Color code individual characters on pages you view -- induce color-graphemic synesthesia

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1.12
Update
April 13, 2014
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48.92KiB
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449
Rating
4.23333 ★
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2
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Synesthetize Extension

A study by scientists in the Netherlands has shown that it may be possible to induce color-graphemic synesthesia (viewing letters as having an innate color) by reading text containing letters with a consistent color coding.

Replicate their experiment at home with the Synesthetize extension. Synesthetize can be configured to color as many or as few letters as you want in the colors you prefer, so you can use existing associations for a stronger effect.

Read the study that inspired the extension: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039799

Source available at: https://github.com/gsavvas/Synesthete
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Source Manifest.json

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K. L. (ID: 0000004670bf8485) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 04/06/2022 When compared to the other options available, this extension is very good overall. But as others have said, it needs a blacklist. It doesn't format every single text (like inputs, or texts that get refreshed).

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Tiago Dias (ID: 000000ba71cd5d02) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 05/16/2021 Very good and fast. I would rate 5 stars if it had the option to disable on certain pages.

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Wal Rus (ID: 000000889a6e47b6) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 12/30/2020 Seems okay but I can't get it to only activate on one specific site. The options for site access are "on click", "on ", or "on all sites" - but no matter which I choose, it seems to behave as though I have chosen the last of those options.

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Supa idk (ID: 000000d38365ca17) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 07/07/2020 Doesn't work on youtube and on some sites, doesn't even load.

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Jamie Stewart (ID: 000000ae77ce685f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/02/2020 This is truly amazing!! Very satisfying to see all the letters in their correct colors. However, as someone with considerable amount of bright colors yellow and orange letters, it's a little overwhelming and difficult to read against the white backgrounds. I think it would be great if there was a mode where the first letter of the word colored the entire word, as it's true to how a lot of people experience graphemes. Until then, I've been using this to color the vowels and I'm still very happy with it! Great work!