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Using Read&Write to Simplify Websites

by Erin McCully - Thursday, August 21, 2025, 1:04 PM
 
Using Read&Write to Simplify Websites

Websites can often be complex and difficult to read, especially if you have to rely on a screen reader. A web page may also have distractions such as photos, advertisements, and many links to other places.

Read&Write’s Simplify Page feature makes reading a web page easier by stripping out unnecessary formatting and other distractions. When viewing the simplified version of a web page, you can change text color, font, and line spacing, as well as using all of Read&Write’s standard features.

Tutorial Steps
Step 1

Open Google Chrome, navigate to a website  and make sure that the Read&Write toolbar is visible. 

Click Simplify Page Four dark gray horizontal lines, becoming smaller from top to bottom, with an arrow pointing downwards on the Read&Write toolbar.

  simplify website icon outlined in blue
Step 2 Read&Write will process the website and open a simplified version of it in a new tab. Simplified version of a webpage with Read&Write and Simplify toolbars visible 
Step 3

The simplified web page includes a Simplify toolbar, shown just below the Read&Write toolbar in the above screenshot.

The Simplify toolbar contains features to make the web page even easier to read. 

Click the Black minus sign button, next to the word Simplify at the left of the toolbar.

The text will change.

Use the Black plus sign and Black minus sign buttons to adjust the amount of text that is displayed.

Simplify the page too much and you may lose important text. Simplify it too little and there may be too much extra text getting in the way.

 Simplify toolbar outlined in blue 


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