YouTube Auto WPM Speed by Nikita Denissov

YouTube Auto WPM Speed intelligently manages playback for you, creating a seamless and comfortable viewing experience.

This extension analyzes the subtitles of a video in real-time to calculate the speaker's Words Per Minute (WPM). It then automatically adjusts the video speed to match your personally set target WPM.

Benefits & Features:

• True Automatic Control: Forget manual speed changes. The extension does all the work, speeding up low parts and maintaining a steady pace during fast-paced dialogue.
• Fully Customizable: Set your ideal target WPM, maximum/minimum speeds, and even the calculation window (from per-phrase accuracy to overall video speed) through a clean popup menu.
• Smart & Unobtrusive:
  • Automatically fetches subtitles in the background without you needing to enable them.
  • Detects videos without subtitles and gracefully switches to a configurable manual mode.
  • Caches subtitles to work instantly on page reload.
• Manual Override & Hotkeys: Instantly take control with your mouse wheel over the on-screen widget or use fully configurable hotkeys to switch modes and adjust speeds on the fly.
• Minimalist UI: A sleek, unobtrusive overlay in the top-left corner shows the current WPM and speed, with a pleasant color gradient to indicate the pace, designed to blend in perfectly with the YouTube interface.

Full Keyboard Control (Hotkeys)

Take command without leaving the video player. All hotkeys are fully customizable in your browser's extension settings (about:addons).

• Alt + A: Instantly toggle between Auto (WPM) and Manual speed mode.
• Alt + Up / Down: Adjust the Max/Manual Speed limit by 0.2x.
• Alt + . / ,: Fine-tune your Target WPM by 10.
• Alt + G: Switch between per-window calculation and Global Mode (one speed for the entire video).

Whether you're learning from tutorials, watching lectures, or catching up on vlogs, Auto WPM Speed helps you absorb information more efficiently by eliminating distracting speed adjustments.