Bold Reader Enhance your online reading experience with half-bolded words! Bold Reader is designed to make reading text on web…

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July 23, 2023
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Bold Reader Extension

Bold Reader

Enhance your online reading experience with half-bolded words!

Bold Reader is designed to make reading text on web pages easier and more accessible. This free-to-use Chrome extension transforms the text of web pages by making the first half of every word bold, creating a unique visual cue that can help improve reading speed and comprehension.

This tool is beneficial for people with any form of neurodivergence where this kind of formatting can aid reading. Whether you struggle with dyslexia, ADHD, or any other condition that can make reading on a screen challenging, Bold Reader is here to help make your online reading experience better.

Key Features:
- One-click activation: Bold Reader works on any web page with a simple click.
- User-friendly: Simple, clutter-free design makes it easy to use.
- Secure: The extension only activates when you choose to use it and does not collect or store any personal data.

This extension is a completely free tool, developed with the sole aim of offering help to anyone who could benefit from it. There are no commercial interests attached to this project.

Instructions:
1. Install the Bold Reader extension.
2. Navigate to any web page.
3. Click on the Bold Reader icon to activate the extension and enhance the readability of the page.

Bold Reader is a product of an experiment to explore the ways artificial intelligence, specifically OpenAI's GPT-4, can be used to contribute to making the web more accessible. The creation of Bold Reader involved coding advice and guidance from GPT-4 to an otherwise hapless amateur coder, but the extension itself operates independently without any AI components.

Install Bold Reader today and make your online reading experience better! I am very open to feedback and suggestions to improve the tool, so feel free to reach out.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Bold Reader", "version": "1.0", "action": {}, "permissions": ["activeTab", "scripting"], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "icons": { "16": "images/icon16.png", "48": "images/icon48.png", "128": "images/icon128.png" }}
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How to download and manually install Bold Reader extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Bold Reader extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Bold Reader extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Bold Reader extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Bold Reader extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Bold Reader extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Bold Reader Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Bold Reader extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Bold Reader extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Bold Reader extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Bold Reader extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Bold Reader extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Bold Reader extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Bold Reader extension file

Select and download the Bold Reader extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Bold Reader extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Bold Reader extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Bold Reader extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Bold Reader extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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