Description
Say goodbye to scattered notes and endless distractions. SimpleReads transforms the way you read and take notes online — helping you stay focused, organized, and in control.Whether you're diving deep into research or casually browsing for ideas, our two signature tools — Blur + Zoom and Notepad — work together to create a seamless, distraction-free reading and note-taking experience. Explore websites with clarity, take notes without switching tabs, and save everything neatly into organized documents — all in one flow.
1. Blur + Zoom
➤ Paragraph Mode (Blur + Zoom by Paragraphs)
- Choose how many paragraphs you want to focus on at a time.
- That set of paragraphs will stay clear and zoomed in, while everything else is blurred.
- Press the ↓ down arrow to move to the next group of paragraphs.
- Press Escape (Esc) to return to the normal view.
- This is perfect for reading in small chunks with zero distractions.
➤ Full Page Mode (Blur + Zoom Entire Page)
- The entire page is zoomed in for easier reading.
- All images, ads, and extra content are blurred, so nothing distracts you.
- This keeps the page stable — no moving content or shifting sections.
2. Notepad + Document Organization
➤ Notepad Features
- Take notes directly while reading any website.
- Your notes are saved in the notepad.
- Click any saved note to scroll back to where you wrote it on the website.
➤ Save Notes to a Document
- When you’re done taking notes, press “I’m Done”.
- You’ll then select a Simple Reads document to save the notes to.
- Only documents created with Simple Reads can receive and organize notes.
- Your notes and the website link are both saved to that document.
- All documents created with SimpleReads are in your Google Drive in a folder called SimpleReads.
➤ Gather Notes from Multiple Sites
- Go to multiple websites, take notes, and add them all to the same document.
- This makes research and studying from different sources super easy and organized.
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Permissions (5)
Permissions
activeTabℹ Can access the current tab when you click the extension identityℹ Can use your Google account identity scriptingℹ Can inject scripts into web pages storageℹ Can store data locally in your browser tabsℹ Can see your open tabs and their URLs
Details
| Version | 1.0.2 |
| Updated | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Size | 309KiB |
| First Seen | Mar 22, 2026 |
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