Readima simulates many reading techniques such as Meta Guiding, or RSVP to help you read faster with high comprehension.

Latest Version

Version
1.3.0
Update
February 2, 2023
Size
1.88MiB
Developer
readima.com
Category
Users
921
Rating
4.33333 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Tabs
ContextMenus
Storage
UnlimitedStorage
Identity
Identity.email
Scripting
Alarms
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Readima Extension

★ Introduction about Readima

Readima is a Chrome extension designed to help people improve their speed reading skills through the use of various methodologies, including Meta Guiding and Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP).

With Readima, users can customize their reading experience to better suit their individual needs and preferences, choosing from a variety of options such as font size, color scheme, and reading speed.

One of the key features of Readima is its ability to implement Meta Guiding, a technique that involves using a visual cue, such as a cursor or a highlighted line, to guide the reader's eye as they move through the text. This can help improve reading speed and comprehension by focusing the reader's attention on the most important information and eliminating the need for unnecessary eye movements.

Another useful feature of Readima is its support for RSVP, which presents text one word at a time, rather than in traditional sentence or paragraph form. This can help to improve reading speed by forcing the reader to focus on each individual word and eliminating the tendency to re-read or skim over words. It can also help improve comprehension by allowing the reader to fully process and comprehend each word before moving on to the next.

In addition to these features, Readima also offers a variety of customization options, such as the ability to adjust the font size and color scheme to suit the reader's preferences, and the option to set a specific reading speed to help optimize the reading experience.

Whether you're a student looking to improve your reading skills for school, a professional looking to increase your productivity, or simply someone who enjoys reading, Readima is an excellent tool to help you improve your speed reading skills and get more out of your reading experience.

★ Main features

✔ Reading pointer: Readima simulates the best speed reading technique called Meta Guiding.

Meta guiding involves visually guiding your eye using some sort of pointer (finger, pen, or this Readima app) for the eye to move faster along the length of a passage of text.

The point is to decrease distraction and focus on the specific words to increase your reading speed. Try to keep moving your pointer slightly faster than your comfort zone to increase the reading speed.

✔ Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP): In RSVP, a series of words appear rapidly in time at the same point in visual space. Indeed, the words may appear as fast as 10 items per second.

✔ Reading Mode: distraction-free & ad-blocking reading viewer focusing on the main content.

✔ Scan & Skim: highlight the first and last sentence of each paragraph in a custom color that the user can choose.
This allows the reader to quickly scan through a piece of text and get a sense of the main ideas and key points without having to read every single word. Additionally, by highlighting the first and last sentence of each paragraph, the reader is able to quickly identify where one idea ends and another begins.

✔ Word List Checker: allows you to see new vocabulary in context, which can make it easier to understand and remember.

We recommend moving your pointer with almost constant speed. Try to keep moving your pointer slightly faster than your comfort zone to increase the reading speed.

Try to read faster so that you catch up with your pointer. If you start losing comprehension, slow your pointer down. Otherwise, consider moving your pointer even faster.

★ Privacy & Support

What you read is your business.

We do not sell, rent, license, or otherwise monetize your data in any way.

By installing the extension, you agree to Readima's Privacy Policy.

★ Changelog

1.3.0 | 01, Feb 2023
- Fix bugs and add improvements
1.2.9 | 18, Jan 2023
- Improve side bar UI
- Add Images overview feature.

1.2.7 | 11, Jan 2023
- Turn on/off media and links in the article
- Page width and Line space settings

1.2.6 | 10, Jan 2023

- Add Table of content feature
- Update Sidebar UI/UX

1.2.5 | 20, Dec 2022:
- Add Scan & Skim feature

1.2.3 | 20, Dec 2022:
- Add Notification for users to view the latest updates right on the extension
- Update Activation page UI/UX

1.2.3.5 | 19, Dec 2022:
- Add 3000 most common words in English List to Word Checker

1.2.3 | 17, Dec 2022:
- Allow delete Word List Checker
- Allow disable Word List Checker

1.2.2 | 13, Dec 2022:

- Add Word List Checker feature: Allow you to highlight words from a custom list.
- Improve side menu user experiences

1.2.1 | 16, Nov 2022
: Update default settings
- Update default Speed to 400 words per minute
- Update Chunk length to 6 words

1.2.0 | 10, Oct 2022
- Rebranding to Readima

1.1.1 | 14, Aug 2022
- Fix bug when switching the reading mode

1.1.0 | 11, Aug 2022
- Fix progress bar error

1.0.9 | 11, Aug 2022
- Add Focus Characters in Rapid Serial Visual Presentation reading mode
- Add Focus Underline in Rapid Serial Visual Presentation reading mode
- Add Focus Color settings in Rapid Serial Visual Presentation reading mode

1.0.8 | 10, Aug 2022
- Add Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP)

1.0.7 | 05, Aug 2022
- Improve the settings page UI
- Update to manifest v3

1.0.6 | 04, Aug 2022
- Add Analytics and improve the speed reading sidebar

1.0.5 | 02, Aug 2022
- Redesign sidebar menu
- Add a Monthly Subscription

1.0.3 | 25, Jul 2022
- Rebranding to Readima
- Add theme settings on the right sidebar

Any questions and feature requests? Drop us a line at [email protected]
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Readima extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Readima 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 Readima extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Readima extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

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

If you ever need to manually install a Readima 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 Readima Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Readima extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Readima extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Readima 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 Readima 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 Readima extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Readima 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 Readima extension file

Select and download the Readima 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 Readima 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 Readima 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 Readima 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 Readima extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Gamma N (ID: 000000cb77907cec) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 07/02/2023 This would be perfect of there was an obvious way to go back to a certain point in the text. It forces you to close and reload time to go back on a sentence. If it wasn't for that, this would've become one of my daily apps. I nice bonus feature for the meta guiding tab would be to add a focus mode where the text around the highlighted word fades a bit. Mega bonus if you add a sound cue for each word like Outread does, since it helps with maintain rhythm. Hope to come back to this in the future.

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Tiến Trần Mạnh (ID: 00000050c1bb9972) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/15/2022 Wonderful. I love this extension. It helps me improve my reading speed so much. I hope it becomes popular for all of student around the world. Great Job.

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Second home services VillanD (DV nghỉ dưỡng tại nhà.) (ID: 000000d61ba2cdb8) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/05/2022 Here is the best extension about reading for me. Good job team

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Stoic Citium (ID: 0000003ab7956636) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/02/2022 This is the best extension for speed reading that's backed my real scientific methods! Love it

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Benjamin J. (ID: 000000d0919ea466) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 02/02/2021 Everything in this extension is perfect except the fact that you can't really tell how fast you are actually reading. Cause 60 is way faster than 900. and 0 is Howard Berg speed.