Simple reading tools available where your eyes and mind already are.
The extension
Inkteract: A Free Chrome Extension
The Reading Tax
Every lookup or mental hiccup charges a small tax.
Across 10+ pages, the reading taxes add up to poorer reading comprehension and a less satisfying reading experience.
INKTERACT
READING RECEIPT
ONE ARTICLE10+ PAGES
- TIME TAXPAID
- ENERGY TAXPAID
- THINKING TAXPAID
- ATTENTION TAXPAID
- VISUAL TAXPAID
- PREREQUISITE TAXPAID
- TRUST AND SAFETY TAXPAID
- EMOTIONAL TAXPAID
TOTALYOUR TRAIN
OF THOUGHT
THANK YOU FOR READING
Time Tax
The new tab you open to look up one word, then finding your place again.
Energy Tax
Eyes travelling from a sentence to a footnote or glossary and back.
Thinking Tax
A thread of thought that snaps while you search for what a term means.
Attention Tax
Looking away from the line to another window to find an answer.
Visual Tax
An instrument or specimen you can't picture from its name alone.
Prerequisite Tax
An acronym, unit or currency that locks the sentence until you decode it.
Trust and Safety Tax
Checking whether a source, claim or figure can be believed before you read on.
Emotional Tax
The resilience you spend on a page whose tone is hostile, loaded or hard to read.
How Inkteract works
Three small moves, and you're back to reading.
Hover mouse
A small “ghost” icon appears
Click the icon.
A card pops up near your text with reading aid tools
Read on.
Keep your eyes where they are
Features
What's in the card.
Understand the text
Picture and convert
Inkteract opens to readers in spring 2027. Join the waitlist and we'll email you when it's ready.