Easy Reading for Firefox

Easy Reading for Firefox

Easy Reading is a support tool that adapts Web content in a dynamic manner based on the individual user needs. It is especially suited for adjusting, translating, and explaining Web content to users with a cognitive disability.

What is Easy Reading for Firefox?
Easy Reading for Firefox is a support tool that adapts Web content in a dynamic manner based on the individual user needs. It offers features such as reading out selected text, changing appearance, using symbols/explanations, translating text, and displaying pages in plain language.
Stats
Users: 92 ▼ -3
Rating: 4.00 (6)
Version: 1.1.2 (Last updated: 2020-07-06)
Creation date: 2020-03-24
Weekly download count: 5
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webNavigation
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • <all_urls>
  • identity
  • notifications
  • *://www.googleapis.com/*
  • *://accounts.google.com/*
Size: 1.69M
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Summary

Easy Reading is a help for the Internet. Many people cannot understand some information on the Internet. But Internet pages should be accessible for everyone Easy Reading makes surfing the Internet easier.

For example, Easy Reading can be used on a web page to:

  • read out selected text
  • change its appearance (font size, background color, reading mode) according to your wishes
  • make text easier to understand by using symbols or explanations
  • translate text into another language (from English to German and vice versa)
  • Easy Reading also displays certain Internet pages in plain language or in an understandable language
Read more on the project Website.
User reviews
Thank you. Unfortunately, this seems highly unfinished: 1. Even though https://www.easyreading.eu configuration lists English, the (Firefox) extension (mouseover/ tooltips for the buttons on the right) are in German only. 2. Many standard/common websites (like GitHub project home pages) seem unsupported. The buttons on the right don't show up. 3. The ruler is unfinished, or impossible to use. 4. The initialisation/installation of the (Firefox) add-on is SLOW. If you have 1000 (a thousand) tabs open (in current Firefox 114.0.1), it takes over a minute: It freezes whole computer! 5. Since this was EU/publicly founded, and the initial developers are from a university, why don't you put the project on GitHub, or some other open source repository. People could report issues, provide screenshots, suggest and contribute fixes.
by Peter Kehl, 2023-06-25
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Safety
Risk impact

Easy Reading for Firefox is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this add-on unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

Easy Reading for Firefox has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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