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Highlight Menu

A popup menu appears when you highlight text, giving instant access to text-to-speech, dictionary, translation, web search, and more.

After Highlight Menu was enabled
Before Highlight Menu was enabled

Tools Right Where You Need Them

Select any text on a page, and a small menu appears. From that menu, you can read the text aloud, look up a word, translate it, search for it, or highlight it - all without leaving the page or opening Helperbird.

It's the fastest way to use Helperbird's features.

Learn how to use the highlight menu

  • Web Highlighter - Save your highlighted passages for later review and organization.
  • Dictionary - Look up words directly from the highlight menu while reading.
  • Text to Speech - Play selected text aloud through the convenient highlight menu.

What's in the Menu

Play: Have the selected text read aloud.

Dictionary: Look up the definition of a word.

Search: Search the web for the selected text.

Translate: Translate the text into another language.

Immersive Reader: Open the text in a clean, focused reading view.

Highlight: Mark the text with a color for later reference.


Why This Saves Time

Without the highlight menu, you'd have to:

  1. Select text
  2. Open Helperbird
  3. Find the feature you want
  4. Apply it

With the highlight menu, you select text and click once. Done.


Who Uses This

Students who need to quickly look up words or translate text while studying.

Researchers who want fast access to definitions and searches.

Anyone who reads online and wants quick tools at their fingertips.


Is This Free?

Basic features like highlight and search are free. Text-to-speech and Immersive Reader require Helperbird Pro.


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Jennifer Goodwin
Jennifer Goodwin
AT Teacher
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