Txtpen – web highlights and in-text comments

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Txtpen is a web tool that lets users highlight text and add comments directly within web pages. Launched in 2017, it enables readers to mark important passages and attach notes to specific sections of online content. The service is designed for anyone who wants to annotate and organize information while browsing the web, making it useful for research, reading, and collaborative note-taking on internet articles and pages.

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