Summari, Wordtune, Start.me, & More

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Alex Brogan
November 27, 2022 • Read Time: 7 minutes

Welcome to the new friends of the A Players newsletter who have joined us since last week!

This Week: 10 incredible free chrome extensions

Summari helps you read more in less time—it captures insights from virtually any text in seconds.

Includes:

• News & Articles

• Newsletters & Blogs

• Magazines

• and more

You can even make one-minute summaries when sharing a link to reading materials!

Wordtune is an AI-powered writing tool that understands what you’re trying to say, and suggests ways to make your writing more clear, compelling, and authentic.

It helps you:

• Spend less time editing

• Write with confidence

• Expand vocabulary

• Write clearly

Start.me turn your Chrome New Tab Page into a personalized dashboard with all your favourite links and websites.

Features:

• Change your new tab to start.me page

• Search your bookmarks easily

• Import browser bookmarks directly to start.me

Sick of not knowing where to save books, songs, articles or whatever else you come across when you’re browsing? Raindrop.io is for you.

Features:

• Save anything from the web

• Make thematic collections and suggested tags

• Sort items by date, title, or site

Do you get caught scrolling newsfeeds on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social sites? You’re not the only one.

NFE removes the feed on these sites and replaces it with an inspirational quote.

All of a sudden you’ll get hours of your day back.

What if staying focused meant planting real trees on planet Earth?

Forest team partners with a real-tree planting organization to plant trees when you focus.

It’s like a phone game that gives you time rather than taking it away from you.

Get notifications, read, listen to or delete emails without opening Gmail and easily manage multiple accounts.

Not having to leave the window you’re in to respond to emails is a massive time saver.

You’ll work faster and more efficiently with Check Plus.

Momentum has been my longest-standing chrome extension—it turns your New Tab page into a focused, productive dashboard.

Features:

• Save links

• Choose powerful quotes

• View beautiful scenery daily

• Have your to-do list readily available

If you work in a team or teach, you will benefit from Screenity—it’s the most powerful screen recorder for Chrome.

You can:

• Make unlimited recordings of anything on your computer

• Annotate freely on-screen

• Export to anywhere

• Highlight clicks

Stop typing long messages. Use a voice note instead!

With Mote, you can:

• Easily add voice comments and audio to any documents

• Create voice notes for any website or app

• Embed recordings in Notion or Google

• Integrate with all your favourite apps

There you have it, 10 of the most useful chrome extensions I've used.

I hope you found these as helpful as I have.

Stay curious,

Alex

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