Brain Break - 2 new tools for learning to read

Brain Break Popup (Chrome extension) and Brain Break Bookmarks (website).

Both are intended for readers of any age who are learning to read—children, teenagers, and adults alike.

Brain Break Popup opens a full-screen prompt on a schedule. Learners see the word, an image, hear the word, then type the word. Once correct they continue browsing refreshed.

Demo

Brain Break Bookmarks allows you to create a visual set of bookmarks which run google searches. When the bookmark is clicked, the phrase is displayed and spoken. Typing it correctly will then open a new tab to run the google search on that phrase.

Demo

Timed breaks

You choose how often a break appears. Each one is short and focused on one word at a time.

Built for learners

Pick who is learning and which subject the words come from. Manage lists and images from settings.

Optional account

Brain Break Bookmarks

The second product: create a bookmarks page of google searches. Click a bookmark, type its phrase, then open search in a new tab. Great for curated topic pages—no Chrome extension required.

Try free demo About Bookmarks Open bookmarks

How it works · FAQ

Brain Break Popup — install the extension

Brain Break Popup ships as an unpacked Chrome extension today. Download the zip, unzip it once, then load the folder in Chrome (Developer mode). For a wide public release, publishing to the Chrome Web Store is the usual next step.

Try popup demo Download extension (zip)

Download and unzip — you should see manifest.json at the top level of the folder.
Open chrome://extensions and turn on Developer mode.
Click Load unpacked and choose that folder (the one containing manifest.json).
The packaged extension uses https://brainbreak.dbweb.com.au as the API by default (DEFAULT_API_ORIGIN in the extension source). For local development, set extension storage bbApiOrigin to your dev server (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:3010).