You will find this icon on every page of our website. It can be found on the bottom left of each page. Clicking on this icon will open our accessibility widget along the left side of your screen. The widget provides 12 buttons, allowing you to adjust the page to be more accessible to you. Most of the buttons have multiple options you can toggle through by clicking the button through each option. The options available are:
- Contrast: This allows you to switch between an inverted colour scheme, a dark high-contrast scheme, and a light high-contrast scheme.
- Highlight Links: This makes all links on every page stand-out by having yellow, underlined text on a black background.
- Bigger Text: This allows you to switch between four different options of larger text.
- Text Spacing: This increases the space between words, offering three levels of increased space.
- Pause Animations: This will disable any animated elements on the page.
- Hide Images: This will remove images from the page, allowing you to see only text.
- Dyslexia Friendly: This will switch all text to the Dyslexic-friendly font, or to a clean, Legible Font.
- Cursor: This offers three alternatives to the standard mouse cursor: a larger version of the normal cursor, a Reading Mask that helps focus on a small part of the page, or a Reading Guide to help you keep track of where you are currently reading.
- Tooltips: This will raise the alt text on images across our website as a tooltip when you hover over the image with a mouse. Alt text is normally used by screen readers to describe images to their users.
- Line Height: This increases the space between lines, offering three levels of increased space.
- Text Align: This will override the default text alignment on the page, making all text aligned to the Left, Right, Centre, or Justified.
- Saturation: This adjusts the colours on the page, offering Low Saturation, High Saturation, and Desaturated (greyscale).
Under these options is a button to Reset All Accessibility Settings. This will turn-off all options and return to the default look of the page.
If you have any accessibility issues with this website, please use our online contact form to let us know. We will endeavour to correct these issues as soon as possible.
The apps for our eResources have been optimised to work with Apple’s VoiceOver functionality. VoiceOver will read elements within the app, as well as read eBooks and eMagazines in the relevant apps.
You can activate this with Siri by saying “Turn VoiceOver On,” or manually in the Settings app by going to General > Accessibility > Vision > VoiceOver > Switch On.
Adjustable font size: When you have an eBook open, press the AA button on the bottom-left. This will open a menu which includes a Font Size option. Press the larger A to make the font larger, or the smaller A to make it smaller.
Dyslexic-friendly font: When you have an eBook, open, press the AA button on the bottom-left. This will open a menu which includes a Fonts option. Select the current font for a list of options, and select Dyslexic to switch to the dyslexic-friendly font.
Adjustable audio speed: When you have an eAudiobook open, you will see a 1.0x Speed option at the bottom-left. Selecting this will offer options between 0.5 and 3.0 speed, to suit your needs.
Adjustable font size: When you have an eBook open, press the Aa button on the top-right. This will open a menu which includes a Text Size option. Press the plus (+) to make the font larger, or the minus (-) to make it smaller.
Adjustable line spacing: When you have an eBook open, press the Aa button on the top-right. This will open a menu which includes a Line Spacing option. Select the required spacing from the list offered.
Dyslexic-friendly font: When you have an eBook, open, press the Aa button on the top-right. This will open a menu which includes a Font option. Select the current font for a list of options, and select Dyslexic to switch to the dyslexic-friendly font.
Adjustable audio speed: When you have an eAudiobook open, you will see a 1.00x Speed option at the bottom-right. Selecting this will offer options between 0.5 and 4.0 speed, to suit your needs.
Closed Captions and subtitles: When watching a film, press CC button at the bottom-right of the screen. This will open the Captions menu. There is a toggle next to Captions, allowing you to turn them on or off. If you select the Captions Setting options, you can adjust the colour, size, and background colour for the captions.
Reduce colour variation: Libby can adjust to only use neutral, high-contrast colours. Start by entering the menu, then selecting Settings, then select Accessibility Features. There is a toggle next to Reduce Color Variation to turn this feature on or off.
Reduce text variation: Libby can keep all text semi-bold with no italics, and rarely use all capitals. Start by entering the menu, then selecting Settings, then select Accessibility Features. There is a toggle next to Reduce Text Variation to turn this feature on or off.
Reduce motion: Libby can minimise the animations used in its interface. Start by entering the menu, then selecting Settings, then select Accessibility Features. There is a toggle next to Reduce Motion to turn this feature on or off.
Reduce vibrations: Libby normally uses haptic feedback, but this can be removed. Start by entering the menu, then selecting Settings, then select Accessibility Features. There is a toggle next to Reduce Vibration to turn this feature on or off.
Adjustable font size: When you have an eBook open, press the A button on the top-right. This will open a menu which includes a Text Scale option. Slide the scale left to make the text smaller, or right to make it larger.
Dyslexic-friendly font: When you have an eBook open, press the A button on the top-right. This will open a menu which includes a Book Design option. Select OpenDyslexic to use the dyslexic-friendly font.
Adjustable audio speed: When you have an eAudiobook open, press the speedometer button near the top-right. This will open a Playback Speed menu. You can select a preset between 1.00x and 2.00x speed, or move the slider to select between 0.60x and 3.00x speed.