Wen Mang

Plays audio of selected Chinese text
What is Wen Mang?
Wen Mang is a Chrome extension that plays audio of selected Chinese text, helping Chinese diaspora easily understand Mandarin characters even if they can't read them. It allows users to shop on Taobao and read articles from WeChat relatives by simply highlighting the text and right-clicking to have it read out loud.

Extension stats

Users: 55 ▲ 1
Rating: 1.00 (3)
Version: 0.2 (Last updated: 2020-07-05)
Creation date: 2020-07-04
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
Size: 33.91K

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Extension summary

Are you part of the Chinese diaspora that grew up speaking Mandarin with your family but can now barely read any Chinese characters? Don't worry, you can now still shop on Taobao or read articles sent to you from WeChat relatives! Just use Wen Mang extension to easily have Chinese characters read out loud to you in Mandarin. Wen Mang extension will only read what characters you have highlighted in the browser. After highlighting text, simply right-click and select the extension icon from the drop down menu. Or, click the extension icon at the top right of your browser.

Please refresh the page after installation.

User reviews

读一小段就停了
by John Lai (pty1), 2021-07-02

不能工作
by Andi, 2020-10-10

此扩展根本不能工作,可能是半成品。
by soul mate, 2018-08-07
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Wen Mang requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Wen Mang has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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