Transcriber

Phonetic transcription of web pages.

Transcriber Chrome Extension - Phonetic Transcription of Web Pages

Transcriber is a Chrome extension that replaces words on a web page with their phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It helps users learn correct pronunciation and practice language skills. Users can also listen to the pronunciation of transcribed words and get support through the extension's telegram channel.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.36
(11)
Version: 1.9.0 (Last updated: 2024-09-30)
Creation date: 2020-06-26
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • scripting
  • declarativeContent
  • storage
Size: 1.35M
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros
  • Instant transcription of most text
  • Click word to pronounce feature is very useful
  • Works well with various web applications including Google Docs
  • Mouse-over feature displaying spelling is helpful
  • Includes word stress mark which is not provided by similar extensions
Cons
  • Crashes on Discord browser after short use
  • Does not retain font settings and changes font unexpectedly
  • Automatic transcription feature is lacking, requiring manual activation
  • Inconsistent rendering of IPA when scrolling on Twitter or viewing replies
  • Lack of choice for accent in English transcriptions (British/American)
Most mentioned
  • The need for an automatic transcription feature
  • Inconsistencies when typing or scrolling on certain platforms
  • Request for personalization options like accent choice
  • Crashing issue specifically with Discord
  • Issues with font rendering and stress mark conventions
User reviews
Just the fact that is exists is worth five stars. Stellar. Not only does it instantly transcribe most text everywhere, the click word to pronounce feature is genius. Thank you. Of course there are still some rough edges. The ability to set a keyboard extension to quickly turn off the extension and/or the pronunciation feature is needed. Also it would be nice to be able to choose a different ipa font the render. Web apps with lots of text struggle. You can't type text with the extension on because it will translate to ipa mid word while you are typing and thus not translate correctly. And when you scroll on twitter, frequently new text that is loaded does not render as ipa. Also when you click a tweet to see the replys the new page does not render ipa. Fixes for these issues would get the extension to 6/5 stars haha!
by sword 7, 2025-01-13

I really love your extension, beside Discord everything else work perfectly, if you have some spare time could you help me look into it, it keep crashing my discord browser after like 5-10mins of using, appreciate it
by Tankw, 2024-11-12

Hi, please add a feature to auto-transcribe some sites when i access them (can be like a blacklist(only transcribe these) or a whitelist(transcribe everything but these) so i won't have to click the extension button every time, or a feature that would just remember the state of the extension (if it's on or off) for each site independently, or that would just remember the state of the extension globally for all sites for the whole Chrome Anything but just please make it so that i don't have to turn it on every time... Also, how does it know what "accent" to transcribe English text to? Maybe I'm learning a specific pronunciation. Could be cool to choose between British and American transcriptions. Other than that, great extension!
by Bogdan Peregubko, 2024-07-11
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Transcriber does not require any sensitive permissions.

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