EasyReader iOS and Android app Overview

EasyReader is available free of cost for Android and Apple devices for reading ebooks in EPUB and DAISY formats. This app has been designed by Dolphin Computer Access particularly for users with dyslexia, low vision and blindness.

• Get EasyReader app for iPhone and iPad from Apple App Store
• Get EasyReader app for Android devices from Google Play Store

Accessibility Feature Videos

App Features

• Supports browsing, searching, and downloading of books from many online libraries including Bookshare, Legimus, Vision Australia, RNIB Bookshare
• Supports subscription and reading of newspapers from NFB-NEWSLINE, RNIB NTNM, MTM and more
• Supports side loading of books from device memory and from clipboard
• Any book or text added to the app can be read aloud with synchronized text highlighting

The app features and usage is explained in this video from Dolphin Computers

Using the App

The app requires the creation of a free account before use. The login credentials of the library/service e.g. Bookshare are required before books can be downloaded from it. Books in supported formats can also be side loaded from the device memory.

For new users, very good documentation and support is available on the Dolphin website. Some other useful resources are also listed below.

• Signing in to your library, finding books and managing the collection
• Subscribing to newspapers and magazines and downloading their new editions
• Reading text copied to the clipboard from other apps
• Reading a book, navigation options, bookmarking, sleep timer, text search and word meanings
• Changing the text size, background and highlight colours, margins, line spacing, word spacing and font
• Audio settings including changing the voice, playback rate, pitch, pauses, pronunciation of specific words
• A good podcast from Thomas Domville, a member of the AppleVis editorial team on the app interface and usage. The 47 minutes duration podcast can be downloaded from the website.
• A detailed review of the app by a blind user on the Alternate Visions Coaching website.

List of Gestures used in the App

Note that some gestures given below may not work as indicated when Talkback or the Voiceover screen reader is running. The same action may be available through an alternative gesture.