SwiftRead - read faster, learn more
Read two or three times faster, with SwiftRead. Absorb knowledge and learn more.
Use SwiftRead, the highest rated and most popular speed reading extension of its kind, to speed read through text in your browser!
SwiftRead works on news articles, blog posts, and emails. You can use SwiftRead to speed read whatever text you can copy-paste into SwiftRead. Or, select your text in the browser, right-click, and click "SwiftRead selected text". The PRO version of SwiftRead comes with native support for speed reading PDFs, ePUBs, even Kindle books on Kindle Cloud Reader, as well as many other features to help you read faster and learn more.
SwiftRead works by utilizing a visual technique called Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, or RSVP, used by the fastest speed readers in the world. SwiftRead helps you eliminate your inner voice that sounds each word out--known as "subvocalization"--and too much focus on the words themselves, so that you can read more visually, which means faster reading while maintaining comprehension. The average person reads at 200 words per minute; using SwiftRead, you can easily train yourself to read at double the speed, 400 words per minute, or faster. Think of how much time you'd save every day!
I'm proud to be an independent developer, which means my only goal is to serve you, the user of the things that I build. As a result, I'm always making SwiftRead better! Please email me at [email protected] with any bugs or features you would find helpful. Your support makes my work possible, and I'm tremendously grateful.
Sign-up to the SwiftRead mailing list for updates and other goodies! https://swiftread.com.
NOTE: SwiftRead uses analytics code, such as from Google Analytics, so that I can measure how many people are using the extension. This is to help me make SwiftRead the most helpful it can be! The analytics code cannot see anything you do outside the SwiftRead window, and it only records visits to SwiftRead and button clicks, nothing else.
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If the Alt+V shortcut doesn't seem to work: Visit your Chrome extension shortcuts at "chrome://extensions/shortcuts". Verify that "Open SwiftRead, auto extract content" is set to "Alt+V" (or your desired shortcut).
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Latest reviews
love this
I wanted this to work, but not being able to use it leads me to believe we need to buy the pro version. Too bad, it is a bit misleading to think we can use it right after installing. it wanted me to buy the pro version before I could hear it reading a web page.
Just like the name, you just open the extension and it helps you read a bunch of text quickly, no drawbacks, no "free-trial with credit cards" it just works wonderfully
It's a wonderfull tool to read faster and I've find that it helps me beat my resistance for reading long texts.
Impressively effective at saving time without sacrificing comprehension or causing headache.
Awesome tool Troy! I suggest everyone to use it. I am an AI developer in Candad and I use it everyday! I have a couple of suggestions to improve it. How can I share and help you with them? I want to contribute to the cause and I like you, I had many not optimal speed readers before. I hope we can chat about some features like client side WebAssembly TTS and text summarization.
Its a scam, there is no free voice, this guy is a criminal
I have used a reader like SwiftRead for many years and was part of a beta test team during the infancy of such a software to see if it could aid readers with learning disabilities (i.e., dyslexia and the like). That system is still available in some form, but I switched to SwiftRead eventually due to the fact that it was more user friendly with more features, available in more places (Adobe, etc.), and provides me with feedback. While it's a great tool for speed reading for many, I use it daily for simply comprehension of the vast number of documents and web pages that I read. Thanks for a great product!
I’ve been using Swift Read for a few years now, and I just drop you a line to say how much I appreciate your work Troy! I am PhD researcher in assistive technology for neurodivergent learning, particularly, ADHD and Dyslexia. Swift Read is one of the most effective tools out there. It’s something I find myself recommending in my work with school and students. If you haver have an issue or an idea for SwiftRead do drop him a line, he was just wonderfull to interact with!
What happened to your support, I've sent two requests and waited three weeks for help. It's good product, but I withdraw my support for paying for pro if there is no response from customer service. Thanks for the follow up Troy. This was a special case and you fixed it quickly once my case was able to get to your attention.
Thank you so much for providing this kind of Reading Test. This is so helpful to advance my students' reading skill.
