Sprint Reader - Speed Reading Extension

Speed reading made easy, train yourself to read 1800+ words per minute. Rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) at its best!

Sprint Reader - Speed Reading Extension

Sprint Reader - Speed Reading Extension is a free Chrome extension designed to boost your reading speed through Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP). Simply select text and watch as it’s displayed word-by-word, helping you read over 1800 words per minute without the hindrance of sub-vocalization. With features like adjustable speeds, multiple color schemes, and grammar delays, it transforms your reading experience, making it faster and more efficient.
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Extension stats

Rating: 4.37
(260)
Version: 3.0.2 (Last updated: 2024-10-04)
Creation date: 2019-03-08
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • clipboardRead
  • storage
  • system.display
Size: 1.38M

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Extension summary

Ah, Sprint Reader! A digital marvel that promises to turn us all into literary Usain Bolts, dashing through prose at breakneck speed. This marvelous extension, free as the air we breathe (though considerably less essential), attaches itself to your browser like a benevolent parasite. With a flick of the wrist and a right-click as casual as a royal wave, it transforms your chosen text into a high-speed literary Grand Prix.

Gone are the days of laboriously dragging your eyes across the page like a sloth on tranquilizers. No, no! Sprint Reader catapults words at your eyeballs with the relentless efficiency of a tennis ball machine gone berserk. It's RSVP - Rapid Serial Visual Presentation. Not to be confused with the rather more civilized "Répondez s'il vous plaît", though both may leave you equally breathless.

The creators, bless their optimistic hearts, assure us that this method will break us free from the shackles of "sub-vocalization" - that quaint habit of actually hearing the words in our heads as we read. How terribly 20th century! Why bother with the music of language when you can have a silent disco in your cranium?

But wait, there's more! This digital wonder comes with a veritable smorgasbord of features. Multiple color schemes! Optimal letter highlighting! Automatic language detection! It's like having a polyglot chameleon as your personal reading assistant. And for those of us who find the idea of reading one word at a time a tad pedestrian, fear not - you can adjust the "chunk size". Because nothing says "I'm a serious intellectual" like absorbing "War and Peace" three words at a time.

The creators, in their infinite wisdom, have even provided for "grammar delays". Commas, periods, and paragraphs can now be savored for a microsecond longer. It's the literary equivalent of a speed bump - just enough to remind you that punctuation exists before hurtling onward.

And should you find yourself enamored with this breakneck bibliophilia, you can profess your love on Facebook. Nothing says "I have a rich inner life" quite like publicly declaring your affection for a speed reading app.

In a final flourish of magnanimity, the creators have made Sprint Reader open source. So if you find yourself with a burning desire to tinker with the code that's melting your retinas, by all means, dive in. After all, why settle for reading at the speed of light when you could be going warp speed?

In the end, one can't help but wonder: in our mad dash to devour information, are we savoring the meal, or merely counting calories? But such ponderous thoughts are perhaps best left for those plodding readers of yesteryear. We, the sprint readers of the future, have no time for such luxuries.

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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
  • Saves time when proofreading
  • Effective speed reading functionality
  • Highly customizable with a good user experience
  • Overall positive experience among users
  • Free to use without paywalls
Cons
  • Issues with word skipping and punctuation placement
  • Frequent update pop-up annoyance
  • Lacks a voice reading feature
  • Desire for improved shortcut configurations and dark mode
  • Problems with word clarity during reading
Most mentioned
  • Great for speed reading
  • Highly customizable settings
  • Annoying update notifications
  • Word skipping issues
  • Desire for additional features
User reviews
Amazing. Saved me lot of time in proofreading. Thank you developer for making a free extension and for saving my time. Lots of love!
by Sibi Daniel Mark, 2024-10-30

I don't know if there are actually updates almost daily (no dates on the update page), but is there a way to remove the update page pop up when I open my browser? It seems to be coming up every day now and I wish there was another way to navigate to that page instead, because I end up having to bother closing the tab every time I use the internet.
by Jessica Calderon, 2024-09-25

Пропускает слова, иногда, фразы из двух слов. Ставит знаки препинания без пробела, из-за чего сразу пролистывается несколько слов одновременно.
by Егор Кларк, 2024-05-28
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