Better Text View

Makes webpage text larger and readable.
What is Better Text View?
Better Text View is a Chrome extension that makes webpage text easier to read by adjusting font size, weight, and style. It also offers dark mode, color inversion, and other customization options to enhance readability. With Better Text View, you can improve your reading experience on any website.

Extension stats

Users: 532 ▲ 38
Rating: 4.33 (6)
Version: 6.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-11-18)
Creation date: 2023-01-11
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • declarativeNetRequest
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
  • file:///*
  • <all_urls>
Size: 825.34K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Better Text View (v6.1.3)
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Extension summary

This extension enlarges text and makes it higher contrast, so that website text is easier to read. Text contrast can be increased by the 'Strength' slider, with high positive values making text more black / white and negative values keeping text color unchanged. The strength slider also determines the Zoom %, with default zero strength giving 175% (1.75) zoom value. The text size is increased inversely depending on its size. This means small sized text is made much bigger than larger text, which is slightly increased in size. All text within size of Threshold setting is increased in size with text closer to Font Threshold size increasing less than text much lower size than Threshold, depending of Font Increase % setting. Text size of ANY TEXT IS NOT DECREASED (unless '--g_smaller_text' is enabled) to less than its normal size. Smaller text becomes as large as (or larger than) text of Threshold size. Text near the Threshold size is unchanged or changed very slightly.

NEW CHANGES

'--g_smaller_text' now does normal scaling of font sizes, instead of inverse increase. Text sizes will appear similar to original text. The amount of smallness of text sizes is adjustable by "Increase font %". Style sheet processing for colors is skipped if 'Dark mode' is set. Bugfix for images with 'PICTURE' tag not displayed in reverse colors on some sites. Stop the mutation observer when applying settings. Mark as done the parent nodes of new mutation nodes. If content is 'appended' to page after it loads, the page settings will now also apply to the new content. In 'Start 3 letters bold', the variable '--g_start3_caps' can now be set to line / paragraph mode, in which starting LETTER of line / paragraph is changed to different style specified in the variable value. Added Pause / Resume function of speak out loud when zooming text. The Escape key pauses the reading, and pressing Escape again resumes the speech from where it was stopped. Enabling 'Process black text' now changes originally black text to white color if background color brightness is less than '--g_min_bg_brightness'.

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User reviews

by PRIYANSH Mishra, 2024-02-28

Very useful app. Take time to read the author's "how to use" as the interface is clear but not as simple as the standard fare out there. The "apply css for custom site" is really useful for sites with styling embedded in various selector classes, so you can avoid a global change. With that said, its too geeky for most people as you will have to inspect the element to get the css class or ID and then apply it. It does work, however. Perhaps a text color slider for global change in the future? Thank you.
by R. G., 2024-02-18

Good extension. Do not affect photos or video. Google has an extension, HIgh Contrast, but the video and photo was affected. This not. I recommended.
by Eddie Ortiz, 2024-01-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Better Text View requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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