Instant Smart Quotes

Replace typewriter quotes, apostrophes, ellipses and dashes with their typographically correct counterparts as you type.

What is Instant Smart Quotes?

Instant Smart Quotes is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your writing quality. This tool replaces common punctuation such as quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, and dashes with their typographically correct alternatives. It supports over 50 languages, with settings saved per page and synchronized across your devices. Ideal for those aiming for a higher standard in their written communication.

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By: Florian Zemke

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.29 (28)

Version: 6.0.0 (Last updated: 2022-09-12)

Creation date: 2020-03-27

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
storage
tabs

Size: 18.02K

Email: fl*****@zemke.io

Ranking

# 23011 ▲ 4

Other rankings

#5316 in Social Networking ▼ 1 #9 in quote keyword 20 #9 in smart keyword 36 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Instant Smart Quotes (v6.0.0)

3.13

(8) 81

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Extension summary

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Instant Smart Quotes is the last extension you will need to write beautiful typographically correct texts.

Support for over 50 languages
Quickly enable and disable the instant replacements from the toolbar
Quickly change the language from the toolbar
All settings are saved per page and synched across all of your devices
Text in backticks will be ignored in favor of Markdown

Depending on which language you have set, the following chars will be replaced for language-specific replacements (comma-separated): ', ", >>, <<

Chars that will be replaced for no matter which language are the following (comma-separated): ', --, ---, ...

This website is a nice manual for English punctuation guidelines:

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Indispensable for many users providing essential functionality
Supports more than 50 languages
Helpful in writing and saves time
Works well for web-based text editors and provides aesthetic improvements
Works with Opera browser

Cons

Issues with certain websites where it stops working (e.g., Archive Of Our Own, messenger.com, WhatsApp Web)
Problems with specific languages and quotation marks (e.g., Belarusian, Ukrainian)
Cannot handle quoting phrases or sentences properly, only works for single words in some cases
Doesn't function correctly with certain editors (e.g., Blogspot/Blogger, Markdown editors)

Most mentioned

Stopped working on certain websites
Issues with specific languages and quotation marks
Helpful in writing and time-saving
Supports multiple languages and works with Opera

Recent reviews

For me, indispensable, and there's nothing else like it. I hope it will continue to work after recent Chrome changes!

Ash Chudgar, 2024-09-28

Mehmet, 2024-08-05

This is a great extension, but doesn't quite work correctly on ellipsus.com, which is unfortunately where I mainly want to use it. Every time I start a new paragraph, the cursor jumps behind the first character I type for some reason. Fortunately not too hard to deal with, but still annoying.