Visor

Name: Visor
Rating: 4.013574660633484 (221 reviews)
Author: softharbour

Screen dimmer and reading aid, may help with fluency, eye-strain, concentration and comprehension whilst reading.

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Visor is a versatile Chrome extension designed as a screen dimmer and reading aid to help improve fluency, reduce eye strain, and enhance concentration and comprehension. It is particularly beneficial for users with visual perceptual difficulties such as Dyslexia, Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome, and Visual Stress. The extension offers customizable overlays and a unique point of focus feature which horizontally tracks the mouse cursor to minimize visual distractions and prevent skipping lines during reading.

With no special permissions required, Visor prioritizes user privacy and must be reactivated on each page load, aligning with Chrome's security restrictions. While it operates on most web pages, it does not function on Chrome's start page, options pages, or the Chrome Web Store. Regular updates have improved usability, including a recent upgrade to Manifest V3 for enhanced stability and security.

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By:

softharbour

Users:

60,000 -10,000

Rating:

4.01

(221)

Version:

2.0.7 Last updated: 2024-06-17

Creation date:

2018-12-27

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting
storage

Size:

104.00KB

Email:

su*****@softharbour.io

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-07

Ranking

# 2,892 ▼ 252

Other rankings

#375 in Accessibility ▼ 1

#59 in reduce keyword 10 ▲ 8

#95 in overlay keyword 28 ▲ 24

#98 in start page keyword 43 ▲ 6

#145 in point keyword 34 ▲ 21

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Publisher Change History

2024-06-17: Email was changed from su*****@faberestmachina.com to su*****@softharbour.io

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User reviews

Visor is widely appreciated for helping users focus and reducing eye strain while reading, with customizable colors and sizes. It's especially beneficial for users with dyslexia and ADHD. However, multiple users report issues with its PDF compatibility, as the visor fails to follow the cursor in PDFs. Additionally, the screen darkening feature dims the entire screen rather than just the background, which can strain the eyes. The extension also lacks separate opacity controls for the reading bar and background, has some buggy behaviors, and does not currently support keyboard shortcuts for toggling.

Pros

Helps users focus and reduces eye strain when reading online articles or textbooks.
Allows customization of colors, sizes, and darkness to fit personal reading preferences.
Simple and effective interface that enhances reading experience.
Especially helpful for users with dyslexia and ADHD.
Improves concentration by highlighting a specific area of the screen.
Provides better readability compared to other extensions, working well on most websites.

Cons

Does not work properly with PDFs opened in the browser; highlighted section often does not follow the cursor or stays stuck.
When the screen darkening feature is activated, the entire screen including the reading visor gets darker, making it harder to read.
Inability to independently adjust the opacity of the background and the reading bar; these settings are linked.
Buggy behavior such as the visor bar getting stuck in one position or not moving as expected.
No keyboard shortcut for toggling the visor on/off, making it less convenient to use.

Recent reviews

This i so helpful with reading articles! I was shocked to see you could play around with all the colors and sizes. (plus darkness.) but sadly, When you turn it darker the whole screen goes darker. i'd love for someone to add the feature where only the outside goes darker and where you put the visor stays lighter. all together this app is really well made!

Ha*****, 2024-11-15

Great extension, has helped me focus with reading my online textbooks and long articles so that I don't get distracted or lose my place as fast. However, a great number of what I need to read is on a PDF, which Visor doesn't work with at all, doesn't even turn on for me. Additionally, I wish there was a way for the center highlighted section to not also dim when you turn the extension on, since it makes it harder to read and strains my eyes. If these things were fixed, it'd be awesome and very useful, but unfortunately I don't see myself using it that often right now because of these features.

An*****, 2024-10-07

Really buggy, and not a great user interface either.

Ca*****, 2024-01-26

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Visor does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Visor has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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