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10% of your users can't read your website 2021

Website accessibility widget for dyslexic readers

A browser-based widget that transforms any website into a fully accessible reading experience for dyslexic users - without changing the underlying code.

Client
Omoguru
Period
2021
Technologies
JavaScript, Browser Extensions
The reality

Accessibility Isn’t Edge-Case - It’s Scale

Around 1 in 10 people globally lives with dyslexia. That’s more than 700 million users navigating a web that wasn’t designed for them.

For many, reading standard web content is slow, exhausting, or even impossible. What most users skim in seconds can take significantly longer - or lead to abandonment entirely.

This isn’t just an accessibility issue. It directly affects:

  • Engagement and conversion
  • User trust and retention
  • How inclusive your product really is

And yet, most websites still treat accessibility as optional.

The challenge

The Web Is Dynamic

Making a website accessible sounds straightforward - until you try to do it in real time, inside the browser.

Modern websites are not static pages. They are dynamic systems where:

  • Styles are split across multiple CSS files, often loaded from different locations at different times
  • Additional styling is injected later via CDNs after initial load
  • Layout and content are continuously modified by JavaScript

This means you can’t apply accessibility fixes once and be done. The system must:

  • Detect when the page changes
  • Reapply transformations instantly
  • Ensure nothing breaks in the process

In other words, it requires continuous monitoring and adaptation at runtime.

What we built

Turning Complexity into an Invisible Experience

Readable solves this by transforming websites directly in the browser without touching the original codebase.

Behind a simple interface, the system:

  • Adjusts typography, spacing, and layout for better readability
  • Continuously observes DOM changes and reapplies transformations
  • Maintains compatibility across a wide range of site structures

For the user, the experience feels immediate and effortless. For the system, it’s a constant balancing act between control and compatibility.

Removing Barriers Without Rebuilding Products

One of the biggest challenges in accessibility is adoption. Most solutions require:

  • Redesigning interfaces
  • Refactoring codebases
  • Significant investment and time

Readable avoids this entirely.

By operating at the browser level, it allows businesses to:

  • Enable accessibility instantly
  • Avoid costly redevelopment
  • Improve user experience without disrupting existing systems

This makes accessibility practical, not theoretical.

The outcome

Inclusion That Scales

Readable opens the web to a group of users that is often overlooked - but impossible to ignore at scale.

The result is:

  • A more inclusive digital experience
  • Increased reach and engagement
  • A solution that works across any website

Most importantly, it reframes accessibility from a long-term project into something that can be delivered immediately, where it matters most - the user’s screen.

How it is put together

System architecture

Technology
JavaScriptBrowser Extensions

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