Half Bold

A tool to help people with ADHD improve their reading focus and comprehension.

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Half Bold is a Chrome extension designed to assist individuals with ADHD improve their reading focus and comprehension. By bolding half of each word, it reduces visual overwhelm and helps users process text more effectively.

This tool is especially useful for reading long articles or large blocks of text, making reading less daunting and more manageable. Activate Half Bold to enhance your reading experience and maintain better concentration on complex or lengthy content.

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By:: Jaymes Berry
Daily users:: 2,238 -6
Rating:: 4.23

(22)
Version:: 1.0 Last updated: 2023-03-30
Version code:: 5546516
Creation date:: 2023-03-29
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Size:: 91.30KB
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Firefox Browser Add-ons
Data ingested on:: 2025-07-13

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# 1,920 ▼ 1

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#84 in Language Support

#301 in Appearance ▲ 1

#351 in Other extensions ▲ 2

#30 in hold keyword 3 ▲ 1

#80 in improve keyword 32 ▲ 1

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User reviews

Half Bold is praised for aiding users with dyslexia and ADHD by improving focus and readability on many websites. However, it faces issues with compatibility on complex school sites and third-party platforms, often breaking formatting or removing images. Users also find the necessity to manually enable it on each site inconvenient. There is limited support for Arabic and other connected scripts, causing display problems. Overall, despite some functional and usability challenges, the add-on is valued for its concept and beneficial reading assistance.

Pros

Helps users with dyslexia and ADHD focus better when reading.
Works well on many simple and general websites as intended.
Improves readability and makes reading easier on-screen.
Highly appreciated for its concept and usefulness by users.
Positive user feedback including recommendations and recognition from social media.

Cons

Does not work well on complex or school-related websites, especially those using third-party platforms like Cengage or Pearson.
Breaks website formatting on many sites, sometimes removing images and interface features.
Needs to be manually turned on for each website, which users find annoying.
Limited support for non-Latin scripts such as Arabic, affecting connected text display.

Recent reviews

really helpful for my dyslexia

by no*****, 2024-06-10

This has helped me a lot. My only is issue is that doesn't work on course websites that open as an extension of the original website. It will reload the page, but not change the text or turn on.

by Me*****, 2024-01-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Half Bold requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Browser Add-ons, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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