Speed Read

About

Read faster after you install this extension.

A speed-read browser extension restructures that text, flashing one or a few words at a time in the centre of your vision or bolding focal letters so your eyes stay fixed while your brain absorbs. Far from a novelty, this deceptively simple tool can reshape productivity, learning, and even wellbeing.

Read more in less time
Traditional reading is limited by eye movement as you scan line after line. Speed-readers eliminate that movement, presenting text at a controlled pace. With modest practice, users often double their words-per-minute, freeing hours previously lost to scrolling through articles and lengthy email threads.

Tame information overload
Clearing a backlog of newsletters, reports, and blogs can feel Sisyphean. By compressing reading sessions, a speed-reader helps you empty the queue faster and reduces the anxiety that accumulates when unread tabs pile up across multiple devices.

Maintain laser focus
Web pages teem with ads and pop-ups competing for attention. A speed-reader masks those distractions, presenting a clean stream of words on a neutral backdrop. This tunnel-vision approach curtails multi-tasking impulses, boosting comprehension compared with conventional skim-reading.

Customise pacing for any context
Extensions typically offer granular control over words-per-minute, chunk size, font, and colour. You can slow down for dense legalese, accelerate through routine memos, or switch to dark mode for evening sessions, making reading bend to your energy level and cognitive load.

Reduce eye strain and posture fatigue
Because your gaze stays fixed in one spot instead of darting across lines, ocular muscles experience less repetitive motion. This lowers the likelihood of headaches and dry eyes during marathon research sessions and encourages a more upright posture because your neck no longer tracks the scrolling viewport.