Accessible Reading
by Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative 1 (0 reviews)

Accessible Reading

Make your website more accessible by offering a reading accommodation to your disabled and neurodivergent readers by adding Bionic Reading® as a font …

Accessible Reading ranks #25,971 among WordPress.org plugins with 20+ active installations, is #174 of 628 in the Accessibility category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Mar 30, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.2 (Current: 7.1.1)
v2.1.1 Current Version v2.1.1
Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 30 Mar, 2023
Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#174 of 628 in Accessibility Top 50% by installs No update in over a year
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Accessible Reading

This plugin uses the Bionic Reading® API to generate accessible text and it requires each user to have a unique API key.
You can set the API key for the plugin in two ways. The first way is adding it in the plugin settings. While logged into WordPress, navigate to Tools > Accessible Reading and then under the Settings tab, you'll see a text field for API Key to copy/pase it into. Press the Save All Settings button at the bottom. The second way is defining the ACCESSIBLE_READING_API_KEY constant variable in your wp-config.php file and setting it's value to your API key. For multisite installations, this will set all of those sites to use the same API key. Example usage: define('ACCESSIBLE_READING_API_KEY','your-api-key-goes-here');
The accessible_reading shortcode allows you to add accessible text with a toggle switch anywhere on your WordPress website. To ensure your shortcode's accessible content is automatically generated, a user with edit post capabilities must preview the page using the shortcode at least once while you have enough API requests for the day. To use it, simply wrap the text you want to make accessible with the shortcode while also adding an id attribute. For example: [accessible_reading id="foo"]This content will become accessible![/accessible_reading] This shortcode will also add the toggle switch to enable/disable the accessible content automatically, so if you're using it in multiple locations and want just one switch, set the hide_toggle attribute to 1 to disable it like this: [accessible_reading id="bar" hide_toggle="1"]This content will become accessible but without showing a toggle![/accessible_reading] This shortcode saves it's content to a post's meta data, so if you're using it in a global area of your website like your header, footer, or sidebar, you should assign the shortcode a post or page ID to save it once to avoid saving it to every post or page it's visible on like this: [accessible_reading id="david" post_id="23"]This content will always save and pull it's accessible content from post ID 23[/accessible_reading] If you want to temporarily disable the automatic processing without removing the shortcode, you can set the disable attribute to 1 like this: [accessible_reading id="bowie" disabled="1"]This content won't be accessible, nor will it have a toggle. Yet.[/accessible_reading]
The accessible_reading_toggle shortcode allows you to add a toggle switch anywhere on your WordPress website. To use it, simply place the self-closing shortcode anywhere on your WordPress website. For example: [accessible_reading_toggle/]
The accessible_reading_content shortcode allows you to add pre-made accessible content anywhere on your WordPress website that a toggle switch will display when turned on. To use it, wrap the accessible content with the shortcode. For example: [accessible_reading_content]<span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">Lor</b>em</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">ips</b>um</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">dol</b>or</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">s</b>it</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">am</b>et.</span>[/accessible_reading_content] You can optionally add additional HTML classes to the outermost wrapper by setting the value to the classes attribute. If setting multiple classes, they should be separated by a single space. For example: [accessible_reading_content classes="custom-class-1 custom-class-2"]<span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">Lor</b>em</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">ips</b>um</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">dol</b>or</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">s</b>it</span> <span class="bionic-w bionic"><b class="bionic-b bionic">am</b>et.</span>[/accessible_reading_content]
To complement the accessible_reading_content shortcode, the accessible_reading_original_content shortcode allows you to add the original content that a toggle switch will hide when accessible reading is turned on. To use it, simply wrap the original content with the shortcode. For example: [accessible_reading_original_content]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.[/accessible_reading_original_content] You can optionally add additional HTML classes to the outermost wrapper by setting the value to the classes attribute. If setting multiple classes, they should be separated by a single space. For example: [accessible_reading_original_content classes="custom-class-1 custom-class-2"]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.[/accessible_reading_original_content]
Yes! In the plugin settings (Tools > Accessible Reading), you'll find the "Bulk Update" tab. There you can configure a bulk update. Starting a dry-run first will tell you how many API requests will be used and approximately how long it will take. This feature uses the WordPres CRON to reduce your server's load and respects your plan's daily API limit to prevent overages. If your bulk update uses more than what your plan allows, it will automatically schedule to continue the next day, so larger websites may take a few days to complete.
No, this WordPress plugin is not a product of Bionic Reading®. It was developed by an independent and disabled web developer that wants to bring more accessibility to the digital space. However, this plugin uses the official Bionic Reading® API to generate accessible text. If you pay for a premium API plan, that money goes toward the official makers of Bionic Reading®, not this plugin developer. If you want to support this plugin developer, donations are appreciated!

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