Text to Speech (TTS)

A text to speech tool with natural sounding voices.

What is Text to Speech (TTS)?

Text to Speech (TTS) is a browser extension for Chrome that uses HTML5 TTS APIs to provide a tool that converts selected text into speech. It can work as a standalone tool where users can input text, or within web pages, turning selected text into spoken words at the click of a button. The extension also offers options for adjusting the settings relating to the in-page text-to-speech functionality. With TTS, experience a more accessible and inclusive browsing experience.

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By: Sevina

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 30,000+

Rating: 3.43 (14)

Version: 0.2.7 (Last updated: 2023-09-19)

Creation date: 2020-02-11

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus

Size: 61.90K

Email: se*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 5513 ▼ 34

Other rankings

#889 in Tools ▲ 1 #6 in text to speech keyword 70 ▲ 4 #14 in speech keyword 79 ▲ 2 #45 in speech to text keyword 45 ▲ 9 #170 in interface keyword 6 ▼ 9

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Not available on Firefox

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Summary

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Text to Speech (TTS) is a text-to-speech extension with natural sounding voices by using HTML5 TTS APIs.

You can use this extension in a standalone interface or within web pages. If you press the toolbar button the first interface opens up where you can enter a desired text for TTS. On the other hand, within a webpage, once you select a text, a placeholder speaker icon appears. Once you click the speaker icon, the text-to-speech starts. For the highlight feature to work correctly, please select text paragraph-by-paragraph. Please note that the highlight feature is still in Beta and may not work properly on all websites. There are also a few options related to the in-page text-to-speech which can be adjusted from the extension settings page.

To report Bugs, please visit the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/text-to-speech.html) and fill out the bug report form.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Filling a need for a feature that Chrome doesn't have
Easy to use
Good for switching between languages

Cons

Limited voices and language options
Difficulties in changing voice speed and pitch
Bugs and issues with functionality

Most mentioned

Limited voices and language options
Bugs and issues with functionality
Difficulty in changing voice speed and pitch

Recent reviews

Cuts off very soon. US voices are bad, use UK instead (and live with the accent). Too many "joke voices" like "bubbles" (one would be too many but 8 out of 10 are like this... useless I mean...). Thanks for the effort but I will not be using this.