Glint Reader is a Chrome extension published by Navica LLC. It reads web pages aloud with word highlighting. This policy explains what it handles. The short version: it collects nothing, and it sends nothing to us.
What the extension reads
- Page text, only when you start it. The extension can't see a page until you press the shortcut, click its toolbar icon, or choose Read aloud from the right-click menu on that tab. It then reads the visible text of that page so it can speak it and highlight each word. The text is used on the spot and is never stored or sent to us.
What the extension stores
These are kept in Chrome's own extension storage on your computer:
- Your settings: voice, reading speed, and highlight colors. These use Chrome's sync storage, so if you have turned on Chrome sync, Google syncs them between your own browsers.
- Measured top speeds: the name of each voice you measured and how fast it can go. This stays on this computer only.
Removing the extension deletes both.
Voices
Glint Reader comes with four built-in voices, marked “Glint built-in” in the settings. They run entirely on your computer. The voice model is part of the extension, so nothing is downloaded and no text leaves your computer when you use them.
The extension can also speak through Chrome's text to speech feature. On-device voices, such as the voices built into macOS and Windows, speak entirely on your computer. Some voices are online voices, marked “Online” in the settings. When you choose one, Chrome sends the text being spoken to that voice's provider, such as Google, to turn it into speech. That provider's privacy policy covers that text. Choose an on-device voice if you want nothing to leave your computer.
What we never do
- We don't collect, sell, or share any data. The extension has no servers, no account, and no analytics.
- The extension doesn't read pages you haven't started it on, and it doesn't keep any record of the pages you read.
- It loads no code or voice data from outside the extension.
Open source
Glint Reader is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3. Its source code is at github.com/other-max/read-in-place.
Contact
Questions: max@navica.llc
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new effective date.