What website is this?
ADHD Reading is a Chrome reading extension built for ADHD and neurodivergent readers. On web pages it applies bionic reading, semantic bold, and semantic highlight to steer your eyes toward the meaningful parts of each sentence, while typography controls (font size, line height, paragraph width, and more) reduce the “wall of text” feeling. Unlike manual highlighters, emphasis is generated in bulk from semantic rules; you can also turn on line or paragraph focus to quiet sidebars and clutter. Processing is primarily local, so it fits news, blogs, and online document-style pages you open in the browser.
Key Features
- Bionic reading: bolds the start of word segments to keep your gaze moving through sentences.
- Semantic bold: highlights higher-information words so you do not read every word flatly.
- Semantic highlight: adds soft background marks on phrases for quick scanning.
- Typography controls: adjust font size, letter spacing, line height, paragraph width, and indent.
- Strength presets: switch Light / Medium / Heavy in one tap, with custom tuning available.
- Focus mode: highlights the current line or paragraph and lowers surrounding visual noise.
Use Cases
- Students reading papers or course pages in a Chromium browser use medium emphasis plus line focus to reduce skipped lines.
- Editors reviewing web drafts use semantic bold to catch sentence cores, then tweak spacing per site to ease eye strain.
- Developers reading long API docs enable typography presets when dense blocks feel visually overwhelming.
- Professionals skimming industry reports or webmail use a light preset to pull out conclusion sentences faster.
- Parents reading along on the web can disable optimization or change presets on specific sites when layout conflicts appear.
Who is it for?
- ADHD or neurodivergent readers who get distracted or fatigued on long web articles and want less visual noise.
- People who do daily reading in Chrome, Edge, Brave, or other Chromium-based desktop browsers.
- Users who prefer local processing and do not want to sign up just to try core reading features.
- Not a fit: workflows centered on offline PDFs/ebooks that never open inside a browser.
- May be a mismatch: phone-only readers who need a standalone mobile app (the site currently emphasizes the desktop extension).
How It Compares to Similar Tools?
- Versus generic “reader mode / ad stripper” extensions, it focuses on in-body semantic emphasis and ADHD-oriented typography, not only hiding page chrome.
- Versus manual highlight plugins, the difference is automatic, sentence-level batch emphasis instead of hand-painted colors.
- If you need a cross-device note library or team annotation workflow, this is closer to personal reading comfort than a knowledge base tool.
- If you want every typography slider and per-site auto-apply for free, note that fuller controls are typically in Pro; the free tier still includes three emphasis modes and Light/Medium/Heavy presets.
FAQs
Q: Do I need an account to use ADHD Reading?
A: No for basic use. The site stresses local processing; reading content and settings stay on your device and reading history is not uploaded (as implemented on your build).
Q: Which browsers are supported?
A: Chrome plus Chromium browsers such as Edge and Brave. A mobile app is on the roadmap; the current focus is the desktop extension.
Q: What is the main difference between Free and Pro?
A: Free includes three emphasis modes and Light/Medium/Heavy presets. Pro generally unlocks full typography sliders, finer focus overlay controls, per-site memory, and auto-apply (check in-extension copy for your plan).
Q: How is it different from a normal web highlighter?
A: It combines semantic emphasis with typography tuning to reduce visual crowding and wandering eyes, rather than relying on manual coloring alone.