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying using SwiftRead as a software developer—it has been incredibly helpful for navigating lengthy documentation, and I’ve found myself reading more than ever since discovering this brilliant tool! I was particularly impressed by the Pro features, especially the text-to-speech functionality, which is exceptionally well-implemented.
Swift Read is a powerful tool for speed reading, but it struggles with code-heavy content, such as HTML or programming tutorials. The plugin often misinterprets or skips over essential code elements, making it less suitable for technical learning materials. I hope future updates can improve its compatibility with code-heavy content, perhaps by recognizing and properly displaying code blocks or offering options to skip over them.
Too expensive for pro but otherwise pretty fantastic.
I use SwiftRead primarily for reading textbooks, research papers, and technical documents associated with my job and collegiate assignments, almost exclusively using the “read aloud” function because audio content is easier for me to process than visual content alone. I have ADHD along with a chronic illness that affects my visual acuity and cognition at times, and reading has unfortunately been a challenge that kept me from pursuing my long-term goals. However, I’ve been using SwiftRead since returning to college last Fall after a ten-year hiatus, and I'm thrilled to report that I’ve made the President’s List for straight A’s every semester and will finally graduate this December! I cannot thank you enough for making this wonderful product, and I hope you and your team recognize how valuable it has been in helping some of us to close the accessibility gaps that were previously holding us back.
its not free
The tool is great. Unfortunetly, I have purchased a "Pro" license and to unlock it requires a "license key". The License Key I have on file does not work, and SwiftRead has yet to reply to numerous emails asking for a new one. I now have a $60 Pro license that does not work. This is kind of silly.
Very fast. But if it had a voice, it would probably be terrible.
freaking awesome for reading
Amazing , Im a medical student and i used to waste so much time reading articles and explanations. This significantly reduces time and improves our attention. Don't think twice , go for it, might take a while to adjust and get the hang of it; but worth it for sure.
Awesome program, best in the industry. Customer service the best, Troy in on the ball, he addressed all my questions, and was very helpful. Thanx Troy I recommend his program 100% René
Really great tool for helping me learn to speed read, highly recommend
Awesome great 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This is an awesome tool to help me read faster and with more focus. I have been looking for ways to measure my reading speed, and I love how Swiftread has hundreds of reading comprehension test to keep on measuring my progress. I am also looking forward to reading the book summaries. Thank you!
Great extension! Works like a charm
Literally 95% of the options are locked away. That includes basic settings like being able to use certain shortcuts to increase/decrease the WPM, pausing, and micro-pausing that allow you to be able to quickly pause when a long word appears or new paragraph starts. If you don't believe me, go to the settings and see how options, very basic options, have a "Pro" box that you have to pay $15 monthly to use and prepare to be amazed.
Amazing app. I really love it and will upgrade as soon as I can.
I actually love SwiftRead, but I don't use it for speed reading, and wish it had an option to only advance on key press or something similar. You see, I am visually impaired, and the line by line reading experience this provides has helped me a lot. Unfortunately, because I am visually impaired I have a hard time specifying a WPM because some words are easier to see than others, no matter how I change the font style or size. So some words take longer for me to parse and this throws off the WPM and I often have to backtrack and pause the automatic movement. Thus, I just really wish there was a way to turn off the automatic function...
Everything is blocked, unless we became pro.
Love the extension but would love if the chat read feature on chatgpt was also integrated into other ai services like claude and gemini.
Great 👍 Works perfectly fine.
I can't figure out how to make it work
SwiftRead is a great tool that helps me to read faster. I get text versions of great literature from Project Gutenberg and then paste them into SwiftRead. I can also read books from Kindle Cloud. One of the many features I like is that I can increase the font size of the text I'm reading, as well as the speed it appears on the screen. This is a game-changer for those of us who were always in Group 3 in reading:) I love this reading tool...I have a degree in English, and wish this tool had been available to me then...I highly recommend SwiftRead to anyone who loves to read, who needs to read, and who wants to read faster...
