# Zen Reader

> Read web pages easily! Zen Reader declutters articles and reads them aloud with synced highlighting. Creates a calm, distraction-free experience. Perfect for focus, accessibility & ADHD.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/zen-reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/zen-reader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `zen-reader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sampuig12
- **Category:** appearance,language-support
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Version:** 0.5.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-19
- **First published:** 2025-04-15
- **Size:** 87 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/zen-reader/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/zen-reader/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/zen-reader/privacy/)

## Description

Tired of cluttered websites? Zen Reader transforms articles into a clean, focused view, perfect for easy reading. Listen along with text-to-speech that highlights words as they're read aloud! Ideal for improving concentration, accessibility, and aiding ADHD users.

Customize your view with multiple themes (like Paper, Dark, or Modern), adjust the animation speed for comfort, choose your preferred TTS voice, and hide extra elements like images or the progress bar for maximum focus. Simple controls let you navigate easily.

## Rankings

- #41,551 — Overall
- #166 — reader

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/zen-reader)