Chrome extensions for easier reading and dark mode
Small type, long paragraphs, a white page at midnight. The extensions in this category change how a page looks or sounds: bolder word starts, a dyslexia-friendly face with more spacing, one word at a time, a dark theme, a different Korean font, or the text read out loud.
1 of 6 are live on a store.
Bionic Reading - Faster ReadingBolds the first part of every word so your eyes fixate faster and read with less effort. One click to toggle, runs locally.
Dark ModeNot published yetEnable dark mode on any website instantly. Protect your eyes with one-click dark theme for all web pages.
Dyslexia Font - Easier ReadingNot published yetMake any page easier to read: dyslexia-friendly font, more spacing, bigger text, and a soft tint. Local, one toggle.
Hangul Font ChangerNot published yetReplace every Korean letter on the web with a font you love. Pretendard, Noto Sans KR, custom fonts and more.
Read AloudNot published yetSelect any text on the web and have it read aloud instantly. Adjustable speed, voice, and language.
Speed Reader - RSVP Fast ReadingNot published yetRead any article or selected text one word at a time at up to 1000 wpm. Fully local, no sign-in, no data collected.
What to look for
Two permission shapes — choose on purpose
Some of these restyle a page only after you click the toolbar icon. Bionic Reading, Speed Reader and Dyslexia Font declare activeTab and scripting, so they hold no standing access to any site. Dark Mode, Hangul Font Changer and Read Aloud have to act as pages load, which requires access to all sites. Always-on comfort costs a broader grant.
Filter-based dark mode fights sites that already have one
Inverting a page with a CSS filter flips everything, so images, video, canvas and SVG have to be inverted a second time to look normal again. A site shipping its own dark theme ends up inverted twice and reads worse than before. Confirm there is a per-site toggle or whitelist before you install; Dark Mode has one.
Restyling only reaches real text
Font, spacing and size changes apply to text the page renders as text. Words baked into images, canvas-drawn charts and the contents of a PDF viewer will not change, and a site's own !important rules can keep their font on some elements. Try it on the site you actually read before deciding whether it works.
Speech quality comes from your system
Read Aloud uses the browser's tts permission, which plays the voices installed on your computer. If a language sounds wrong, add a voice in your operating system's settings rather than hunting for another extension. Also check whether a tool reads only your selection through the right-click menu or the whole article.
Questions people ask
How do I make text easier to read on a website?
Change how the page renders instead of squinting at it. In this category you can bold the first part of every word, switch to a dyslexia-friendly font with wider spacing and a soft tint, enlarge the text, or step through an article one word at a time at a set speed. Each is a toggle, so you can turn it off as fast as you turned it on.
Does dark mode work on every website?
Mostly, with exceptions worth knowing about. Filter-based inversion applies to any site, but a page that already has its own dark theme gets inverted twice, and some images or embedded players still come out looking off. Add those sites to the whitelist rather than switching the whole thing off.
What do these extensions have access to?
Bionic Reading, Speed Reader and Dyslexia Font declare activeTab, scripting and storage, and touch the current tab only when you activate them. Dark Mode, Hangul Font Changer and Read Aloud declare access to all sites because they restyle or read pages as those pages load. Settings stay in local browser storage, and speech is produced by the voices your system already has.
Can I run several of these at the same time?
You can, but they all restyle the same page and can end up fighting. A font changer, a dyslexia layout and a color filter stacked together may leave one of them partly overridden, and a reading overlay drawn on top of an inverted page can come out with odd colors. Turn the extras off while you work out which one is doing what.