Instant Smart Quotes

Replace typewriter quotes, apostrophes, ellipses and dashes with their typographically correct counterparts as you type.

What is Instant Smart Quotes?

Instant Smart Quotes is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your writing quality. This tool replaces common punctuation such as quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, and dashes with their typographically correct alternatives. It supports over 50 languages, with settings saved per page and synchronized across your devices. Ideal for those aiming for a higher standard in their written communication.

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By: Florian Zemke

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.24 (25)

Version: 6.0.0 (Last updated: 2022-09-12)

Creation date: 2020-03-27

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
storage
tabs

Size: 18.02K

Email: fl*****@zemke.io

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23276 ▲ 69

Other rankings

#5055 in Social Networking ▼ 80 #7 in smart keyword 33 ▲ 3 #11 in quote keyword 14 ▲ 3 #255 in toolbar keyword 28 ▼ 10

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Summary

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Instant Smart Quotes is the last extension you will need to write beautiful typographically correct texts.

Support for over 50 languages
Quickly enable and disable the instant replacements from the toolbar
Quickly change the language from the toolbar
All settings are saved per page and synched across all of your devices
Text in backticks will be ignored in favor of Markdown

Depending on which language you have set, the following chars will be replaced for language-specific replacements (comma-separated): ', ", >>, <<

Chars that will be replaced for no matter which language are the following (comma-separated): ', --, ---, ...

This website is a nice manual for English punctuation guidelines:

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Automatically changes text to smart quotes
Supports multiple languages
Helpful for web-based text editing
Compatible with other browsers like Opera
Improves writing aesthetics

Cons

Doesn't work on certain sites (e.g., Archive Of Our Own, messenger.com, WhatsApp's web version, Blogspot/Blogger)
Smart quote conversion does not always function correctly
Doesn’t work with contenteditable elements
Cannot adjust the symbols it replaces
Extension keeps forgetting settings for some sites

Most mentioned

Use in different languages
Issues on certain websites
Improvement in writing aesthetics
Failure to convert every quote
Usefulness in web-based text editing

Recent reviews

Exactly what I wanted for web-based text editors.

SG Gardner, 2022-11-26

I love this extension! I have to report an issue though. For some reason it has stopped working on the Archive Of Our Own website, which is where it's most helpful for me. I'm not sure why!

Agnetha Fältskog, 2022-10-27

very helpful indeed!!! saved me lots of time:)

editrixian, 2022-08-06

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Safety

Risk impact

Instant Smart Quotes is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Instant Smart Quotes if you trust the publisher.