ShiftReader - Speed Read the Web

Speed read webpages while learning how to speed read anything.

What is ShiftReader - Speed Read the Web?

ShiftReader - Speed Read the Web is a Chrome extension developed by creators of Spreed. It helps users not only read faster in the browser on webpages, emails, e-books, or even online textbooks, but also trains their brain to apply the same speed reading techniques in different mediums outside the digital world. Hailed as a game changer in speed reading training methodologies, it adapts techniques from leading speed reading courses, making it a tool that provides lifelong benefits.

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By: https://shiftreader.com

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.22 (23)

Version: 1.3.4.2 (Last updated: 2022-06-08)

Creation date: 2020-05-22

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
storage
contextMenus
unlimitedStorage
https://www.shiftreader.com/

Size: 5.64M

Email: te*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 17112 ▼ 207

Other rankings

#3399 in Workflow & Planning #52 in speed keyword 69 #209 in reader keyword 82 ▲ 4 #224 in blog keyword 6 ▼ 1

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Summary

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From the developer of the top speed reading Chrome extension, Spreed, comes a speed reading tool that teaches you how to speed read, while you read in your browser.

ShiftReader helps you speed read any text you can open in your browser--news articles, emails, online textbooks, PDFs, even ePUB e-books--while training your eyes and brain to speed read text in any other medium, like books or newspapers.

It implements speed reading techniques taught by the top speed reading courses, and popularized by lifelong learners like Tim Ferriss. You'll learn methods that can be applied when reading anything: no more showing you one word at a time, or coloring the letters differently, techniques that only work if you use the right tool on your computer or phone.

Download ShiftReader to accelerate your reading and learning, save time, and develop a lifelong skill of speed reading that you can take anywhere.

Learn more at our site https://shiftreader.com, or our blog at https://blog.shiftreader.com.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

ShiftReader helps improve reading speed and maintains context by keeping the page layout, text structure, pictures and videos.
The extension has many options and settings which users can modify according to their preference.
The developer of the extension is responsive and supportive, particularly in addressing bugs.

Cons

Some users reported technical issues, such as the page freezing and having to restart it.
ShiftReader requires account creation, which some users find unnecessary and suspicious in terms of data safety.
The extension does not support RTL and certain languages like Mandarin, which does not separate words with spaces.

Most mentioned

The extension was praised for retaining the overall context of the reading material unlike other speed reading tools.
Requiring users to create an account to use the extension was a commonly raised concern.
Technical glitches and support for more languages were also frequently mentioned issues.

Recent reviews

muito bom! recomendo

Beldades Word, 2023-05-06

Doesn't work. Tried using ALT + S on a PDF and got an error message. I was asked to highlight the text and right click in order to use Shiftreader. The text was several pages but I wanted to test it with just a paragraph. After highlighting and right clicking the page just froze in place(but not frozen since I could still right click and type in the browser) forcing me to restart the page and try again. I wasted probably ten minutes trying to make this work when I could have been reading.

London McDougal, 2023-03-03

It says that you have to create an account so it can save settings and statistics. That is BS, because those can be saved in chrome sync storage, and maybe I don't care about them. It should say that it wants you register so it can track you, and potentially leak your data a few years from now.