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Textise - removes everything from a webpage except its text (and links) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by syzizeky@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Do y'all know about textise? I don't see mention of it come up in a quick search. https://www.textise.net/

It can be used with the duckduckgo bang !textise

It also works over Tor, where I can use it as a proxy to avoid Cloudflare checkpoints.

I don't think that it is open source but not completely sure.

Copy from the site intro:

Textise is a new way of looking at the Web. It’s an internet tool that removes everything from a web page except for its text. In practice, this means that images, forms, scripts, adverts, they all go, leaving plain text. Find out more here... (https://textise.wordpress.com/about-textise/)

How to use this page

Type or paste the URL of a web page into the box below and click "Textise". A text only version of the web page will be displayed.

Type a search term into the box, select a search engine from the drop-down list, and click "Search". You will be taken to a text only version of the search results.

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[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Why use this over Reading Mode?

[–] syzizeky@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My use case is to access text and link content on a web page anonymously over Tor without getting blocked by Cloudflare.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Quite elaborate, but fair enough

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I don’t think all websites supports read mode.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does textise support what Reader mode doesn't? If reader mode can't determine the central content, does textise have more logic to so so?

Given the wording I also want to point out a website doesn't have to actively explicitly support reader mode. They only have to follow html website standards marking their content - a general accessibility approach too.

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Technically, you’re correct.

However, many websites doesn’t follow the appropriate HTML standards and just abuse h1 and p.

I just tried it with Google.com and it seems to remove all html notations other than text.

It useful in some cases such as wordpress one-page websites which have their story, mission, products, etc..

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good point. Though I have to say, I'm not a fan of what uBlock Origin shows me when visiting Textise

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Another issue with reader mode is that it often doesn't work with comment sections (which I often download for reading on my e-reader).

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer Tranquility Reader add-on (no need for a 3rd party service). Firefox' native Reader Mod is not compatible with addons, like translation ones. Tranquility Reader is a bit more configurable too, but that's just an extra.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does the new natively integrated translation feature work with it?

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Update: The native local translation is indeed compatible with Tranquility Reader add-on. They work with both combinations of:

First translate the page, then enable Tranquility mode
First enable Tranquility mode, then translate the page

See screenshot

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Good to know, that's pretty cool then

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

EDIT-2: It works

EDIT: I was wrong, as pointed below, it's a core feature: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation

~~If you mean the official addon Firefox Translations (AFAIK there is no real native translation on FF, but let me know if I'm wrong), I just did a quick test and it seems to work.~~

See screenshot

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

It's a core feature now.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Version 118 integrated translations based on this exact addon, I believe. Same project behind it, Bergamot

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also why does Android not have this? I keep going to press it and nothing's there

[–] disheveledWallaby@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just tried it in Firefox for Android and it worked for me.

https://Lemmy.world !textise

opened up to

https://www.textise.net/showText.aspx?strURL=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2F