Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

Read aloud the current web-page article with one click, using text to speech (TTS). Supports 40+ languages.

What is Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader?
Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader is a Chrome extension that converts webpage text into audio using advanced text-to-speech technology. It supports over 40 languages, works on various websites, and enables selection of different cloud-based voices. It can also read PDFs, Google Docs, Google Books, Amazon Kindle, and ePub. Ideal for users with learning disabilities, those who prefer listening to content, and children learning to read.
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Version: 2.8.0 (Last updated: 2024-01-21)
Creation date: 2020-07-02
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • identity
  • offscreen
  • scripting
  • storage
  • tts
  • ttsEngine
Host permissions:
  • https://translate.google.com/
Size: 589.82K
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Read Aloud uses text-to-speech (TTS) technology to convert webpage text to audio. It works on a variety of websites, including news sites, blogs, fan fiction, publications, textbooks, school and class websites, and online university course materials.

Read Aloud allows you to select from a variety of text-to-speech voices, including those provided natively by the browser, as well as by text-to-speech cloud service providers such as Google Wavenet, Amazon Polly, IBM Watson, and Microsoft. Some of the cloud-based voices may require additional in-app purchase to enable.

Read Aloud can read PDF, Google Docs, Google Play books, Amazon Kindle, and EPUB (via the excellent EPUBReader extension from epubread.com).

Read Aloud is intended for users who prefer to listen to content instead of reading, those with dyslexia or other learning disabilities, and children learning to read.

To use Read Aloud, navigate to the web page you want to read, then click the Read Aloud icon on the Chrome menu. In addition, the shortcut keys ALT-P, ALT-O, ALT-Comma, and ALT-Period can be used to Play/Pause, Stop, Rewind, and Forward. You may also select the text you want to read before activating the extension. Right clicking on the selected text will provide you with yet another option to activate Read Aloud via the context menu.

To change the voice, reading speed, pitch, or enable text highlighting, go to the Options page either by right clicking on the Read Aloud icon and choose Options, or by clicking the Gear button on the extension popup (you'll need to stop playback to see the Gear button).

Read Aloud is an open-source project. If you wish to contribute bug fixes or translations, please visit the GitHub page at https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud.

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Pros
  • Can correctly identify and pronounce contextual variations in language
  • Easy to install and use
  • Customizable voice and language options
  • Quick to read long passages
  • Useful for proofreading and helping individuals with reading difficulties
Cons
  • Forces Chrome to use Yahoo as a default search engine
  • Stops reading or has errors in the middle of text
  • Reading can sound unnatural and robotic
  • Doesn't work on some platforms like Google Slides
  • Some users experiencing technical issues requiring captcha verification
Most mentioned
  • Customizability of voices and languages
  • Issues with naturalness of speech and robotic tone
  • Potential problem with extension changing default search engine to Yahoo
  • Useful for non-native English speakers and people with reading difficulties
  • Technical glitches like stopping mid-sentence or requiring captchas
Recent reviews
How do you stop it? lol
by N. W N. W, 2024-03-18

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by Aymene Bermaki Aymene Bermaki, 2024-03-18

lúc đổi giọng là nó đọc cứ bịt giật cục thế
by kênh dạo kênh dạo, 2024-03-18
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Safety
Risk impact

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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