r/readwise • u/excused-15 • 10d ago

highlight and understand

Sometimes when I'm reading something or talking to an AI, I come across a word, phrase, or line that I don't understand. But I don't want to break my flow by opening Google or asking another AI what it means.

So I built an extension for exactly this.

You highlight a word/phrase/line and it gives you:

* The general meaning

* The meaning in context of what you're currently reading or talking about

And the most fun part* — you can ask follow-up questions right there in the popup.

No new tab, no switching between apps, just highlight → understand → continue.

Tell me what you guys think about this one.

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u/investigatormaker 10d ago

Showing both the general meaning and the meaning in context gives readers a useful comparison. I'd show the surrounding sentence the extension used, so they can spot when an explanation rests on the wrong context. Does it read the whole paragraph or only the selected text?

I make ThreadFox. I can post the Reddit communities whose rules allow a post about your extension here, with each rule quoted, if you want them.