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The BeeLine Reader tools have a freemium model. The browser extension versions can be used up to five times per day, with unlimited daily uses for the first two weeks, at no charge, but further daily uses and other functionality require payment. This practice has been criticized by some reviewers for
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is a software system which adds color gradients to digital text to improve reading ability and focus. The text at the end of each line is colored the same as the beginning of the next, so the color of the text acts as a flag post that directs the reader's eyes through the text more easily. In each
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