Read fast - Speed Reading Extension

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A beautiful speed reading extension

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Description from store

Want to improve your reading speed?

1- Select some text on the webpage
2- Click on the "R" icon

And here you go, ready to rock =)

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WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.9.7
- Upgrade to Manifest V3

Version 0.9.5
- Minor changes

Version 0.9.4
- Added a new shortcut, Backspace, to go back to start.
- Added some tips on the options page that may improve your reading experience.
- Fixed an issue caused by the spacebar key.

Version 0.9.3
- A link to the options page has been added
- A loading animation has been added
- Fixed a couple of bugs caused by the spacebar key

Version 0.9.2
- Read fast should now work properly on every website (note that it doesn't work on pdf files)

Version 0.9.1
- Possibility to set the delay before the reading starts (on the options page)
- Performance improvement

Latest reviews

A P 2024-03-21: On top of all the great features. Thanks The developer has disclosed that it will not collect or use your data. This developer declares that your data is Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes
Beldades Word 2023-05-06: muito bom! só falta ter a opção de aumentar a letra e mudar as cores, expandir o quadro de leitura. No mais funciona muito bem.
Eric Leung 2022-02-11: Fantastic! This is the only speed reading extension that works with kiwi browser for Android (where double tap registers as a 'zoom in' command rather than double click), and it works quite well, although I wish I could select speeds higher than 975 and I wish there were an AMOLED black background. Please update with these features, thanks!
Eric Leung 2022-02-11: Fantastic! This is the only speed reading extension that works with kiwi browser for Android (where double tap registers as a 'zoom in' command rather than double click), and it works quite well, although I wish I could select speeds higher than 975 and I wish there were an AMOLED black background. Please update with these features, thanks!
Khadijah Riyad 2021-10-04: It's very, very good. Within the first hour of using it I was already increasing the reading speed as I was getting bored with the speed. WOW.
Khadijah Riyad 2021-10-04: It's very, very good. Within the first hour of using it I was already increasing the reading speed as I was getting bored with the speed. WOW.
Caspar Leuzinger 2021-04-07: I like this extension - the only thing I would add would be a full screen mode or to be able to enlargen the extension window. Cheers!
Caspar Leuzinger 2021-04-07: I like this extension - the only thing I would add would be a full screen mode or to be able to enlargen the extension window. Cheers!
May Hideaki 2018-11-07: Muito bom. Auxilia muito a leitura. Como melhoria, eu colocaria para ler tb pdf, pois o site quando tem frame de pdf, ou quando abre pdf no navegador, ele não reconhece nada.
Santy Berrones 2016-03-15: Belleza.. ayuda un montón, si se pudiera cambiar el color del panel donde se lee, ya que para mi el fondo oscuro hace que me canse rápido la vista.. pero genial
Carlos Eugênio 2015-12-15: Bom App. Poderia mover a caxia de leitura.
Guohui Chen 2015-05-27: 有趣，但不实用 It's interesting , but not so useful
Ivan Ruiz 2015-04-04: Mejor que todas la mas parecida a Spritzlet pero con alginas mejoras
Botrax 2015-03-24: Stupid an useless Extension...
Botrax 2015-03-24: Stupid an useless Extension...
Jol 2014-12-22: me gusto mucho
Leandro Cavalcante 2014-07-22: Outstanding
Leandro Cavalcante 2014-07-22: Outstanding
Leandro Cavalcante 2014-07-17: Muitíssimo interessante! Mudando o hábito de leitura.
Adam J 2014-07-11: I like this quite a bit. I've read some stuff in the past that implies that these programs aren't necessarily the effect at making you retain the information. In my experience using this (like twice mine you) I've started off reading each word really choppy, and i think that's what will cause the lack of retention, but that's just a guess. Once I got used to reading it with flow I fell in love with it. It also kind of forces you to read sections to entirety, which is great cause I have like no attention span. All in all, I think this is an awesome extension, assuming of course my brain is effectively retain all the info. This is a long comment so you should have probably speed read it.
Adam J 2014-07-11: I like this quite a bit. I've read some stuff in the past that implies that these programs aren't necessarily the effect at making you retain the information. In my experience using this (like twice mine you) I've started off reading each word really choppy, and i think that's what will cause the lack of retention, but that's just a guess. Once I got used to reading it with flow I fell in love with it. It also kind of forces you to read sections to entirety, which is great cause I have like no attention span. All in all, I think this is an awesome extension, assuming of course my brain is effectively retain all the info. This is a long comment so you should have probably speed read it.
Jan Říha 2014-03-14: If it would have had a special control button for when i want to blink, then it would be The Perfect App :)
Jan Říha 2014-03-14: If it would have had a special control button for when i want to blink, then it would be The Perfect App :)
Anonymous 2014-03-09: I really love Diamond mode, however it would help a lot if the reader paused on punctuation (or at least there was a mode for it.) Without that it can be hard to comprehend informal text (like that found on web forums.)
Anonymous 2014-03-09: I really love Diamond mode, however it would help a lot if the reader paused on punctuation (or at least there was a mode for it.) Without that it can be hard to comprehend informal text (like that found on web forums.)
Claudius Kuo 2014-03-09: This is awesome. However, I do hope that there will be shortcuts to control the wpm while reading. It will also be fantastic if i can drag the progress bar or click arrow keys to read words I've missed. Highlighting the middle of a word with a different color will help focusing. Something like Readline.
Claudius Kuo 2014-03-09: This is awesome. However, I do hope that there will be shortcuts to control the wpm while reading. It will also be fantastic if i can drag the progress bar or click arrow keys to read words I've missed. Highlighting the middle of a word with a different color will help focusing. Something like Readline.
