Reading Ruler
This is a simple reading ruler, useful when you are reading long texts on web.
What is Reading Ruler?
'Reading Ruler' is a user-friendly Google Chrome extension designed to enhance reading experience on lengthy web texts. Features include line highlighting, easy arrow key navigation, automatic page jumping, and colour and size adjustments. It does not collect, track, or send user data, ensuring privacy. It serves as a useful tool, especially for dyslexic readers, by helping them easily maintain their reading place on a page.
Stats
By:
Denison Linus
Users:
20,000+
Creation date:
2018-05-01
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
Size:
38.28K
Email:
dl*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
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6395
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Summary
Reading Ruler is a Google Chrome extension that helps you to read long texts on web pages. This tool can assist dyslexic readers to keep their place on the page they are reading.
Features:
- Highlight current reading line
- Move the current line with arrow keys
- Automatic jump to next/previous page
- Smart adjustment when page resizes
- Color, opacity and Shadow adjustments
Usage:
- Double click on text to start
- Key Up/Down to navigate
- ESC to cancel
Data Protection FAQ:
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Works well on Wikipedia
- It can highlight lines of text
- Useful tool for users with reading difficulties
Cons
- Does not work on many websites
- Not compatible with PDFs
- Double click to activate often interferes with other functionality
Most mentioned
- Need to restart Chrome for it to work
- Does not work with many websites
- Issue with double click functionality
Recent reviews
nice extension.
Would you plz let us change default settings, such as activating it by triple click instead of double click
Good and does what it says! But it'd be nice if it could slowly scroll, too.
Safety
Risk impact
Reading Ruler is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Reading Ruler has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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