REden

Reading edition

Find the core. Follow the meaning.

REden helps you focus on the words that carry a sentence’s meaning. By bringing its essential structure into view or gently softening less important words, it is designed to support faster reading and clearer understanding—while keeping the full text in place.

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Status Download the extension and backend below.

The demonstration

One sentence, four ways to read.

After the rain stopped, the students carefully examined the old map in the library.

Reading mode

Words are never hidden. Even the lightest tone stays readable.

  1. 01 · Original

    Start with the sentence as written.

    No emphasis at all.

    After the rain stopped, the students carefully examined the old map in the library.

  2. 02 · Sentence Structure

    See who does what.

    After the rain stopped, the students carefully examined the old map in the library.

  3. 03 · Importance Fade

    Let the main idea stand out.

    After the rain stopped, the students carefully examined the old map in the library.

  4. 04 · Sentence Tree

    See how the sentence is built.

    After the rain stopped, the students carefully examined the old map in the library.

  5. 05 · Word check

    Spot the words you might not know.

    After the rain stopped, the students carefully examined the old map in the library.

Note Illustrative demonstration. This sentence is marked up by hand; it is not live language analysis.

Designed to fit the page

Different pages. A familiar reading experience.

REden’s themes can adapt to the background of the website you’re reading.

Page background

Illustrative: the same emphasis on a light and a dark page.

After the rain stopped, the students carefully examined the old map in the library.

Available in the preview

Emphasis shaped by words and meaning.

REden combines sentence structure with word frequency and word parts to choose which letters to bold. Important words receive stronger emphasis, while the full text stays visible.

Future direction

More languages. More ways to understand.

Our long-term goal is to bring REden to more languages.

Languages build sentences differently, so subject–verb–object will not apply the same way everywhere.

Developer preview

Get the extension.

One file for Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox.

Download the extension (.zip) Download the backend (.zip)

Chrome

  1. Unzip the extension file.
  2. Open chrome://extensions and turn on Developer mode.
  3. Choose Load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder.

Microsoft Edge

  1. Unzip the extension file.
  2. Open edge://extensions and turn on Developer mode.
  3. Choose Load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder.

Firefox

  1. Unzip the extension file.
  2. Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
  3. Choose Load Temporary Add-on and pick manifest.json in the folder.

Needs the backend

Unzip the backend, run pip install -r requirements.txt, then python server.py.

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