Reading Ruler

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.
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Stats
Users: 20,000+
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2018-05-01)
Creation date: 2018-05-01
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 38.28K
URLs: Website
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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

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User reviews
User reviews summary
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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.
by thomas santiago thomas santiago, 2024-04-15

Would you plz let us change default settings, such as activating it by triple click instead of double click
by Timi Timi, 2018-01-29

Good and does what it says! But it'd be nice if it could slowly scroll, too.
by Lia G Lia G, 2016-05-06
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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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