VoiceMagic: Transform Text into Spoken Words

Select text and read it. Hear text read aloud. A Text to Speech Voice Reader.

Extension stats

Users: 80 ▲ 8
Rating: 3.00 (2)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-05-18)
Creation date: 2023-08-28
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Size: 10.18M

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Extension summary

"VoiceMagic Chrome Extension" – selected text to speech

IMPORTANT: After you install extension you have to refresh page. It does not work on webpage chrome web store. You need to go to a page you actually want it to read like Wikipedia, or google search.

To use VoiceMagic, navigate to the web page you want to read:

  1. Click the VoiceMagic icon on the Chrome menu, click "Enable".
  2. Select text in web page and listen to it in the speakers/headset.
  3. You can change the voice, reading speed and "Disable" text to speech.

There are also some shortcuts: Enable: Alt + E Disable: Alt + D Play: Alt + P Pause: Alt + O

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User reviews

Not sure why, but this won't work at all for me. Really disappointing. Other extensions worked on the same websites, so it's not the site. It just doesn't even try to read it from what I can tell.
by Darkest Love, 2024-05-14

i like that i can select text in page and then I hear the text read in my headset
by Unul Oarecare, 2023-10-10
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Extension safety

Risk impact

VoiceMagic: Transform Text into Spoken Words requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

VoiceMagic: Transform Text into Spoken Words has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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