Reading mode

5.97K reviews
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About this app

Designed for and with people with low vision, blindness and dyslexia, Reading mode helps improve your screen reading experience with a focus on customizable contrast, text size, text-to-speech, page clutter, and font types. Once downloaded, the app integrates into your quick settings and can be easily accessed across apps and web pages.

Instructions:

To get started:

1. Download and install Reading mode via Play Store
2. Find Reading mode on your home screen and tap to open it
3. Read the tutorial and it will redirect you to the settings at the end
4. In the settings, tap “Reading mode” and toggle on “Reading mode shortcut” to allow Reading mode to access your device
5. Please refer to https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/7650693 to set up different Reading mode entry points

Key Features:

Focused reading view: Reading mode provides a customizable reading environment without clutter to make it easier to access content and focus
Text-to-speech: Hear written content read out loud to you at the touch of a button. Choose from a selection of high quality long-form voices. Easily accessible audio control options to rewind, fast forward, and change reading speed on the go
Adjust font type and size: Toggle quickly between font sizes, styles, colors, and line spaces to customize what’s best for your reading needs
Quick access: Once downloaded, Reading mode is integrated into the phone interface for fast access
Multi-language support: Reading mode supports English, French, Italian, and Spanish with additional languages to follow
Compatible with Talkback: Easily use Reading mode when using your screen reader.
Designed with privacy in mind: Content is never sent off your phone.

Join the https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/accessible to provide feedback and receive product updates.

Requirement:

• Available for phones on Android 9 and later
• Currently Reading mode supports English, French, Italian, Spanish

Permissions Notice:
• Accessibility Service: Since this app is an accessibility service, it can observe your actions and window content.
Reading mode helps you with difficult to read text.
Updated on
May 22, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

5.76K reviews
S Frydmn
October 8, 2025
The app has many useful features. I particularly enjoyed the read out loud with speed adjustment with highlighting the portion of text which has already been read. There is one feature if the developers would update would be very beneficial, which is when one clicks to highlight it only offers the option of highlighting a word a sentence or a paragraph. it would be very beneficial if they could add a select all option as well as a translate option.
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Brooklyn Stephan
August 14, 2025
I have been really enjoying this app for the last couple of months, it worked amazing at the beginning but has been steadily declining the more I use it. I'm not sure why but it struggles to read anything even if it's just plain blocks of text and if I go back to an article it had read perfectly fine the other day it suddenly can't read it? it doesn't even look like it's scanning the words.. I tried restarting my phone and rebooting the app but nothing has been working. Disappointing
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Michael
June 20, 2026
Due to the latest update the app functionality has significantly degraded. When it is scanning text, the interface underneath the reading menu is clickable, every time you open the reading menu the text you are listening to currently is just gone, and for some reason you can open the text if you open the app itself, but not with the accessibility button you use for everything. If you keep these things in mind, then it is usable.
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What’s new

Initial release of Reading mode.