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Reader
Can I read this article without the page around it?
The article is cloned into our own closed shadow root and scrubbed by a keep list rather than by removal, so what ends up on screen is what survived an allow-list instead of what a blocklist happened to catch. The page underneath is not touched at all: no class, no style, no removed node.
Reach itPress ⌘+K on any tab and type reader.Ctrl+Kon Windows and Linux
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What this actually is
the page stripped to its text, as a reader mode sees itOn a long article, and on any page where the reading is the point and the layout is not. The read-aloud is also the fastest way to hear whether copy scans, which is a different test from reading it.
Asked about this tool
4 of themDoes it modify the page?
No. The article is cloned into our own host with a closed shadow root and the document is untouched, which is why closing the reader leaves nothing behind.
Why does read-aloud skip code blocks?
Because a synthesiser reading a minified function is noise, and the sheet says code was left out rather than silently jumping past it.
It says there is nothing to read. Why?
The extractor found no article - usually a page that is an application rather than a document. It answers false and keeps whatever was already on screen rather than showing an empty sheet.
Do links inside the reader work?
Yes, and every one opens in a new tab. URLs are resolved and anything that is not http, https, mailto or tel is dropped.
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Chromelisting in reviewFirefoxlisting in reviewBravelisting in reviewOperalisting in reviewEdgelisting in review4 moreChromium browsers: Arc, Vivaldi, Chromium, Opera GXthe Chrome build63 of these · no host permissions · three free audits