Selection Reader (Text to Speech)

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

What is Selection Reader (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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Extension stats

By: David Heaney

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 300,000+

Rating: 3.62 (705) ▲ 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

# 1265 ▼ 7

Other rankings

#2963 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 6

#2 in selection keyword 26

#10 in reader keyword 88 ▲ 1

#15 in text to speech keyword 70

#30 in speech keyword 34 ▼ 3

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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

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

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Pros

Easy to use and very helpful for reading text.
Supports multiple languages.
Good functionality, effectively performs its tasks.

Cons

Some users reported issues with the extension not functioning.
Requests for improvements like new voice options and features.
Concerns about the future support and functionality of the extension.

Most mentioned

Great for reading and assisting with text.
Desire for previous voice options and updates.
Need for a Firefox version or cross-browser functionality.

User reviews

It's incredible! It does what it needs to do! It's easy simple and efective. I hope Chrome does't remove it from the store. It’s a 5-star, no-brainer.