SwiftRead - read faster, learn more

SwiftRead - read faster, learn more

Read two or three times faster, with SwiftRead. Absorb knowledge and learn more.

What is SwiftRead - read faster, learn more?
SwiftRead is a popular Chrome extension designed to enhance your reading speed by utilizing Rapid Serial Visual Presentation technique. It eliminates the constraints of subvocalization and excessive focus on individual words, allowing for a more visual and faster reading process. Works perfectly on articles, blog posts, emails and all text you can copy-paste into SwiftRead. The PRO version offers native support for PDFs, ePUBs, and Kindle books. Increase your reading speed and save time significantly with SwiftRead.
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Users: 200,000+
Version: 5.9.2+939ae7c (Last updated: 2024-01-21)
Creation date: 2020-07-04
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • scripting
Size: 12.09M
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Use SwiftRead, the highest rated and most popular speed reading extension of its kind, to speed read through text in your browser!

SwiftRead works on news articles, blog posts, and emails. You can use SwiftRead to speed read whatever text you can copy-paste into SwiftRead. Or, select your text in the browser, right-click, and click "SwiftRead selected text". The PRO version of SwiftRead comes with native support for speed reading PDFs, ePUBs, even Kindle books on Kindle Cloud Reader, as well as many other features to help you read faster and learn more.

SwiftRead works by utilizing a visual technique called Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, or RSVP, used by the fastest speed readers in the world. SwiftRead helps you eliminate your inner voice that sounds each word out--known as "subvocalization"--and too much focus on the words themselves, so that you can read more visually, which means faster reading while maintaining comprehension. The average person reads at 200 words per minute; using SwiftRead, you can easily train yourself to read at double the speed, 400 words per minute, or faster. Think of how much time you'd save every day!

I'm proud to be an independent developer, which means my only goal is to serve you, the user of the things that I build. As a result, I'm always making SwiftRead better! Please email me at help@swiftread.com with any bugs or features you would find helpful. Your support makes my work possible, and I'm tremendously grateful.

Sign-up to the SwiftRead mailing list for updates and other goodies! https://swiftread.com.

NOTE: SwiftRead uses analytics code, such as from Google Analytics, so that I can measure how many people are using the extension. This is to help me make SwiftRead the most helpful it can be! The analytics code cannot see anything you do outside the SwiftRead window, and it only records visits to SwiftRead and button clicks, nothing else.

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Pros
  • Helps improve reading speed and efficiency
  • Useful for reading large texts and textbooks
  • Great for people with learning disabilities or attention deficits
  • Customizable settings for speed, font size, and audio
Cons
  • Some features require a subscription to the Pro version
  • Issues with shortcut key functionality in Chrome tab
  • No Firefox extension available
Most mentioned
  • Great tool for increasing reading speed and comprehension
  • Helpful for people with learning disabilities
  • Issues with Pro version subscription requirements
  • Some users have difficulty with shortcut key functionality
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by Keith Dorris Keith Dorris, 2024-01-22

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Risk impact

SwiftRead - read faster, learn more is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

SwiftRead - read faster, learn more has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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