Read Text

This extension allows your browser to read out loud the text on any page!

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-06-22 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 53
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2018-06-10)
Creation date: 2018-06-10
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tts
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
Size: 78.17K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Let your browser read text out loud for you. You can type anything you want in the extension user interface and press play. If you are already on a web page and you want the extension to read out some text, simply select the text by highlighting it, right click, and then select the item "Read Text".

This app is extremely easy to use. It also allows you to customize the text being read to your desired speed, pitch and volume. Not only that, you can even change the language of the text being read. You can change the language to Italian while the text is in English, then the browser will read it with an Italian accent. So many fun and productive things can be done with this app. Don't forget to right click on the extension and change the options to your customized setting.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Read Text requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Read Text is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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