Text to speech
Listen with your browser's voices and choose your pace. Edit the text box or highlight a passage to hear only that part.
Helperbird for Google Docs, & Sheets
Listen to your text, translate your selection, and make reading more comfortable. Familiar Helperbird tools, right beside your documents, slides, and cells.
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Make the text work for you
Open a tool, make your changes, and return to your work. Each tool has its own focused panel.
Translate
Compare the original and translated text before replacing your selection. Or choose Translate & replace to do both in one step.
Text settings
Choose from fonts including Lexend and Atkinson Hyperlegible. Adjust text size, then spacing in Docs and Slides or cell layout in Sheets.
Immersive Reader
Open selected text directly in Microsoft's reader for read aloud, line focus, and reading preferences. Available in all three add-ons.
Text statistics
See word count, estimated reading time, and more as soon as the panel opens. Change your selection and choose Recheck.
Accessibility check
In Google Docs, review the whole document for small text, vague links, extended capitals, and long paragraphs. Get suggestions with locations to review.
A familiar sidebar in every app
The same reading tools, with text controls that fit the file you are working on.
Google Docs
Work with highlighted text. Change its font and spacing, translate a passage, or run an accessibility check across all document tabs.
Google Slides
Select words, text boxes, groups, or table cells. Read and translate the text you choose, then adjust its font, size, and line spacing.
Google Sheets
Use one cell, a block, or separate ranges on the same sheet. Translate text cells, listen to displayed values, and make longer entries fit.
A few things to know
What is free?
Text to speech, Translate, Text settings, Text statistics, and the Docs Accessibility check work without a Pro key. Immersive Reader supports up to 1,200 characters at a time for free. Connect Helperbird Pro in Settings for longer selections.
How do I open the add-on?
Install Helperbird from Google Workspace Marketplace. In Docs, Slides, or Sheets, choose Extensions ā Helperbird ā Open Helperbird. Your school or workplace may need to approve the installation. Follow our installation guide for help.
What happens when I translate cells?
Sheets translation replaces only text cells in your selection. Formulas, numbers, dates, checkboxes, and empty cells are skipped. The preview shows a skipped-cell count so you can review it before replacing.
Can I listen to part of a cell?
Google Sheets gives add-ons the selected cells, including all their text. To hear a few words, load the cell into Text to speech, then highlight those words in its text box and press Play.
Does Accessibility check fix my document?
It offers reading suggestions in Google Docs and leaves edits to you. Its four checks do not cover every accessibility need. Review image descriptions, contrast, and reading order separately.
Is this the same as the browser extension?
The add-ons bring selected Helperbird tools into Google Workspace. Page tools such as the reading ruler, color overlays, and auto-scroll are available in the Helperbird browser extension.
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