FrameDial

About

FrameDial turns any news article into a 30-second summary or a multi-lens analytical reframe — so you can see past your usual blind spot.

Every news article is written from one perspective. FrameDial gives you three ways to step outside it, right from the page you're reading.

Three modes, one click

⚡ Quick Read — A clean 30-second or 2-minute summary, inline in the popup. No navigation. No breathless framing. Just what happened.

🔄 See Your Blind Spot — If you've taken the free FrameDial lens quiz, we'll analyze the article through the frame opposite yours. If you usually read as a Watchdog (accountability first), we'll show you how a First Responder (human impact first) would read the same story. It's the angle you'd normally skip.

🔬 Full Reframe — Open the article in FrameDial with all seven analytical frames available. Turn the dial to any lens and watch the story shift.

The seven frames

FrameDial analyzes every story through seven value-based lenses, each grounded in a distinct moral and analytical tradition:

Shield — Who gets hurt? (Human Impact)
Scale — Was it fair? (Accountability)
Key — What freedom is at stake? (Freedom & Rights)
Ledger — Follow the money. (Economic Stakes)
Pillar — What holds this together? (Order & Institutions)
Anchor — Who belongs here? (Belonging & Identity)
Flame — What line is being crossed? (Boundaries & Dignity)

Every reframe keeps the facts consistent — only the interpretive lens changes.

When it helps

- Before you share an article: is this framed one way? What would the other view say?
- When a headline feels charged: is the anger doing the reasoning, or are there real stakes you're missing?
- For anyone studying media, rhetoric, or politics: see how identical fact patterns can support wildly different narratives — without anyone lying.

How it works

1. Navigate to any news article.
2. Click the FrameDial icon in your toolbar.
3. Pick a mode.

The extension extracts the article's main text and sends it to FrameDial's analysis pipeline. Results come back in ~5 seconds for Quick Read, ~60 seconds for a Full Reframe. Completed reframes open on frame-dial.news where you can turn the dial, switch lenses, and read a shareable result page.

Works on most article sites, including those behind soft paywalls. The extension reads visible text from the page you have open — so if you can read it, FrameDial can analyze it.

Requires a free FrameDial account

The extension uses your FrameDial account for:
- Your personal quiz-based lens profile (for Blind Spot mode)
- Your saved reframe history at frame-dial.news

Sign up free at frame-dial.news — it takes one email address. No credit card, no trial. Core features are free.

Privacy

- The extension sends the article's text content to frame-dial.news when you click a mode. Your reading is tied to your account for history.
- We don't sell or share your data. See the full privacy policy at **frame-dial.news/privacy**.
- No background tracking. The extension takes no action until you click it.
- No analytics on the pages you visit — we only record events inside FrameDial itself.

Built by people who read too much news

FrameDial is an independent product, not ad-funded. We built it because we wanted a tool that respected our attention and showed us how other thoughtful people read the same stories.

Questions, ideas, or problems? Visit frame-dial.news.