WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader
WebOutLoud: Text to Speech for Easy Web Listening
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- https://weboutloud.io/
- https://wol.io.dev.weboutloud.io/
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Extension summary
Listen to the web using text to speech to assist with comprehension--to give your eyes a break.
New in 2024 - AI-Powered website summaries (otherwise known as TLDR). This feature allows you to generate a concise summary of any webpage with a click.
WebOutLoud reads websites out loud using the free voices that are already available in your web browser with the option to upgrade your experience to include Premium voices. No text selection is required. It will automatically continue reading paragraph after paragraph. Not only that, it will highlight words as it reads them and remember where you left off.
Give your eyes a break! Just navigate to any web page and hit play. WebOutLoud will read web pages using text to speech.
- It reads pretty much any webpage you can throw at it.
- Highlights words and paragraphs as it reads.
- Summarize websites with AI (requires premium subscription).
- Tell the app where to begin reading using Touch Assist, or enable the powerful Reader Mode to isolate readable content automatically.
- Dozens of voices to choose from (selection of free voices is dependent on operating system and extensions.)
The WebOutLoud browser extension for Chrome is free to use with the voices that are built-in to your browser. Premium voices and the AI website summary feature require a premium subscription.
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spammy, or outdated.- Works well with emails, newsletters, web pages, and PDFs
- Voice was described as natural and easy to listen to
- Features like highlighting words and skipping sections are beneficial for focus
- Improving with new features over time
- Simple and useful for daily tasks
- Requires sign-up and downloading an iPhone app for use
- Unnatural and broken speech at times, making it hard to listen
- Some technical issues, like the app not turning on or getting stuck
- Limited free English voice options and lack of shortcut keys
- Some mispronunciations that can be distracting
- Requires sign-up and downloading an iPhone app
- Unnatural and broken speech
- Works well with various types of content
- Features for enhancing user experience (highlighting, skipping)
- Constant improvement and new features
User reviews
Pizza Sauce, 2024-06-25 
Timothy Fasanya, 2024-03-30 
Brent Edens, 2024-01-05Extension safety
Risk impact
WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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