Tech Assistant for Blind App: Visually Impaired users can read any web article without ads like this
There are many web articles and blogs on every topic on the Internet. Many of our visually impaired friends also like to read articles on different topics. But often the biggest problem is that most websites are not accessible with TalkBack. There are so many advertisements, pop-ups and unwanted links on the screen that they get clicked accidentally. Because of this, screen reader users are not able to navigate the content properly and get upset and leave the article midway. To completely eliminate this problem, an amazing feature has been provided in our Tech Assistant for Blind app – Web Article Reader. This feature removes the advertising noise from any website and brings the entire article to you in a 100% accessible and clean format.
How to use Web Article Reader in Tech Assistant for Blind App
Using this great feature is very easy. All you have to do is follow some simple steps given below:
- Download the App: First of all go to Google Play Store and download Tech Assistant for Blind application.
- Easy Sign-In: After opening the app, sign in easily with the help of your Google Account.
- Open the Feature: Go to the main dashboard of the app and find the Web Article Reader option and open it.
- Paste the Link: As soon as you open it, you will get an edit box of Type or Paste URL. You can type the direct link here.
- Paste from Clipboard: If you have already copied a link, then Paste from Clipboard button is available right next to the edit box. As soon as you click on it, your last copied link will automatically be pasted here.
- Load Web Page: Lastly, click on the Load Web Page button given at the bottom. In just a few seconds the entire web page will load and your article will be ready to play.
Best Accessibility Features for Smooth Navigation
Our Web Article Reader does not just load the text, but also gives you a great Audiobook like experience. In this you get many great features to control the reading:
- Play and Pause Control: There is a Play/Pause button at the bottom of the screen, just above the home button. With its help, you can start or stop listening to the article whenever you want and enjoy the entire article comfortably.
- Advanced Reading Control Settings: By going inside this setting, you can choose the Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine of your choice. Additionally, you can also customize Speech Rate and Pitch as per your convenience.
- Granular Navigation for Audio: When you are listening to an article in audio format and you want to listen to a particular line or paragraph again, this setting gives you amazing navigation modes, like:
- Previous Character / Next Character
- Previous Word / Next Word
- Previous Line / Next Line
- Previous Sentence / Next Sentence
- Previous Paragraph / Next Paragraph
Powerful Options for Every Article
When your article is loaded, swiping right from the Web Article Reader heading at the top of the screen gives you a very useful button called Article Options. Inside this you get many great options which make your work very easy:
- Convert to Speech Audio: By clicking on this you can convert the entire article into an audio file.
- Export as TXT File: If you want to save this article as text, you can directly export it by creating a dot TXT (.txt) file.
- Share Article Text: From here you can directly share the text of the entire article with your friends or on social media.
- Copy to Clipboard: Facility to copy entire article text in a single click.
- Open Original Website: If you ever want to go to the main or original website of this article, you can go directly from here.
- Rename Title: From here you can change the name of the title of the article as per your choice.
- Delete: If the work on this article has been completed, you can also delete it directly from here.
Complete TalkBack Support and Easy Text Copying
If you want to read by swiping instead of playing the audio, you can also read the entire article very comfortably by swiping from the top of the screen with the help of TalkBack gestures. Additionally, if you like a particular line or paragraph while reading an article and want to save it somewhere, all you have to do is go to that line and perform TalkBack's Copy Gesture. That particular line will be copied immediately. This brilliant combination makes your reading experience completely smooth and accessible.
Saved Articles and Library Management
The biggest advantage of this feature is that whenever you open any web article in our article reader, it automatically gets saved in its in-built library. This means that whenever you need that article again in the future, you do not have to search for it again on the internet; You can read it anytime by going directly to the app's library. It is very easy to access – by swiping right from the Load Web Page button at the bottom of the screen, you get the option of Library. Next to every article saved in the library, you get an Actions button, by clicking on which you can Rename Title or Delete. Unless you manually delete an article from there, it remains saved there forever. Along with this, a Clear Library button is also provided on swiping right from the Library heading. On clicking on this, the option of Cancel and Clear appears on the screen, where as soon as you click on Clear, all the articles in the library will be cleared simultaneously. This feature always keeps your important information safe with you.
Backup and Restore
The app has an excellent feature of Backup and Restore to protect your data. It's very easy to set up – just click on your profile at the top of the app, go to Backup and Restore and turn on Web Article History there. By doing this, the backup of all your articles will be safe. Now even if you change your phone or the app data is cleared, all your saved articles will still be completely safe and you will be able to easily restore them with a single click. Our Web Article Reader feature makes internet reading completely accessible, ad-free and USER-friendly. Then what are you waiting for? Download the app from Play Store today and start enjoying your favorite world articles without any interruption!