Adds accessibility options: font size control, change font style (easier to read font), image alt text reading, color blind options, and customizable UI.

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<p>Accessibility Helper is a WordPress plugin designed to make your website more accessible for everyone. It provides an easy-to-use panel that lets visitors adjust font size, switch to a dyslexia-friendly font, hear image descriptions read aloud, and apply color schemes for common types of color blindness — all with customizable colors and styles to match your site’s branding.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Font Size Control:</strong> Visitors can scale text up or down for better readability.</li>
<li><strong>Readable Font:</strong> Switch to the Open Dyslexic font for easier reading.</li>
<li><strong>Image Alt Text Reader:</strong> Hovering over images reads out their alt text.</li>
<li><strong>Color Filters:</strong> Apply brightness, contrast, saturation and hue color filters, by using the sliders. Adjust to the users own preference.</li>
<li><strong>Color Blind Modes:</strong> Apply contrast schemes for Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia and Achromatopsia.</li>
<li><strong>Fully Customizable:</strong> Adjust button colors, text colors, and panel position.</li>
<li><strong>Remembers Preferences:</strong> Uses <code>localStorage</code> to remember user settings.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight:</strong> Loads only what’s needed, and works on any theme.</li>
<li><strong>Keyboard Shortut:</strong> Pressing ALT, SHIFT and A will open the panel.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ul>
<li>The plugin wraps your page content in a container that scales with the font size controls.</li>
<li>The panel is positioned in one of four corners based on your admin settings.</li>
<li>The dyslexic font is loaded via internal files.</li>
<li>For screen readers and visual aid, the alt text reader uses <code>speechSynthesis</code> to speak out image descriptions on hover.</li>
<li>Color blind schemes are applied using the different sliders that adapt your theme for color blindness.  </li>
<li>There is a color contrast validation to ensure that there are no contrasting colors whilst customising the plugin between the background color, button color and text color.</li>
</ul>
<p>– First time load up, a notification pops up that mentions about using keyboard shortcode to access panel.</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0+ recommended</li>
<li>jQuery must be available (most themes already include it)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Known Limitations</h3>
<ul>
<li>The image alt text reader relies on the browser’s <code>speechSynthesis</code> API — supported in most modern browsers but not all.</li>
<li>The plugin applies a page wrapper (<code>#accessibility-page-wrapper</code>) for scaling — very rare conflicts could occur if your theme or other plugins rely on the same ID.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Settings are stored in the WordPress options table.</li>
<li>User preferences (font scale, readable font, color blind mode, alt reader and color sliders) are saved in <code>localStorage</code> for persistence.</li>
<li>Styling is handled with a separate <code>style.css</code> file — feel free to customize it further.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>If you find a bug, have a feature request, or need help, feel free to reach out to [will_reekie@icloud.com].</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Open Dyslexic font by Abbie Gonzalez<br />
<a href="https://www.jsdelivr.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">jsDelivr</a></p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is released under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPLv3 or later</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Happy building a more inclusive web!</strong></p>


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