# Hover to Hear

> Plays short sounds when hovering over special keywords on a webpage.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hover-to-hear](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hover-to-hear)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hover-to-hear`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hi Minh
- **Category:** other
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-10
- **First published:** 2025-06-07
- **Size:** 8.93 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hover-to-hear/)

## Description

Hover to Hear: Function: Play a short sound when hovering over a specific keyword on a web page (e.g. definition, English vocabulary...). Application: Learn a language or access information quickly via audio.

## Rankings

- #139,751 — Overall
- #214 — hover

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `tts`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hover-to-hear)