Ausum

Turn any article into a short audio summary, with just one click.
What is Ausum?
Ausum is a unique Chrome extension that transforms any online article into a short audio summary. It employs smart summarization technology to extract and highlight the most important points, offering you an instant and improved reading experience. By removing ads and distractions, it provides a clean, ad-free user interface. Ausum also supports downloading of audio summaries for offline usage. Sharing of summaries is simple and easy, making Ausum an ideal assistant for reading news, research papers, reports, and more. No sign-up process ensures it's always just a click away.

Extension stats

Users: 924 ▼ -17
Rating: 4.56 (9)
Version: 0.0.9 (Last updated: 2021-06-23)
Creation date: 2021-06-04
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
Size: 8.12K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Ausum is a free Chrome extension that turns every article into a short audio summary, with just one click. When you find an article you want to summarize, just click the Ausum icon and listen to the summary, instantly.

  • No Sign-Up Required: getting an audio summary is always a click away.
  • Avoid Ads: avoid all the distractions and annoying ads on the article, with a better, cleaner experience
  • Instant Smart Summaries: smart summarization technology ensures you get the most important, accurate highlights of any story.
  • Save Time: with audio, you’re free to do other tasks, listen while walking, or deep-diving the web.
  • Download Audio Summaries: all your articles so you could listen anytime, anywhere
  • Natural Voice: high-quality text-to-speech technology, for a natural listening experience.
  • Share: share summaries with others.

Ausum turns text into lifelike speech. Users can automatically summarize any webpage into audio, as you browse. With just one click, Ausum generates a summary including the important ideas and facts of any long article, research report, document, essay into a downloadable recording you could take with you. Save time and read smarter, with audio. Next time you’re reading the news, science research journals, health reports, or sports analysis… Ausum will convert all your long text into a short-form audio summary so you can listen for the most important, accurate highlights. We are constantly optimizing and improving our text to audio summary extension, so if you see bugs or have suggestions to make Ausum better, please don't hesitate to provide feedback.

User reviews

It's not work!
by Linh Le, 2024-05-14

Ausum!
by ZeroFox Official, 2023-08-07

Wow! I am surprised how well this works! It is very easy to use and works beautifully!
by Cindy Bahl (Cindy), 2022-09-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk likelihood

Ausum has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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