Clearly Reader

Clearly Reader

Clearly Reader is a browser and mobile reading assistant that removes distractions, provides AI-powered summaries and skimming, text-to-speech, translation, customizable themes and fonts, and export integrations to note apps and read-later services.

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Clearly Reader is an AI-enhanced reading assistant available as browser extensions and an iOS app that aims to return users to focused reading by removing distractions, providing readability modes, and offering audio playback. It is targeted at people who read web articles and want features like AI summaries, skimmable gists, translation, customizable themes and fonts, and export options to note-taking and read-later services.

The product is distributed as installable browser extensions (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) and an iOS app, and highlights integrations and export to third-party services such as Craft, Obsidian, Pocket, and Instapaper.

Browser extension and web app for distraction-free online reading with AI features.

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Key Features

Readability

Remove advertisements, floating texts and other distractions to provide a distraction-free reading mode.

AI Reader / Skim Mode

AI-powered features including instant AI gist (Alt+S), summaries, keyword reading, TL;DRs, key points and outlines.

Audibility / Text-to-Speech

Browser TTS and Microsoft engine support with configurable voice, rate and pitch for listening to articles.

Translate

Quickly translate text word-by-word or by paragraph.

Themes & Styling

Multiple themes including dark and light modes; customizable fonts, font sizes, line spacing and colors.

Export & Copy

Export or copy content to formats like PDF, Word, Markdown and more.

Article Clipping & Bookmarks

Clip favorite articles, create bookmarks, RSS entries, or even turn articles into podcasts.

Article Extractor

Extract article outline, links, words, estimated reading time and other metadata.

Third-party Export Integrations

Export to services such as Craft, Obsidian, Pocket, Instapaper and others.

Pricing

Free Tier Available

Get started for free (the site states: 'Get started for free, just one click').

Use Cases

Focused reading

Remove ads and distractions to read long-form web articles more attentively using the readability mode.

Quick article triage

Use Skim mode (Alt+S) to generate an instant gist or TL;DR to decide whether an article is worth a full read.

Listen to content

Use built-in TTS to listen to articles with configurable voice settings for comprehension and retention.

Research and note-taking

Export article content and metadata to tools like Craft and Obsidian for knowledge management and archival.

Translate while reading

Translate words or paragraphs inline to understand content in other languages quickly.

Integrations

Craft

Export article content to Craft for note-taking and organization.

Obsidian

Export article content to Obsidian for knowledge management and linking.

Pocket

Export saved articles to Pocket for read-later workflows.

Instapaper

Export articles to Instapaper as part of read-later and archiving workflows.

Benefits

Reduced distractions and cleaner reading layout for improved focus and comprehension.
Faster consumption and understanding through AI summaries, skimming and TTS playback.
Seamless export and integration with popular note-taking and read-later apps for workflow continuity.

Limitations

No verified limitations are available.

Frequently Asked Questions

No verified FAQs are available.

Getting Started

  1. 1 Visit https://clearlyreader.com/ and click 'Try Clearly Reader' or 'Get started for free'.
  2. 2 Install the appropriate browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) or download the iOS app from the App Store.
  3. 3 Open a web article and use readability, AI Reader (Alt+S), TTS, and export options to configure and use the tool.

Support

docs

Resources page linked from the site (listed as 'Resources').

contact

Contact link available in the site footer (listed as 'Contact').

changelog

Changelog link available in the site footer (listed as 'Changelog').

API

Available: No

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