Save your reading preferences in an accessibility profile

An accessibility profile stores how you like documents to look or feel. ELLA uses it when you make a request. You can make one profile for yourself and others for people you support, such as pupils.

Make a profile

Open Settings, then "Memories and profiles", and find "Accessibility profile".
Choose "Create a profile" and give it a name.
Choose "Edit" on the profile to open its preferences.
Choose "Make default" for the profile you use most.

Each profile can be renamed or deleted. When you make a request you can pick which profile it uses. Without a pick, ELLA uses your default.

What a profile holds

Documents:

default output format: Word document, PDF, web page or EPUB e-book;
spelling: British or American English;
image descriptions: brief or detailed;
font size, from 12 to 36 point;
font: Arial, Atkinson Hyperlegible, Calibri, Lexend, OpenDyslexic, Tahoma or Verdana;
line spacing, from 1 to 2.5 lines;
background: white, cream or dark.

Braille:

grade: uncontracted grade 1 or contracted grade 2;
cells per line and lines per page;
file format: BRF, PEF or eBraille.

There is also a house style, where you can list fonts and colours to use.

Your request wins

A preference is a default. If your request says something different, the request wins. For example, a profile set to 18 point still gives you 24 point when you ask for it.

Preferences that are not on the list

Use a memory. It takes a sentence in your own words.

See choosing a large print size and UEB grade 1 and grade 2.

Still stuck?

Browse the help centre, or contact support and say what you were trying to do.