Visor

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

What is Visor?

Visor is a Chrome extension that serves as a screen dimmer and reading aid. It may help with fluency, eye-strain, concentration, and comprehension whilst reading. Visor's overlays and point of focus feature may be assistive to users with visual perceptual difficulties. It requires no special permissions and must be reactivated with each page load.

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By: softharbour

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.01 (218)

Version: 2.0.7 (Last updated: 2024-06-17)

Creation date: 2018-12-27

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting
storage

Size: 106.50K

Email: su*****@softharbour.io

Ranking

# 2022 ▲ 137

Other rankings

#346 in Accessibility ▲ 1 #77 in reduce keyword 5 ▲ 1 #97 in overlay keyword 32 ▲ 3 #161 in point keyword 21 ▼ 3

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Extension summary

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Version 2.0.7: Upgrade to Manifest V3

Version 2.0.4: Bug-fixes and updated style.

As well as being a great general purpose screen dimmer, Visor's overlays and point of focus feature may be assistive to users with visual perceptual difficulties such as Dyslexia, Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome and Visual Stress.

Whilst research shows results vary from person to person, some users may find that the use of overlays can help with fluency, eye-strain, concentration and comprehension whilst reading.

In addition to the traditional overlay method, Visor also employs a point of focus feature, designed to further reduce visual confusions and the tendency to skip lines.

This horizontal focal point tracks your mouse, giving full focus to the content being read, whilst reducing the visual noise of the surrounding page.

Visor requires no special permissions, so must be reactivated with each page load.

Note: This extension will not work on Chrome's start page, options pages or the Chrome web store. This is a restriction of chrome.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Helpful for reducing eye strain
Useful for improving concentration while reading
Simple and easy to use

Cons

Issues with compatibility on PDFs
Some users experienced bugs and malfunctions
Limited customization options

Most mentioned

Issues with compatibility on PDFs
Helpful for reducing eye strain
Useful for improving concentration while reading

Recent reviews

Really buggy, and not a great user interface either.

Caitlin Kubina, 2024-01-26

THANK YOU, I HAVE DYSLEXIA AND ADHD THIS IS SO HELPFUL

cool guy (maxx), 2023-04-03

This would be great if the extension didn't also dim the highlighted section. disappointing as it could be a perfect alternative to the read & write screen masking tool otherwise...