Summly

This extension marks important words on a page and also displays them in wordcloud
What is Summly?
Summly is a Chrome extension created to enhance reading comprehension by analyzing text and highlighting important words. It also provides a word cloud visualization for a quick overview of the text.

Extension stats

Users: 119 ▼ -2
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2016-10-24)
Creation date: 2016-10-24
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • https://ajax.googleapis.com/
  • storage
Size: 195.58K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This extension was created during a student-project at the university of stuttgart. It analyses a given text and highlights important words. In addition it displays these words in a word cloud to give you quick overview of the text you are reading.

Mit dem Installieren dieses Plugins erklären Sie sich damit einverstanden, an einer Studie zum Leseverhalten und - verständnis teilzunehmen. Ihre Daten werden anonymisiert und nur zu Studienzwecken verwendet. Die Studie untersucht den Einfluss von Textvisualisierungen auf das Lesen und Erfassen von Webseiten.

With the installation of this plugin you agree to the participation of a user study to investigate reading behaviour and comprehension. Your data is collected anonymously and is only used for study purposes. The study investigates the influence of text visualizations on the reading of websites.

The icons used in this plugin are designed by Madebyoliver from Flaticon

Extension safety

Risk impact

Summly requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Summly has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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