A Chrome Extension for Bionic Reading on ANY website!

The best way to install this extension is to follow the instructions below. However, we will also periodically be releasing this extension on the various stores under the name Jiffy Reader.

• Installation Instructions
  • Chrome, Edge and chromium-based browsers
  • Firefox
  • Opera
• What is Bionic Reading?
• How to build
• Development
• Release a new version

Download via Chrome Store or

• Download the latest build chrome.zip in releases
• Extract the chrome folder from the zip file
• Open Chrome > go to this link chrome://extensions/ .
• Enable "Developer mode".
• Click "Load unpacked" and then choose the chrome folder.
• To pin the extension, click the puzzle icon on the top right of Chrome, then pin the extension.

• Download the latest build firefox.xpi in releases (Use other browsers, Firefox won't allow downloading unsigned xip files)
• open Firefox
• enter about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox in the URL bar
• click "Load Temporary Add-on"
• select the firefox.xpi

• Download the latest build chrome.zip in releases and unzip it
• open Opera
• Enable Developer mode in Extension page
• click "Load Unpacked"
• select the folder

Bionic Reading is a new method facilitating the reading process by guiding the eyes through text with artficial fixation points. As a result, the reader is only focusing on the highlighted initial letters and lets the brain center complete the word. In a digital world dominated by shallow forms of reading, Bionic Reading aims to encourage a more in-depth reading and understanding of written content.

Read more about Bionic Reading.

Need to install npm and yarn To build run followings

1. yarn install
2. yarn build (This will create extentions for chrome, firefox and opera inside extention folder) to debug run

1. Run yarn dev:chrome to start dev server with hot reloading
   You may enable vscode to run yarn dev:chrome by copying .vscode/tasks.json.example to .vscode/tasks.json

• Change version in package.json, eg. "version": "1.0.0"
• Push a new tag to GitHub, eg. git tag 1.0.0 && git push --tags
• The Workflow should be running here
• Check the release version here and edit release notes.