Selection Reader (Text to Speech)

High quality text-to-speech reader capable of seamlessly reading large amounts of text.

Selection Reader - Simple, Fast, Unlimited Text-to-Speech

'Selection Reader (Text to Speech)' is a rapid, simple, and powerful Chrome extension. Unlike other text-to-speech extensions, it doesn't suffer from the 250 character limit and doesn't require suspicious permissions. Simply select text, right click, and listen to the fantastic quality audio.

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By: David Heaney

Users: 300,000+

Rating: 3.63

(712)

2 new ratings

Version: 1.8.9 (Last updated: 2018-09-10)

Creation date: 2018-09-08

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus
activeTab
storage

Size: 32.20K

Ranking

# 1,085 ▲ 9

Other rankings

#3006 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 8

#1 in selection keyword 28 ▲ 1

#6 in text to speech keyword 71 ▲ 6

#7 in reader keyword 79 ▲ 1

#24 in speech keyword 41 ▲ 6

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Speechnotes - Speech To Text (v5.0.2)

4.16

(30,425) 6,740,029+

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Extension summary

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Other text to speech extensions are bloated, slow, and often critically flawed- they're unable to read out more than around 250 characters at a time without cutting out! Not to mention the shady permissions they require.

Selection Reader is simple, fast, and can read out near-unlimited text at once. Just select the text and right click!

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works effectively for text to speech
Reads fluidly and is well optimized
User-friendly and easy to use
Approaches natural reading in Portuguese
Reliable functionality across various websites

Cons

Voice settings may reset to English when adjusting speed
Sometimes takes too long to read text
There are reports of the extension no longer functioning
Users want the previous voice back after updates

Most mentioned

Works better than many other text to speech extensions
Concerns about potential removal from the Chrome store
Request for additional features like text highlighting and pauses

User reviews

I like this extensions. It works better than many others for Text to Speech.

The Divine Play, 2024-12-19

Excelente para cuando tienes flojera de leer Jajajaja. Es muy buena la recomiendo

Yoneiker Hernandez, 2024-12-18

Muito bom, apesar que para ficar natural alterar a velocidade da fala. se os desenvolvedores atualizarem só mais um pouco, nem os produtos com IA vão superar. Já testei vários, e esse é o único produto que realmente entrega o que promete, a maioria não consegue ler naturalmente em português Brasil, esse se aproxima muito. Outro problema comum é que em vários sites os leitores param de funcionar , ou quando traduzimos a pagina os leitores leem o que está em outro idioma e não o que foi traduzido, já nesse produto, não tem esse problema. Então Google, não o remova por favor!!!