ScrollHandsFree

Tracking since Apr 19, 2026.

Changelog

• May 26, 2026
  description

  ScrollHandsFree solves real problems:
  
  🤲 Hands-Free Browsing - Read long articles while eating, cooking, or doing other tasks ♿ Accessibility - Assists users with mobility limitations or repetitive strain injuries
  📚 Better Reading - Maintains consistent reading pace without manual scrolling interruptions 🎙️ Voice Control - Natural voice commands in your preferred language ⚡ Universal - Works on any website instantly without setup 🔒 Privacy-First - No data collection, works completely offline
  
  Perfect for:
  
  Reading news articles during meals
  Following recipes while cooking
  Studying long documents or research papers
  Users with arthritis, carpal tunnel, or other mobility challenges
  Multitaskers who need hands free for other activities
  Anyone who finds constant scrolling tiring or distracting
  Simple to use: Install, click the icon, press "Start" or say "start" - that's it! Your hands are now free to do other things while the page scrolls at your perfect reading pace.
  
  This extension transforms the web from something you actively navigate into something that flows naturally at your reading speed, making browsing more accessible and enjoyable for everyone.

  ScrollHandsFree turns long articles, documentation, recipes, study material, and presentation notes into a calm hands-free reading experience.
  
  Core features:
  - Start, pause, resume, and stop auto-scrolling.
  - Speed presets for Slow, Reading, Fast, and Skim.
  - Reading presets for Article, Documentation, Study, Fast skim, Recipe, and Presentation.
  - Optional Reading Focus band to dim distractions.
  - Optional draggable on-page HUD with pause, stop, speed, direction, progress, and time remaining.
  - Optional voice commands for start, pause, stop, faster, slower, direction, top/bottom, and Reading Focus.
  - Custom voice aliases, disabled commands, and no-microphone command testing.
  - Smart scroll area detection for pages, nested containers, docs panes, recipes, and app layouts.
  - Page tools for choosing a scroll area, jumping to the next heading, jumping back one paragraph, and viewing simple accessibility hints. These are basic checks only, not a WCAG audit or compliance guarantee.
  - Per-site preferences and resume positions stored locally.
  
  Privacy summary:
  - No account.
  - No analytics or tracking.
  - Settings are stored locally.
  - Microphone is optional and only used for voice commands.
  - Browser speech recognition may be processed by your browser/platform.

• May 26, 2026
  short_description

  Hands-free browsing with voice-controlled auto-scrolling.

  A calm reading remote for hands-free auto-scrolling, voice commands, and page focus.

• May 26, 2026
  host_permissions

  <all_urls>

  (empty)

• May 26, 2026
  permissions

  activeTab, scripting, storage

  activeTab, contextMenus, scripting, storage

Permissions & access

Permissions

activeTabcontextMenusscriptingstorage

Host access

None declared

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