Text Zoom & Reader Mode – Enhance Readability in Chrome

Enhance readability: Zoom text, enable reader mode, and hide images for distraction-free, comfortable web browsing.

Text Zoom & Reader Mode - Boost Readability

Text Zoom & Reader Mode – Enhance Readability in Chrome is a convenient extension designed to improve your online reading experience. It allows users to zoom text for better visibility, enables a simplified reader mode to focus on the content, and helps hide images for a distraction-free environment. Ideal for reading long articles, news, and research papers, this extension is perfect for anyone looking to enhance text clarity and reduce eye strain while browsing comfortably.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: 70,000+
Rating: 4.69
(26)
Version: 1.3.7 (Last updated: 2025-03-08)
Creation date: 2023-08-14
Permissions:
  • scripting
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 128.00K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Works well for improving text readability
  • Easy to use and effective for most sites
  • Helps users with visual impairments by enlarging text
  • Users appreciate the tool for enhancing their reading experience
  • Compatible with older versions of macOS
Cons
  • Does not work with all websites, especially dynamic ones
  • Cannot adjust text size per site or whitelist sites
  • Some users experience issues with site compatibility, e.g., with Feedly
  • Lacks custom settings for flashing multiple words to improve reading speed
Most mentioned
  • Issues with site compatibility
  • Need for adjustable settings per site
  • Overall ease of use and effectiveness
User reviews
good, helps for my Schooology assignments
by Haste, 2024-11-13

Works well for most sites - doesn't work for ALL. I just wish there was a way to either adjust the text size per site (it's all or nothing), or whitelist sites that I don't want this extension enabled on.
by ChaCha F., 2024-09-17

simple and powerful
by Jerold Liu, 2024-09-03
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Text Zoom & Reader Mode – Enhance Readability in Chrome requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Text Zoom & Reader Mode – Enhance Readability in Chrome. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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