Oribi Speak

Oribi Speak

Talking keyboard • High-quality speech synthesis • Word prediction • OCR

What is Oribi Speak?
Oribi Speak is a versatile Chrome extension designed to assist in reading and writing development. Leveraging high-quality speech synthesis from Acapela and Microsoft, it provides an audible output for selected text, sounds out individual letters, and voices words and sentences as they are typed. With built-in OCR, it can also read text from images. Oribi Speak offers smart word prediction for faster writing and spelling assistance, and its features are customizable, offering the ability to adjust speaking speed and choose from 90+ voices in 31 languages.
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Stats
Users: 200,000+
Rating: 3.30 (10)
Version: 3.0.7 (Last updated: 2023-11-06)
Creation date: 2020-06-25
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • scripting
  • alarms
  • identity
  • identity.email
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 1.90M
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Oribi Speak effectively supports the reading and writing process using high-quality speech synthesis from Acapela and Microsoft. It can read out selected text, sound out individual letters and speak words and sentences as you write, supporting early reading and writing development.

★ 30-day free trial! Install a trial version and try before you buy. No credit card info needed until trial is over. For volume purchases and domain-wide installation, contact us at [email protected].

Reading support • Select text in Google Docs, Word Online or on other web pages to have it read out loud using speech synthesis • Highlight an image with text to have it read out loud using OCR and speech synthesis • Adjust the speech rate (words per minute) • Pick the voice you prefer (over 90 voices in 31 languages)

Writing support • Have individual letter sounds read out loud each time you press a key (letter echo) • Have each word or sentence read out loud once you finish writing it, using speech synthesis (word/sentence echo) • Get smart suggestions with the built-in word prediction that helps out with spelling and enables faster writing

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Good pronunciation compared to other software
  • More natural sounding than competitors
  • Highly recommended by users
Cons
  • Cannot read certain PDF files or some online texts
  • The volume is too loud with no separate adjustment settings
  • Inability to remove extension
  • OCR feature does not work
  • Does not read all of selected text
Most mentioned
  • Quality of voices
  • Volume control
  • Lack of ability to read certain files/types of text
Recent reviews
Bra när den funkar men det är ständigt problem med att den inte kan identifiera text eller få kontakt med servern.
by A Google user, 2024-02-27

Den läser inte pdf filer eller vissa texter online. Kommer bara upp fel koder
by My Berglund My Berglund, 2023-12-01

Trial!? Just wow
by Chris Vydas Chris Vydas, 2023-03-31
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Safety
Risk impact

Oribi Speak may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Oribi Speak has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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