TL;DR

Summarizes a whole article or just the highlighted text.

TL;DR Chrome Extension - Summarize Articles in Seconds

TL;DR is a Chrome extension that allows you to summarize any web article by highlighting the text and clicking "TLDR". It provides concise summaries, estimated read time, and themes portrayed in the article. Built and maintained by students of UC Berkeley.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-17

By: 808 Technologies

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.67

(24)

Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2016-07-05)

Creation date: 2016-07-05

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 4.98M

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Not available on Android

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Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

"SparkNotes, but for any web article!"

New Features! (July 4, 2016 update)

Know the estimated read time of your shortened article!
See the themes portrayed in the article!

Do you frequently encounter interesting articles but just don't have the time to sit down and read every single line? Well, TL;DR is the solution! Summarize any article by just (1) highlighting the text and (2) clicking "TLDR". Adjust the "Summary Size" settings to scale the length of the summaries to your liking!

Built and maintained with love from the students of UC Berkeley. Caution: Only works on the English language.