Serial Speed Reader

A program that will serially display selected text word by word.

What is Serial Speed Reader?

Serial Speed Reader is a Chrome extension that displays selected text word by word, allowing you to read without moving your eyeballs. Adjust the delay between words and per letter delay to customize the text display.

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By: Sam Larison

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 115 ▼ -9

Rating: 3.17 (6)

Version: 0.0.1.5 (Last updated: 2023-06-19)

Creation date: 2019-09-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
<all_urls>

Size: 147.46K

Email: sa*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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# 66777 ▼ 462

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Extension summary

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This extension will display the selected text, word by word, so that you can read it without moving your eyeballs. Not for the faint of heart, but you may adjust the delay between words and the per letter delay to slow down the text display.

You may have to refresh the page when you first install this extension to get it working.

PLEASE report any bugs or problems. This is BETA but I would appreciate it that you do not treat it like a finished product until it's done. I will make improvements.

A unique icon is in the works, sorry about that!

User reviews

Suggestions: 1) adding a delay between paragraphs on a page will help digestion of information 2) adding a delay based on punctuation such as after periods, colons, and close quotes, as well as before open quotes will also help solidify packets of information for better retention. 3) adding an "easy adjust" where you select words per minute and then all of the settings are automatically scaled would be great.

Anthonie Moll, 2013-02-27

This has a lot of potential but it is right now not usable because there is no good way to set the wpm. But it is a good idea.

Mark Kamoski, 2012-12-20

The per character delay makes a huge difference between this and other speed-reading extensions, allowing me to fly through articles like I didn't think possible. As close as I've come to downloading information straight into my brain.