Essence - Read smarter

Brilliant summaries in a single click. Well written AI summaries in both text and audio. Summarize articles in any language

Extension stats

Users: 48 ▼ -5
Rating: 5.00 (7)
Version: 2.4 (Last updated: 2024-06-11)
Creation date: 2024-04-21
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • scripting
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • https://*/*
Size: 254.98K

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Extension summary

Essence is the quickest and most seamless way to get the summary of a web article.

  • Quick and accurate summaries of long web articles / blogs
  • Maintains the essence of the article while reduce the text
  • Listen to the audio summary
  •   Understand the tone, sentiment & key topics
    
  •   Summarize articles in any language
    
  •   Summarize email newsletters, twitter / X threads and much more
    
  •   Best for reading all the news faster
    
  • No signup required

It gives you a quick and accurate summary of what the article entails thus helping you decide whether to invest your time going through the entire article. With Essence you normally would get the gist of 5X more articles that you would normally get by reading the entire articles, thus significantly increasing the rate of information assimilation.

When you open an article to read, just click on Essence icon. You instantly get the core of the article, without all its bells and whistles. Read through the summary on the overlay, get the understanding of the what the article attempts to convey, and then decide whether to go ahead and read the entire article or not.

User reviews

Helps me quickly skim through articles and get the gist of it , before deciding to invest time into the full read.
by jackson fernandez, 2024-05-26

nice extension :) Now I can quickly get what I am looking for from lengthy blogs

Great Time Saver!! From lengthy blogs, email newsletters to Twitter threads, Essence handles it all. It’s great for quickly catching up on various forms of content without getting bogged down by lengthy texts. The tags section is great and helps avoid clickbait articles.
by Aneez Joseph, 2024-05-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Essence - Read smarter requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Essence - Read smarter is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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