RNIB Bookshare

If you select 'Read Now', you can use the 'Settings' cog on the top right corner to customise the audio, text, page and colour.

The 'Quick Set' tab contains the most commonly used settings.

In the 'Audio' tab, you can select the 'Voice' and listen through different voices. You can also select the 'Audio Speed' to listen faster or slower. You can choose the 'Voicing Options' to voice page numbers and image descriptions.

In the 'Text' tab, you can select the text size and the font style; the most accessible fonts are Comic Sans, Atkinson Hyperlegible and Open Dyslexic. Experiment with different fonts to choose the most appropriate for you. You can also select the character spacing.

In the 'Page' tab, you can select the display format, change the margins and line spacing, and display the page numbers.

In the 'Color' tab, you can select preset colours or customise your own by selecting the background and text colours, and the word and sentence highlight colours.

Add extensions to your browser to be used on RNIB Bookshare, such as the Read Aloud extension, a text to speech voice reader or the BeeLine extension, a reader that adds colour gradients to digital text to improve reading ability and focus. It is up to you to find what works for you.

Choose how you want to read:

• Read with an iPad/iPhone

• Read with audio

• Use braille displays

• Read with a Kindle

• Read with an Android device

• Read on a PC

• Read with Dolphin EasyReader