Morphic Basic
The free version of the Morphic suite of products that puts the top-used accessibility features right at your fingertips by providing a MorphicBar with 1-click settings adjustments.
Morphic Basic provides 1-click personal settings to make your screen easier to see and hear, and transfers them to any other computer using Morphic. Available on Mac and PC.
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Text Size
The + and – buttons under Text Size enable you to either increase or decrease the size of the text and pictures on your screen. There are multiple settings you can choose from to fit your personal needs.
Magnifier
When you click on Show Magnifier, your own personal “magnifying glass” pops up that enlarges everything you scroll over! You’ll never miss any “fine print” again. To turn off, simply press on the Hide Magnifier.
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Snip
When you click on Snip’s copy button a live crosshair cursor pops up on your screen. Simply press your mouse button and drag to draw a square around what you want to copy. Let go of your mouse button. You can then paste the picture in email or anywhere.
Read Selected
Select any text with your mouse and then click on the Read Selected play button and the computer will read it for you! Great for those who would like to listen to an article while doing something else or for people with certain types of dyslexia! Mac computers have a pop-up control panel.
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Contrast
Contrast allows you to adjust the contrast between text and its background. It also removes shading of tabs and other parts of the screen that reduce contrast.
Color
The Color button turns color filters on and off that help people with colorblindness see color differences more easily (e.g. a color coded chart). Users can change the filters for different types of colorblindness.
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Dark Mode
Some people prefer to have white text on a dark background. Some find it more restful on the eyes. Dark mode changes the computer and many (but not all) of its programs with dark text on white background to light text on dark background.
Night Mode
Night Mode (also called Night Time or Night Shift) reduces the blue-white light and makes your screen a little more warm and yellow. Some people feel this strains the eyes. Some feel that it makes it easier to sleep after viewing.
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Move Setups Between Computers
Using the Morphic menu item Save my Setup to save your personal setup (including assistive technologoies, their settings, key computer settings, etc.) from one computer and later Change the Setup of other computers to match yours (and then change it back when you are done).
Want to personalize your Morphic Bar or use Morphic to support multiple users? You might want to upgrade to Morphic Plus.
Frequently asked questions
Where is my information stored?
Your Morphic settings are stored in a separate “vault” in the cloud, and you alone have the key. The security of our users’ vaults is overseen by both an internal Data Privacy Officer and an external Privacy & Data Ethics Council made up of privacy and digital human rights experts/advocates. Also, we’ll never sell or share any of your data.
Why is Morphic free?
We want everyone to have access to computers and technology, and we are grant-funded so right now our efforts are being supported by our grants.
What is the difference between Morphic Basic and Morphic Plus?
Morphic Plus includes and enhances the basic accessibility features of Morphic Basic by creating customized Morphic Bars for yourself and others.
Your feedback is valuable to the success of this project
Our mission with Morphic is to make computers easier to use. With the input from real Morphic users, we want to improve Morphic as a tool to make computers easier to use. We value the opinion of our users and your feedback will go a long way in making Morphic better.