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What are the best apps for people have Dyslexia?

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Best apps for people have Dyslexia	Price	Platforms	Last Updated
-- Voice Dream: Reader	-	-	Jul 2, 2020
-- Instapaper	-	web, Android, iOS	Apr 28, 2019
-- Sound Literacy	$9.99	-	Sep 21, 2016
-- openWeb - Assistive Experimental Web Browser	0	-	Sep 21, 2016
-- ModMath	Free	-	Sep 21, 2016

Voice Dream: Reader

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Imported document (PDF, ePub, Doc, Mobi, TXT) is displayed in an easy to read, nicely arranged format

VDR arranges most documents you import into a clean, easy to read format that is customizable. Can control the size of margins, select from several fonts & adjust the size, change text, background & highlight colours. Can swipe and view text in original layout/format or view as plain text and lose all the formatting for a simpler view of material. See More

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No desktop client

Only available on iOS and Android mobile devices (includes tablets). See More

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Clean UI, natural voices, seamless experience. See More

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Very efficient voices

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Reflows PDF text content as plain text

This feature lets you read along beautifully and in the focused and pac man modes. Great for studying purposes. See More

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Instant pickup

Just click on a new page or new paragraph to skip boring sections. Also, allows speed increments changes to a very small accurate degree - i.e. to read at the right speed. See More

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Highlighting text

Allows highlighting text on the fly. See More

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Inexpensive

Compared to the alternatives, this is a cheap solution. See More

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Easy to follow along with your eyes

If you look at the screen while the app is reading, the text scrolls and emphasizes the sentence and the individual words as they are read, kinda like high quality karaoke lyrics. See More

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Syncs to iCloud

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Dropbox source

By being able to connect to Dropbox in the Voice Dream Reader app, you can open and read books that are stored in your Dropbox account. See More

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Instapaper

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Can be set to switch to dark mode based on time of day

Instapaper includes a dark theme and allows switching to it after a set period in time or gradually over the course of the day. See More

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Tags not implemented

Specs

Platforms:web, Android, iOS

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Articles can be emailed to Instapaper

You can add articles to Instapaper by sending them to a unique email address associated with your account. See More

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Basic search not free

Basic search for link title or website too is part of the premium. See More

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Can look up words in a dictionary and Wikipedia

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Embedded images and videos are sometimes ignored

Instapaper sometimes saves articles without images or videos. See More

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Has a font designed for readers with dyslexia

Instapaper includes Dyslexie a font that helps people with reading problems understand the text better. See More

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Search functions return random articles

The search function is very slow and does not provide accurate results. The user can not filter or reorder the search results, or search the archive or annotated articles. See More

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Can playback inline video

Instapaper will play videos from YouTube, Vimeo and other sources that are embedded in articles, but you have to be online for playback to work. See More

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Became a paid service again

Most functions, like search, became premium. See More

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Free archiving of deleted webpages

In Pocket, this is a paid function - but Instapaper provides this for free! If a webpage is deleted, it remains in your Instapaper and they even archive pictures of the articles. See More

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Only supports English

It only supports English, and not Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. See More

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Rarely seen organization options

In addition to allowing you to sort articles by when you saved them, you can also order articles by length or read progress and popularity. See More

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Allows listening to articles

Instapaper comes with a build in text-to-speech feature that will read out loud articles. Premium version of the app allows creating playlists. See More

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Includes optional social features

If you set your Instapaper profile to be public, your friends will be able to see articles you've liked. See More

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Awesome offline mode

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Excellent typography choices

Instapaper allows you to choose from 14 different fonts, some of which have been designed specifically for the application. You can manually adjust spacing between lines, padding around text and font size to fit your preferences. See More

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Pagination

Allows for pagination, not just scrolling. See More

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Annotation tools

Allows leaving notes attached to articles and highlighting certain part of the text. Free version of the app is limited to 5 highlights a month. See More

Sound Literacy

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ModMath

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