A free and open source speed-reader extension for Chrome, and bookmarklet for other browsers.

Install

Chrome Extension: This is beta software, so a proper chrome extension package is not yet provided. Meanwhile, please follow these steps:

Clone this repository

In Chrome, navigate to chrome://extensions

Enable developer mode, click "Load unpacked extension..."

Select the directory you cloned

Remember to pull every now and then for bugfixes and new features.

Bookmarklet: Drag and drop this link to your bookmarks bar: jetzt.

More info on bookmarklets.

This is what jetzt will look like once activated:

Use

Control is currently keyboard-only.

Initiate jetzt by pressing alt - s and clicking on the block of text you wish to read. Alternatively, select some text before pressing alt - s .

Change size with + / - .

Go faster/slower with up/down arrow keys.

Go back/forward a sentence with left/right arrow keys (hold alt to navigate by paragraphs).

Pause with space.

Close with escape.

Switch between light/dark themes with 0

Toggle summary stats with / or ? at the end of a run

Contribute

We're looking for contributors! You can fork this project, contribute pull requests, and look through and fix one of our issues if you like. Thanks!