EmailReadingTimeforGmail(bit.ly/
reading4 89 )tellsyouhowlongitwill
takeyoutoreadamessageyou’ve
receivedinGoogle’s webmail
service.OpenanemailinyourInbox
and,directlybelowthesubjectline,
you’ll seetheestimatedtimetoread,
aswell asthewordcount.Thisgives
youafairideaofhowlongit’lltake
you,onaverage,togetthroughthe
wholemessage–orwhetheryou
shouldsaveit forwhenyouhave
morefreetime.Makethewebevenmore
accessible
Inkeepingwiththeaccessibilitytheme,
tryHelperbird(www.helperbird.com).
Thishandybrowsertoolisdesignedfor
peoplewhosufferfromdyslexiaand
struggletoread onscreentext.Itlets
youtweaktheappearance ofjustabout
anywebsite–oneclickletsyouchange
apage’sFont, useZoom andenable
ColourBlindmode.
Eachofthethreeoptionshas
numerousselectionswithin.Click into
Fontsandchoosefrom 15 different
typefaces,thentoggletheEnableFont
switchtoOn.Zoomletsyougetup
closeand personalwithwebsites,from
10 %to1 00 %.Finally,ColourBlindness
includesEmphasizeLinks,whichaddsa
blockaroundanyclickabletext,and
Stroke,whichturnsit intoredbubbleBest New Browser Tools
Getyourweeklybookmarks emailedtoyou