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: 3.64

(716)

2 new ratings

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

Creation date: 2018-09-08

Permissions:

contextMenus
activeTab
storage

Size: 32.20K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 1,087 ▲ 82

Other rankings

#2749 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 23

#1 in selection keyword 38

#10 in reader keyword 69 ▼ 1

#15 in text to speech keyword 63 ▲ 2

#31 in speech keyword 62 ▲ 12

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Free and has no word limit
Works better than many other text-to-speech extensions
Relatively easy to use and install
Can read in multiple languages with acceptable quality
Good performance for reading text fluently

Cons

Issues with pronunciation of certain words
Voice settings often reset to English when changing speed
Lack of natural sounding voices
Extension may stop being supported by Chrome
Slow reading speed at times

Most mentioned

Voice settings reset issue
Free and no word limit
Ability to read in multiple languages
Fluency of reading compared to competitors
Concerns about potential removal from the Chrome store

User reviews

Le sélecteur de texte fonctionne parfaitement j'ai jamais eu un problème avec. Et c'est parfaitement son travail !

Logan Declerck, 2025-03-03

Если что, расширение может говорить "на русском - быстро". Просто надо помучиться, несколько раз сначала изменить скорость на быстрый, а потом поставить русскую озвучку. Я ещё перебирала другие озвучки, чтобы расширение сбилось со своей английской. Нужно постоянно включать озвучку текста, ибо он сразу не показывает, что настройка поменялась. Так что порядок такой: перебираем озвучки кроме русской и английской, одновременно их слушая -> включаем быструю скорость и русский язык. Вроде так. Да, расширение туповатое, но аналогов не нашла. То они платные, то багованные, то разраб бросает своё детище. Да и мне оно часто не нужно. Так, побаловаться.

Вик Волчик (Magnapony), 2025-02-28

Free, unlimited word limit, no problems aside from some errors in pronouncing certain words. I think the negative reviews are review bombs from the popular ones that cost money

Niall Vaz, 2025-02-04

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Selection Reader (Text to Speech) does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains:

Risk likelihood

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Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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