Karl Makepeace 2014-03-06: Pretty good. But please make it so the window is movable. I don't always like to look at the top-right side of the window - especially when using this on a large monitor. Thank you. Cheers.
Karl Makepeace 2014-03-06: Pretty good. But please make it so the window is movable. I don't always like to look at the top-right side of the window - especially when using this on a large monitor. Thank you. Cheers.
kristoffer nolgren 2014-02-26: best speedreader i've found. A solid five if I could get a slightly off-white text-color and more importantly: no text-shadow
kristoffer nolgren 2014-02-26: best speedreader i've found. A solid five if I could get a slightly off-white text-color and more importantly: no text-shadow
steblg 2013-10-31: Excellent extension. I use it as an exercise in my self taught speed reading course. From this point of view, in addition to already mentioned improvements, progress assessment and other things related to it can be added, producing in the end almost complete speed reading software. But in any case, two thumbs up - great extension.
steblg 2013-10-31: Excellent extension. I use it as an exercise in my self taught speed reading course. From this point of view, in addition to already mentioned improvements, progress assessment and other things related to it can be added, producing in the end almost complete speed reading software. But in any case, two thumbs up - great extension.
Dillon Sylvestre 2013-10-04: This extension has been really useful when studying. Best speed reading extension I've used so far. I just wish there was a way to use it with text outside of the web browser
Dillon Sylvestre 2013-10-04: This extension has been really useful when studying. Best speed reading extension I've used so far. I just wish there was a way to use it with text outside of the web browser
Keziah Slaughter-Katz 2013-08-26: Couldn't change font size. It took a while to load longer blocks of text
Keziah Slaughter-Katz 2013-08-26: Couldn't change font size. It took a while to load longer blocks of text
Matt Dawson 2013-08-24: Nicest of the speed reading extensions I've tried. The options to change the display speed and style are good. Will mostly be using this with Pocket to speed read uncluttered web pages. I'd also like to see a much simpler and more efficient way to speed read a page. Selecting text and clicking a toolbar icon is too slow and clunky. Would be great to see some native integration with Pocket and Feedly for more efficient initiation of speed reading. Note: I originally thought the plugin was broken. Restarted the browser and then it worked.
Matt Dawson 2013-08-24: Nicest of the speed reading extensions I've tried. The options to change the display speed and style are good. Will mostly be using this with Pocket to speed read uncluttered web pages. I'd also like to see a much simpler and more efficient way to speed read a page. Selecting text and clicking a toolbar icon is too slow and clunky. Would be great to see some native integration with Pocket and Feedly for more efficient initiation of speed reading. Note: I originally thought the plugin was broken. Restarted the browser and then it worked.
Bruno Gonzalez 2013-08-01: One of the most polished speed reading extensions. It could be improved by dedicating time to words proportionally to their size. E.g. "in the" should be shown on screen faster than "extremely interesting". And optionally it could pause for a bit in sentence breaks (.,; newlines etc)
Bruno Gonzalez 2013-08-01: One of the most polished speed reading extensions. It could be improved by dedicating time to words proportionally to their size. E.g. "in the" should be shown on screen faster than "extremely interesting". And optionally it could pause for a bit in sentence breaks (.,; newlines etc)
Talon 2013-07-08: Excellent extension. The UI is pure eye candy, well done, Jordi. The ability to go up to 1000 wpm, is a complete bonus, and having up to 4 words per line is gravy. I only gave it 4 stars because it doesn't work on many news sites, or pdf files opened in the browser. Wouldn't work on CNN or NBC. Seemed to get hung up on something, stating there was only one word available, and would give a subject line with facebook in it. Sites that give a print preview can be read by Read fast, but that isn't a reliable solution. If this extension could figure out how to read the news, and pdf files I drop in chrome, it would be a five star extension!
Talon 2013-07-08: Excellent extension. The UI is pure eye candy, well done, Jordi. The ability to go up to 1000 wpm, is a complete bonus, and having up to 4 words per line is gravy. I only gave it 4 stars because it doesn't work on many news sites, or pdf files opened in the browser. Wouldn't work on CNN or NBC. Seemed to get hung up on something, stating there was only one word available, and would give a subject line with facebook in it. Sites that give a print preview can be read by Read fast, but that isn't a reliable solution. If this extension could figure out how to read the news, and pdf files I drop in chrome, it would be a five star extension!
David Metcalfe 2013-05-06: A very solid extension compared to others with similar functionality. The UI is much clearer and usable. There could be better explanations on the modes, rather than forcing the user to experiment. Window position is also unpleasant in the top right. It would function better to situate in the middle of the screen. Lastly, if autostart were to remain, adding a slight pause would be recommended. As it exists now, the start time and window appearance are too closely timed, resulting in missed words as one adjusts. Lastly, instructions on using the extension. Read Fast did not function properly on existing tabs/windows. I had to open a new window to verify it worked, and re-load Chrome to get it working on all existing tabs.
David Metcalfe 2013-05-06: A very solid extension compared to others with similar functionality. The UI is much clearer and usable. There could be better explanations on the modes, rather than forcing the user to experiment. Window position is also unpleasant in the top right. It would function better to situate in the middle of the screen. Lastly, if autostart were to remain, adding a slight pause would be recommended. As it exists now, the start time and window appearance are too closely timed, resulting in missed words as one adjusts. Lastly, instructions on using the extension. Read Fast did not function properly on existing tabs/windows. I had to open a new window to verify it worked, and re-load Chrome to get it working on all existing tabs.

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