What you end up with
Dripwriter Origin running in your browser, on your own computer. It is free, and it stays free — there is no account, no trial and no subscription at the end of this.
- Time
- About 3 minutes
- Steps
- 5
- Cost
- Free
Install Dripwriter Origin
Open the Chrome Web Store listing
Use Chrome or another Chromium browser (Edge, Brave, Arc) — Firefox and Safari can't install it.
Open the listingYou know this worked when: The Dripwriter Origin store page is open
Add it to your browser
Click “Add to Chrome”, then confirm with “Add extension” in the small dialog.
You know this worked when: The button changes to “Remove from Chrome”
Pin it to the toolbar
Click the puzzle-piece icon by the address bar, then the pin next to Dripwriter Origin.
You know this worked when: The Dripwriter icon sits in your toolbar
Open a Google Doc
Any document works — a blank one is fine.
Open Google DocsYou know this worked when: A document is open in Google Docs
Try it in the document
Click the Dripwriter icon and paste some text — it types it into the Doc at a human pace.
You know this worked when: Pasted text is being typed into your document
If something goes wrong
Nothing here can damage your computer, and every step can be run again safely. If a command fails, the usual cause is the step before it not having finished.
Still stuck? Tell us what happened and we will fix the guide. Include the step number and we can usually reproduce it.