Troy - Well done!!! I love this. What a cool idea and great job with this Chrome plug in; you built something useful and beautiful. Goldilocks simplicity combined with configurability options like WPM, font size, words-at-a-time, audio toggling. You certainly deserve your subscription fees, though I understand folks on tight budgets may find it expensive. Professionals and students who read a lot should find this tool helpful. Especially those who struggle with attention deficit, dyslexia, retention issues, or environmental distractions. For those who do not have these struggles, this tool is worth a try simply to discover whether they increase their WPM so they can read more content in less time. Oh, I should also mention, folks may find it helpful on news or informational articles that are littered with ads. This tool gets right to the important text and cleans up the reading experience.
Pro Version at $15.99 per month is required to use this extension on Kindle Read. Be aware of this before you hit that button.
awesome 👌
useless
It helps me read wayyyy more efficiently!!
I wish there was an option for it to break up highly-hyphenated-words that might-not-even-fit-on-screen.
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found myself uncontrollably grinning when I read at 1000 wpm for the first time!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can comfortably read at 600-700 wpm, while absorbing all the information. One of my favourite, if not my favourite extension!
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found myself uncontrollably grinning when I read at 1000 wpm for the first time!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can comfortably read at 600-700 wpm, while absorbing all the information. One of my favourite, if not my favourite extension!
The extension looks great, but I couldn't get the full experience without paying, as you can't try text to speech feature without upgrading to pro. So if EN is not your best thing, this extension can't help you read faster, and tell the title from the text at the same time.
I really love this extension. It's very helpful as a person with a learning disability The only thing is the option the use SwiftRead while still in your chrome tab doesn't work. The shortcut(For me it's, ⌥V) Just opens up the app and doesn't allow me to read it in my chrome tab. I also looked very hard for any option to use it in the extension settings, and also the settings in the swiftread app but did not find anything. If this was fixed this would be my favorite extension of all time.
I really love this extension. It's very helpful as a person with a learning disability The only thing is the option the use SwiftRead while still in your chrome tab doesn't work. The shortcut(For me it's, ⌥V) Just opens up the app and doesn't allow me to read it in my chrome tab. I also looked very hard for any option to use it in the extension settings, and also the settings in the swiftread app but did not find anything. If this was fixed this would be my favorite extension of all time.
The idea and ui is great but cant seem to be able to use "option + v" shortcut to open it quickly. ps. have checked the chrome extension hotkey setting
The idea and ui is great but cant seem to be able to use "option + v" shortcut to open it quickly. ps. have checked the chrome extension hotkey setting
Y FUE ASÍ COMO MI VELOCIDAD DE LÉCTURA AUMENTÓ DE 200 HASTA 2500 PALABRAS POR. MINUTO, HOY POR HOY LEO ENTRE 600 A 1200 PPM, DEPENDIENDO DEL TIPO DE TEXTO, Y EL IDIOMA. CONOZCO ESTA EXTENSIÓN HACE 5 AÑOS, NO DUDÉ EN PAGAR LA VERSION PRO DE POR VIDA, PORQUE MUCHA VIDA ME HE AHORRADO AL APRENDER A LEER A ALTAS VELOCIDADES, MAYOR COMPRENSIÓN, MAYOR RETENTIVA, MAYOR ENFOQUE, Y MUCHO MUCHO TIEMPO AHORRADO, GRACIAS TROY POR CREAR ESTA EXTENSIÓN SIGUE EVOLUCIONANDO ESPERAMOS LA APP EN NUESTROS MÓVILES. no diré que es fácil, debido a que requiere mucha concentración, pero sin duda vale no la pena, sino la vida.
Feels like I just discovered the equivalent of fire but for reading text. WOW, WOW, WOW. A must have for me forever. Thank you!
Feels like I just discovered the equivalent of fire but for reading text. WOW, WOW, WOW. A must have for me forever. Thank you!
I've tried many text-to-speech extensions. This is by FAR the best one. It helps me read long texts.
