Talking Clock

Announce the time periodically, set custom recurring reminders and display time.

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Talking Clock is a versatile Chrome extension designed to keep you on schedule with periodic time announcements, customizable recurring reminders, and an easy-to-read clock display. Ideal for professionals like writers, programmers, and remote workers, the extension offers flexible reminder settings with voice announcements and system notifications, helping you manage tasks throughout your day.

Features include customizable time intervals for voice time reminders, multiple reminder types (daily, weekly, monthly, annual), and options to display analog or digital clocks with seconds and date. You can tailor reminder notifications to your preferences, using a combination of Text-to-Speech voices and system notifications to avoid missing important alerts. Additionally, customizable keyboard shortcuts make accessing time and reminders quick and seamless within your browser.

By:: https://guokai.dev
Users:: 10,000+
Rating:: 4.38

(96) 0.02
Version:: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2022-12-29)
Creation date:: 2020-06-02
Risk:: Low risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
unlimitedStorage
alarms
tts
idle
background
notifications
Size:: 265.22K
Email:: gu*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 7,477 ▲ 22

Other rankings

#594 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 9

#7 in clock keyword 35 ▼ 1

#39 in minute keyword 9 ▼ 1

#58 in include keyword 11 ▲ 1

#64 in reminder keyword 22 ▲ 2

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Talking Clock (v1.0.0)

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User reviews

Talking Clock is a useful, simple Chrome extension that announces time and custom reminders with voice, helping users manage schedules effectively. However, multiple users report issues including voice notifications stopping after updates, time display lagging behind system clock by several seconds, low volume of announcements, and occasional failure of reminders to trigger. Users also request features like muting during set hours and more frequent intervals for reminders. Overall, the extension is well-liked but has reliability and feature enhancement needs.

Pros

Provides useful voice announcements of time and reminders
Simple and easy to use
Allows custom text reminders and scheduled announcements
Helps users keep track of time and meetings effectively
Positive voice options, including a pleasant female voice

Cons

Voice announcements sometimes stop working after updates or randomly
Time displayed by the extension lags behind system time by 10-30 seconds
No option to mute sounds during certain hours (sleep-time blacklist)
Volume of voice announcements is low and does not increase with system volume
Custom reminders and time reminders occasionally fail to show notifications or announcements

Recent reviews

TOTALLY UNRELIABLE. When it works, it is fine, but for several years the talking clock only works when it feels like it, so it is completely useless. (Don't trust custom reminders. It will be a disaster) I would donate to Mr Han's otherwise good work, if he could find a way to keep it working, but he can't. From time to time, I give it another try (2022 - 2025) but it is hopeless. My latest attempt (Yet again) has it sending silent notifications but not talking. It is a waste of my time.

David, 2025-04-26

I found a bug. The problem is that this add-on reads all custom reminders every time after starting Google Chrome.

Jurek Pazurek, 2025-03-22

Exactamente lo que buscaba 10/10

Ariel Garcia, 2025-03-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Talking Clock requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.

Risk likelihood

Talking Clock has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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