Dyslexify

Some text is harder to read than it needs to be. Dyslexify lets you change it. Import a text file, a Markdown file or a PDF, then set it the way your eyes want it: the typeface, how big it is, how much air sits between the words, how wide the column runs, and what colour the page is. Press play and hear it read aloud, with each word highlighted as it is spoken. FOUR TYPEFACES, AND AN HONEST WORD ABOUT THEM Dyslexify includes OpenDyslexic, Atkinson Hyperlegible, Arial and the system typeface, in one menu, with a sample so you can see the letters that usually cause trouble — b and d, p and q, 0 and O, 1 and l and I. Four rather than one, on purpose. Research on dyslexia-specific typefaces is genuinely mixed: some studies find readers prefer them, others find no measurable difference in speed or accuracy against a plain face like Arial. Preference varies from person to person, and the only…