đ Configure Learning Disability Accommodations
Last updated: March 6, 2025
Set up text-to-speech, reading aids, highlighting tools, and comprehension assistance
Overview
Struggling with reading on screen? Need text read aloud? This comprehensive guide sets up assistive tools for dyslexia, ADHD, and other learning differences. Configure text-to-speech, reading rulers, focus modes, highlighting tools, and comprehension aids that make learning easier and more effective.
What this helps with
What to expect: Medium difficulty âĸ usually about 30-45 minutes.
This is one of 46 Accessibility & Assistive Technology fixes in the WindowsHelper library. The full step-by-step fix lives in the WindowsHelper app.
Coming soon in the app
The full step-by-step fix for this lives in the WindowsHelper phone app â coming soon, no price announced yet. The free PC Companion (available now) is the piece that connects your phone to your PC.
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