Welcome to SwiftRead, and thank you for installing!

Prepare to speed through your browser-based reading, learn more, and save time.

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1. Pin the SwiftRead extension icon for easy access

2. Use SwiftRead on text. There are four ways to do so:

Extension Icon

  • 1. Open the SwiftRead menu by clicking on the SwiftRead extension icon.
  • 2. Select "SwiftRead current page".

Auto-extract, Alt+V (default hotkey)

  • Just hit Alt+V to automatically extract the main content of a webpage and open SwiftRead!

Select Text

  • 1. Select text on the webpage with your mouse.
  • 2. Right click, then select "SwiftRead selected text" in the menu.
  • OR hit Alt+Vto open SwiftRead with the selected text.

Copy-paste Text

  • 1. Copy text from anywhere (e.g. PDFs).
  • 2. Open the SwiftRead menu by clicking on the SwiftRead extension icon in the browser.
  • 3. Select "Paste text into SwiftRead".

Now give it a shot! Try SwiftReading a news article.