## Why

ReadSpeaker gives you the freedom of choice. Choose your favorite colors for word-by-word highlighting. What voice sounds the best to you? Do you like your font a bit larger? In the Settings, you get to make all those choices and more!

## When

When should you make your selections? It's completely up to YOU! Sometimes, you may want everything set up before you start reading or working on an assignment, or you may feel like making a different choice on another day. You get to CHOOSE! There are six areas in Settings:

- Settings (Highlighting colors for your word and sentence)
- Text Mode Settings (how you want your text mode pop-up to appear - found on top of each of these setting pages)
- Other Settings (Scrolling and pop-up player)
- Settings for Reading Tools (Page Mask color and transparency settings)
- Shortcuts (Keyboard shortcuts)
- Restore (Reset your selections to the default settings)

## How

- Always start by looking for the Settings icon, .

### ReadSpeaker webReader

- - Click on the hamburger, .
  - Click on Settings, .
  - Select your word and sentence color choices. If you are colorblind, select the underline for the sentence and one of the first four colors from the left for the word.
  - Click on Text Settings, , which is found on the top right-hand side of the Settings pop-up.
  - Adjust the font size, font type, and background/text colors using the dropdown menus. Adjust the text spacing (space between characters) using the slide bar. Also adjust the width of the pop-up box.
  - Select your other settings for your preferences.

### ReadSpeaker docReader

- - Navigate to the document.
  - Open docReader according to your view. If you are unsure which view you are using, please look at the definitions page.
    - Classic View - Click on the dropdown menu to the right of the document's title, then click "Open with docReader."
    - New Content Experience View - Click on the speaker, located above the document and toward the right-hand side.
    - New Learner Experience View - Click "Open with DocReader" located above the document and toward the right-hand side.
  - For the Classic and the New Learner Experience View, click on the Expand Toolbar or the Caret,
  - For the New Content Experience View, click on the Hamburger, .
  - Now that you have the lower toolbar visible, click on Settings, , or .
  - The Settings are divided into five categories.
    - General (Reading Speed, Reading Area, etc.)
    - Highlighting Settings (word and sentence colors)
    - Text Mode Settings (how you want your text mode page to appear)
    - Settings for Reading Tools (Page Mask and Reading Ruler colors and transparency)
    - Restore Default Settings (resets your selections to their defaults)
  - Make your selections for each area.
  - The Text Mode Settings you select will only appear when you are in the Text Mode.
  - NOTE: Settings are SAVED in the cookies and cache in the device's browser. So, if you change the device or browser, you will need to reset your Settings.

## Video

### ReadSpeaker webReader

### ReadSpeaker docReader

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