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Reader View

by Free Software Help

v3.0.0 Updated Oct 31, 2023 350KiB
CWS
40K
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★ 4.66
111 reviews
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Description

Reader View extension removes clutter from web pages to enhance their readability. The extension uses Mozilla's Readability library as the engine to provide similar experience from what you get if you are on the Firefox browser. After installation, a button is added to your Chrome toolbar area or Opera's address bar. Pressing this button once opens the current page in the "Reader View" mode. You will notice the button's color will be changed to orange while you are in the reader view mode. Clicking on this orange button or pressing the back button of your browser closes the "Reader View" mode and restores the normal rendering mode. Since the extension uses history API, the page scroll position and the entire session is restored when "Reader View" mode is terminated. ★ Main Features of Reader View ✔ Open website directly in reader view ✔ Open website's links directly in the reader view ✔ Access the reader view button from a page action button ✔ Fullscreen reading ✔ Advertisement removing ✔ Save in HTML format ✔ Text to Speech (TTS) ✔ Move to the next and previous pages ✔ Keyboard shortcuts for almost all actions Try our software now. Its 100% free to use, and you can access the test results onto your hard drive or Google Drive.
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Reviews (7 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-06-24
Kerem S

this extension has many dublication. why i didn't understand. but "Reader View" best of them (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ecabifbgmdmgdllomnfinbmaellmclnh)

★☆☆☆☆2022-08-27
Cindy Bahl

Total rip-off of another extension all called "Reader View". That one is much better in all ways. And still free. Go get this one instead and you will see what I am talking about. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reader-view/ecabifbgmdmgdllomnfinbmaellmclnh

★★★☆☆2025-11-14
Monty Mole

Someone's tellin' porkies. Same app elsewhere. Either way, It's good, apart from the read aloud bit not working. . . Oh this review will be duplicated like, this app is, over there. - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/Reader%20Mode%20for%20Google%20Chrome%E2%84%A2/ipjogfeblagoilekmobpdocdbfdedgdp

★★★☆☆2022-02-16
Fake Alien

I agree to others that stated a sepia-tinted background would be great.

★★★☆☆2021-11-03
Aksha

I liked it

★★★☆☆2021-10-10
Thomas Beling

I think more than me like to have a sepia-tinted background option. The reading feature on macOS also needs improvement. Each step will give one additional star. 'hanx!

★★★☆☆2020-11-15
Serkan Coban

i can't use in my language , i can convert all page in my language but i can't choise in my language. Can u use Turkish language pls?

Permissions (6)

Permissions

activeTab Can access the current tab when you click the extension contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu declarativeContent Can show the extension icon based on page content notifications Can show desktop notifications scripting Can inject scripts into web pages storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 3.0.0
Updated Oct 31, 2023
Size 350KiB
First Seen Mar 27, 2026