TabSpeech - Text-to-Speech Chrome Extension
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Extension summary
Text-to-Speech the text in the displayed tab using Web Speech API.
- Usage:
- Select the range where you want to start reading
- Click the PageAction icon (the black “reading” icon in the upper right) and press the “Speech” button
Press Stop to stop reading, Pause to pause, and Resume to resume from pause. Also, if you select "Start (Repeat)", the speech will start again from the beginning after there are no more characters to speak. Pressing "Options" opens the TabSpeech settings page.
We are developing at: https://github.com/limura/TabSpeech/
The author is Japanese and can hardly speak foreign languages. I would be happy if you could help with translation work and other corrections. Please refer to the Japanese section for the detailed update history.
User reviews
- Easy to use
- Japanese language support is strong
- Utilizes Microsoft voice engine, allowing for better pronunciation
- Context menu feature works effectively
- Useful for reading long text or novels
- Flaky and buggy functionality
- Incompatibility issues with other extensions
- Text-to-speech stops working unexpectedly
- Limited speed adjustment options
- Many sites are not supported for reading
- Read Aloud functionality conflict
- Problems with saving settings
- Inconsistent performance across browsers
- Desire for better handling of line breaks
- Need for improved reading speed options
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Extension safety
Risk impact
TabSpeech requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
TabSpeech is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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