Readio Speed Reader

A modern, intuitive speed reader that just works.
What is Readio Speed Reader?
Readio Speed Reader is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your reading experience by automatically identifying and simplifying web page content. It features a user-friendly design and various customization options, including theme choices, font styles and speed variations. Although still in the beta phase, users are welcome to contribute their feedback and feature suggestions to help improve Readio's development.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.67 (27)
Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2019-06-01)
Creation date: 2019-06-01
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/
  • https://*/
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 192.51K

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Extension summary

Readio Speed Reader is a smarter speed reader, built from scratch with a modern and intuiitive design to give you a pleasant reading experience. We value simplicity and speed and we've made it really easy for you to get started.

Readio attempts to find the correct content on each page automatically, and places a quick access button in the bottom right corner of every readable page. The quick access buttons allow you to read the automatically detected text or open the editor to paste your own text. Of course, you can always select and right click any text on a page to read it.

Everyone has their own preferences, and therefore we've built in multiple options to personalize Readio to your liking. These options include dark/bright themes, word positioning and highlighting, font styles, speed variation, and much more!

We're still in the beta phase, so please feel free to leave feedback if you notice anything wonky or have any feature suggestions. You can also help develop Readio by contributing to our open source repository on Github:

https://github.com/nicklassandell/Speed-reader

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Open source
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Great reading experience
Cons
  • Limited customization options
  • Delay at the beginning
  • Maximum speed limit of 800wpm
Most mentioned
  • Open source
  • Customization options
  • Reading experience
Recent reviews
This is a fantastic tool. I have tried similar tools in the past, but unfortunately, they became closed-source and restricted some features to subscription-only access. I hope the developer keeps this project open-source and sustains it through donations.
by Emanuele Natale, 2024-07-23

I love this, its so simple yet I have seen my ability to process text without straining my eyes or getting headaches.
by Matthew Nichols, 2024-05-30

This tool is perfect, is what I was looking for, awesome work.
by diego caraballo, 2024-04-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Readio Speed Reader requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Readio Speed Reader has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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