Extension Tracker

Read The Web

500,000 users Rated 2.72 from 47 ratings Last updated 6 Oct 2026

By Kurzweil Education Inc. Live in the Chrome Web Store hdgegmlancchhhlkkddoiedlklgocffm Search Google ↗ Last checked 11 Nov 2026, 22:33 UTC

The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check

Text-to-speech for Web ContentSummary from the listing
Developer
Kurzweil Education Inc.
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Trusted. What this means →
Category
Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility
First published
8 Sep 2016
Last updated
6 Oct 2026
Version
4.1.7
Size
2.42 MiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
3 languages

English, Nederlands, français

Website
kurzweiledu.com
Support page
https://kurzweiledu.com/help/technical-support.html
See Chrome Web Store page ↗ View its code or download CRX ↗
Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
500K550K600KTracking began 27 Sep 202627 Sep4 Oct11 Oct18 Oct25 Oct1 Nov8 Nov2026-09-27: 500,000 users2026-11-05: 600,000 users2026-11-11: 500,000 users2026-10-07: new version500,000500K550K600KTracking began27 Sep18 Oct8 Nov2026-09-27: 500,000 users2026-11-05: 600,000 users2026-11-11: 500,000 users2026-10-07: new version500K
Average rating
2.702.8027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov2.722.702.8027 Sep18 Oct8 Nov2.72
Number of ratings
4727 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov474727 Sep18 Oct8 Nov47
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-11-11500,0002.7247
2026-11-05600,0002.7247
2026-10-07–2.7247
2026-10-03–2.7247
2026-09-27500,0002.7247
Users, 7 days
−100,000
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
–
needs a month of history
Rank
#448
by users, of 292,131 extensions
In its category
#36
of 8,374 in Accessibility

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

  1. New version 4.1.7, replacing 4.1.5.

Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 27 Sep 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Every websiteIt can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.
Sites
  • <all_urls>Every website
  • http://*/*Every website
  • https://*/*Every website
Sites where it runs scripts
  • *://*/*Every website
  • *://docs.google.com/document/*docs.google.com
Browser features
  • activeTabThe tab you're on, only after you click the extension
  • identitySign you in with your Google account
  • nativeMessagingTalk to programs installed on your computer
  • scriptingRun scripts on sites it can reach
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser
  • tabsRead the addresses and titles of your tabs

About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 11 Nov 2026, 22:33 UTC; next check around 19 Nov 2026.

How we collect the data

Cite this page

Citation
Extension Tracker. “Read The Web” (hdgegmlancchhhlkkddoiedlklgocffm). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hdgegmlancchhhlkkddoiedlklgocffm. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_hdgegmlancchhhlkkddoiedlklgocffm,
  title   = {Read The Web (hdgegmlancchhhlkkddoiedlklgocffm)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hdgegmlancchhhlkkddoiedlklgocffm},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.

Browse

Top lists

Productivity

Lifestyle

Make Chrome Yours