Screen Mask

A website and web document reading aid.

Screen Mask: A Reading Aid for Websites & Web Documents

Screen Mask is a unique Chrome extension that enhances your online reading experience. It aids reading by following your mouse or touch on websites or web documents, isolating one passage at a time for distraction-free reading. This innovative tool enhances focus, comprehension, and overall reading efficiency.

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By: david.lsmith

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.71

(14)

Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-06-08)

Creation date: 2019-02-27

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 24.63K

Email: da*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 9,663 ▲ 65

Other rankings

#478 in Accessibility ▲ 2 #13 in screen keyword 88 ▲ 14

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Screen Mask (v2.0.0)

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Extension summary

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Screen Mask is website or web document reading tool that follows your mouse or touch to help eliminate page distractions so that you can focus on reading one passage at a time.

User reviews

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Pros

Easy to use, just toggle it on.
Works well on many websites, including Wikipedia.
Helps users with reading difficulties by keeping focus.
Good for reading PDFs in Chrome.
Simple and straightforward functionality.

Cons

Doesn't work on all websites.
Requires a restart of Chrome for some users.
Some users report it stopped working entirely.
Limited features for enhanced reading experience.

Most mentioned

Works very well with easy setup.
Desire for more features like scroll position memory and fixed mask frame.
Not functional on certain websites.

User reviews

Works very well, only had to toggle it on, no reset or anything. All other apps were very complicated and did not work at all.

jade pringle, 2023-04-17

This is a good extension. I just wish there was something like it for PDFs. It doesn't work with all websites, like this page, but it works does work on Wikipedia and many others.