# Synchronized highlighting turns a listening tool into an accessibility tool

- Category: product
- Author: Andrei Statescu (https://indie.md/people/andrei-statescu/)
- Source: https://indie.md/events/indie-tm-13-timisoara-july-2026/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/highlight-what-the-voice-reads/

The most repeated UX request at Indie TM #13 was for Naramine to highlight the words as the voice reads them and autoscroll the page in sync, drawn as an overlay, a subtitle layer belonging to the extension, so the platform's own page is never modified. The overlay detail carries the strategy: rewriting a host site's DOM is the kind of intrusion platforms punish, while an overlay stays clearly on the tool's side of the line. The feature itself doubles the product's audience, because synchronized text-plus-audio serves language learners, readers with dyslexia, and anyone whose attention drifts, turning a convenience app into a legitimate accessibility story, which is exactly the positioning Naramine wants with the platforms. When your product converts content from one modality to another, keeping the two synchronized and visible is rarely optional polish; it is often the difference between a gadget and a tool people depend on.