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Read Score

Chrome extension

Make existing web pages easier to read.

Reading tools that work on the page you already have open. Highlight one paragraph at a time, adjust text spacing, font and size, and calm busy pages, without replacing their content.

The ReadScore popup on a sample essay about slow walks, with Focus, Comfort and Calm all turned on: the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, the text is set larger with extra spacing, and the article and sidebar images are blurred.

What it does

  • Focus

    Highlights one paragraph at a time. Move with J and K, or let the highlight follow the middle of the screen as you scroll. The highlight can be yellow, blue, green or dark.

  • Comfort

    Adjusts reading text without changing the page’s layout: Relaxed, Roomy or custom line, letter, word and paragraph spacing, a choice of fonts including Atkinson Hyperlegible, and a minimum text size of 18, 20 or 22 pixels.

  • Calm

    Reduce Motion makes animations finish instantly and pauses muted background videos; videos you start keep playing. Blur Images blurs large images and videos until you hover over or Tab to them.

  • Combine and keep

    The three modes work independently and can be used together. Your settings are saved and sync across your Chrome browsers when Chrome sync is on.

How it works

  1. Open ReadScore

    Click the ReadScore icon on the page you want to read. It runs only on pages where you open it.

  2. Choose your modes

    Turn on Focus, Comfort or Calm and adjust their settings. Changes apply to the page right away.

  3. Reapply or reset

    Effects end when you reload or leave the page. Open ReadScore again to reapply your saved settings, or use Reset All to restore the defaults.

Before you install

  • Browser support

    Chrome 116 or newer.

  • Keyboard shortcuts

    J and K are ignored while you type or use a form control. On sites that use these keys themselves, choose Follow Scroll instead.

  • Supported pages

    Works on regular websites, but not on Chrome’s own pages or in the Chrome Web Store. Focus works best on article-like text.

  • Privacy

    ReadScore has no accounts, servers, analytics or tracking, and makes no network requests. Page text and images are processed in the tab and never stored or sent anywhere. Privacy policy

Install ReadScore and adjust any page for more comfortable reading.

Add ReadScore to Chrome