Visor

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

Visor - Screen Dimmer and Reading Aid

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

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.01

(221)

1 new ratings

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

Creation date: 2018-12-27

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting
storage

Size: 106.50K

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

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,057 ▲ 80

Other rankings

#366 in Accessibility ▲ 6

#69 in reduce keyword 37 ▲ 9

#107 in overlay keyword 35 ▲ 2

#109 in start page keyword 69 ▲ 24

#151 in point keyword 34 ▲ 2

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Helps users focus while reading long articles or textbooks.
Customizable colors and sizes, including brightness adjustments.
Useful for individuals with reading difficulties, like dyslexia and ADHD.
Effective for reducing eye strain during reading.

Cons

Does not work with PDF files, causing functionality issues for many users.
The highlighted section dims along with the background, making it harder to read.
Bugs and poor user interface reported by multiple users.
Requires manual activation for each page instead of applying globally.

Most mentioned

Incompatibility with PDF files.
Dimming of the highlighted text area.
Need for customizable opacity settings for background and highlighted areas.

User 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!

Hailey Griggs, 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.

Anna Bessmertnaya, 2024-10-07

Really buggy, and not a great user interface either.

Caitlin Kubina, 2024-01-26

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Visor does not require any sensitive permissions.

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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