TabSpeech

Name: TabSpeech
Rating: 4.333333333333333 (21 reviews)
Author: IIMURA Takuji

Read the text on the displayed tab

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TabSpeech is a handy Chrome extension that converts the text on your current browser tab into speech using the Web Speech API. Simply select the text range you want read aloud, click the extension's icon, and press "Speech" to start listening. It offers intuitive playback controls including Stop, Pause, Resume, and an option to repeat the reading from the beginning. Users can also customize settings via the Options page to enhance their listening experience. This extension is ideal for users seeking hands-free reading or accessibility support while browsing. The project is open-source and actively developed on GitHub, inviting contributions especially for translation and improvements.

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Version:

2.1 Last updated: 2025-02-27

Creation date:

2020-05-18

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Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
storage
tts
tabs
offscreen

Size:

101.00KB

Email:

li*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 15,778 ▲ 168

Other rankings

#1092 in Accessibility #56 in press keyword 19 ▼ 7 #97 in speech to text keyword 45 ▼ 6 #116 in text to speech keyword 71 ▼ 10 #122 in speech keyword 71 ▼ 12

User reviews

Users appreciate TabSpeech for its Japanese language support, user-friendly features like context menu selection, and superior reading quality compared to standard Windows accessibility tools. It is especially valued for listening to novels and long-form text. However, users report conflicts with Edge Read Aloud, occasional failures to start from the toolbar icon, issues with saving settings, incomplete reading on some sites, and initial setup difficulties. Overall, it is a promising tool with room for stability and usability improvements.

Pros

Supports Japanese language well and is designed by Japanese developers, improving readability for Japanese users.
Allows reading selected text via context menu, providing user flexibility.
Offers customizable settings such as forced scrolling and shortcut keys for convenience.
Provides better reading quality compared to standard accessibility read-aloud functions on Windows, including improved punctuation handling.
Useful for listening to novels and long texts, which helps reduce eye strain.

Cons

Conflicts with Edge browser's Read Aloud feature, causing only one to work at a time.
Extension sometimes fails to start from the toolbar icon in Chrome, though context menu reading still works.
Settings are sometimes not saved properly, requiring reinstallation or cache clearing.
Reads only about 100 characters or stops reading partway through on some sites.
Initial setup or usage can be confusing due to lack of clear guidance on starting and pausing speech.

Recent reviews

右クリックからの「選択範囲のみを発話」が機能しません。Win11、クロームは最新版です。確認すべき設定項目があれば教えてもらえると助かります。なお、ツールバーからの発話は使えています。追記こんなに早く対応していただけるなんて。感謝します。 CaptionSpeakerも便利に使わせていただいています！

S *****, 2024-05-24

saveで設定が保存できなくなってしまいました win10 chrome Speakerの選択だけ保存ができてその下がsaveを押してもページを開き直すと戻ってしまっている返信＞＞ PCの再起動とキャッシュクリアと削除してインストールしなおしも試しましたが設定をsaveできません saveできるようになりました！ありがとうございました！

ヴォ*****, 2024-05-11

小説を自動読上げで聞くのに、アンドロイドの「小説を聞こう」が便利なので windows11で同様なアプリを探したが日本語対応の良いものがないようでした。　アクセシビリティの読み上げは長文を読ませるには全く向いておらず、短文での発音もおかしいので諦め。　次にアンドロイドエミュレータGlueStacksでwindows でも小説を聞こうを使おうとしましたが、 google標準のTTSエンジンが作動せず、動いたのは他の有料TTSエンジンだけ。 550-780円かけて無料のグーグルと大差ないようなので不採用。　クロムの機能拡張ならあるか？とTTSを検索してこれを見つけました。 TTSエンジン自体はwindows のものでアクセシビリティの読み上げと同じだが、この機能拡張から使用した方が区切りや句読点処理がまともに聞こえるようです。設定から辞書指定ができて、標準のままでWINの読み上げより賢い「読み」をします。 WEB小説で次話にページを進める機能などは無いので、WEB小説特化した、あるいはサイトの構成に対応する便利機能がつけば　★5

eg*****, 2024-02-15

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TabSpeech requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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