FoldSum On-demand Text Summarization for Improved Reading Efficiency

What is FoldSum?

FoldSum is a browser extension designed to enhance reading efficiency by summarizing selected text directly on web pages. It leverages web-based ChatGPT or POE as its summarization and translation engine, requiring no extra token costs. The tool replaces the original text inline with the generated summary, and supports layered nested summaries.

FoldSum offers multi-language support, allowing users to translate summarized content in one step. The extension is available for Chrome-based browsers such as Chrome, Brave, and Arc. It is designed to be user-friendly, and provides improved web reading speed.

Features

Unlimited Summarization: Summarizes unlimited selected text in any webpage.
Inline Replacement: Replaces selected text with the generated summary.
Nested Summaries: Supports layered nested summaries.
Multi-language Support: Translates summarized content into multiple languages.
ChatGPT and POE Support: Uses web-based ChatGPT and POE as the summarization engine.
Token Free: No extra token cost for summarization and translation.

Use Cases

Quickly understanding the main points of articles.
Improving reading speed and comprehension.
Translating and summarizing text in one step.
Efficiently processing large amounts of online text.
Researching and gathering information from multiple sources.

FAQs

Which browsers does FoldSum support?

FoldSum supports Chrome, Brave, Arc, and other Chrome-based browsers.
How do I turn off the floating button?

The floating summary button in the selection area of the page can be turned on or off on the plugin settings page. After turning it off, you can still use the same function by right-clicking on the selected text and selecting "Summarize and translate the selected text" from the browser menu.
How do I switch the translation language?

You can choose the language to which the summary is translated on the plugin settings page.
Does FoldSum collect user information?

FoldSum does not collect any user information. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy.
What happens if I open both POE and ChatGPT at the same time?

FoldSum will use the latest opened POE or ChatGPT page as the "Agent" page for summary generation by default.