Read with your scroll wheel
FingerRead highlights text one character or one word at a time as you turn the scroll wheel. Select a passage, scroll, and the highlight follows your hand. No text-to-speech, no preset reading speed — you control both pace and position.
What it does
- Select, then scroll. The highlight advances through your selection and keeps scrolling your hand in any direction.
- Character or word stepping. Chinese steps by character by default; a word mode keeps Chinese words intact and degrades gracefully to characters for unknown words.
- Handles real pages. Shadow DOM, nested scrolling containers, dynamically loaded content, and
contenteditableeditors are supported. If the text changes under you, the session is dropped rather than left stale. - Your hand sets the pace. A gain curve reads fast scrolls as skips and slow scrolls as single steps, with a short pause at sentence ends.
- Your text stays yours. The reading pipeline runs entirely in the page. Page content is never uploaded — see Privacy.
Pricing
Prices are shown excluding taxes. Taxes (VAT/GST/sales tax) are calculated at checkout based on your billing country, and purchases are processed by our merchant of record.
New accounts get a 7-day trial with every feature unlocked — no card required.
How to buy
- Install FingerRead from your browser's extension store.
- Open the extension's options page and sign in with your email — we send a 6-digit code, no password to remember.
- Pick a plan. Payment opens in a separate page; your membership activates automatically once the payment completes.
Your membership is tied to your email account, not to a device, so the same purchase works on every browser and computer you sign in from.
FAQ
Does it read the text aloud?
No. FingerRead is a visual highlight, not text-to-speech. It is designed for people who read faster than a fixed speaking rate and want the screen to keep up with their eyes.
Do you see the pages I read?
No. Highlighting happens inside the page you are reading. The extension talks to our server only to check your membership status. Page content, URLs, and selections are never sent.
How many devices can I use?
As many as you like. Your membership is attached to your email account, not to a device or an installation.
What is the trial, and do I need a card?
New accounts get 7 days with all features enabled, including word stepping. No card and no payment details are needed to start the trial.
Which browsers and languages?
Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, and others) and Firefox. The interface and documentation are in Chinese; character and word stepping work for any language, with word segmentation tuned for Chinese.
Can I get a refund?
Yes — see the refund policy. In short: 14 days from your first purchase, no questions asked.
What happens if I lose access to my email?
Write to hi@microstep.today and we will help you move the membership to another address you control.
中文说明
FingerRead 是一个浏览器扩展:选中一段文字后,用鼠标滚轮逐字或逐词推进高亮。
不做语音朗读,也没有预设语速——节奏完全由你的手控制。支持 Shadow DOM、
嵌套滚动容器、动态加载内容和 contenteditable 编辑器;正文永远不上传。
价格为不含税价,结账时按账单国家计算税费;付款由我们的 Merchant of Record 处理。 新账号赠送 7 天试用,无需绑定支付方式。会员绑定邮箱账号,不绑定设备。
| 方案 | 人民币 | 美元 |
|---|---|---|
| 买断 | ¥68 | $12.99 |
| 年付 | ¥28 | $5.99 |
| 月付 | ¥6 | $1.29 |