Compare Chrome extensions: Read&Write for Google Chrome™ vs Multi-highlight

Stats Read&Write for Google Chrome™ Read&Write for Google Chrome™ Multi-highlight Multi-highlight
User count 17,000,000+ 202,042+
Average rating 3.51 4.10
Rating count 1,799 539
Last updated 2024-04-18 2020-06-17
Size 7.67M 60.78K
Version 2.1.279 1.21
Short description
Boost reading and writing confidence across all types of content and devices, in class, at work, and at home. Search and highlight multiple words on web pages.
Full summary

Wonderfully intuitive and easy-to-use, Read&Write for Google Chrome™ provides personalized support to make documents, web pages and common file types in Google Drive (including: Google Docs, PDF & ePub) more accessible. It’s designed to help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles.

Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, including:

• Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting

• Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained

• With speech-to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying

• Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type

• Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing and research

• Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs

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Can do for you:

  • Highlight multiple english words on all pages. (whole word matching for english words, currently)
  • Your words will be saved.
  • Needs to refresh opened pages after install this extension.

If you love it, you can support it on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/alexius_lee) or donate via PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/alexiuslee)

Change log:

  • 1.21 - Remove tracelog codes (which has stopped receiving years ago).
  • 1.12~1.20 - Bug fix.
  • 1.11 - Temporary rollback to v1.7.
  • 1.10 - Change: Skip "content editable" elements; Support single letter non-english words.
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