Blipread: page reading time icon

Blipread: page reading time

by Erin 'Folletto' Casali

v1.0.5 Updated Dec 28, 2023 15.13KiB
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★ 4.46
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⚠️Not updated in over 2 years

Description

Blipread is a simple way to see how long it takes for you to read a page. How much time do you have? Read now or later? Here's the answer. This extension should work on Windows, Mac and Linux. FEATURES — • displays in the toolbar the time in minutes to read the page • your reading speed can be adjusted HOW IT WORKS — This extension counts the number of words on the page, and using the reading speed provided estimates how long it will take for you to read the whole page. While it's likely there are more words on the page that aren't strictly content, it's still a useful indication once adjusted for your reading speed in words per minute. REQUESTS AND BUGS — Please notify me here: https://github.com/folletto/Blipread/issues
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Reviews (3 cached)

★★☆☆☆2021-07-10
Edu Pintilie

not working

★★★☆☆2026-01-26
Alex Simmons

I really like this extension but I noticed that if the page is too long an estimate isn't given. I had a long scrolling page with 26,622 words and the extension wasn't able to come up with an estimate. It just showed a "+"sign which I guess means the estimate is greater than some max time set by the developer but I have no way of accessing the time estimate! Why not just allow for longer time estimates even if I have to click the extension to see it in an overflow menu?

★★★☆☆2024-12-10
Ashish Alexander

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/read-time-estimator/dbkmhaamlapkjabaieclhlofhnaoccmb is better, cause you can select specific text and get a read time estimation for that.

Permissions (3)

Permissions

scripting Can inject scripts into web pages storage Can store data locally in your browser tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs

Details

Version 1.0.5
Updated Dec 28, 2023
Size 15.13KiB
First Seen Mar 30, 2026