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.

Extension stats

Users: 200,000+
Rating: 2.90 (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

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Oribi Speak (v3.0.6)
3.00 (1) 7,449+
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Extension summary

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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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Smooth voices compared to other extensions
  • Good pronunciation, particularly in UK English accent
  • Generally works well for reading text
  • Highly recommended by several users
Cons
  • Frequent problems with text recognition and server connection
  • Issues with reading PDFs and certain online texts
  • Volume is too loud with no separate adjustment option
  • OCR functionality does not work at all
  • Does not read the entire marked text
Most mentioned
  • Problems with text recognition and server connectivity
  • Volume issues
  • Good pronunciation and voice quality
  • OCR not functioning
  • Recommendation from users
Recent reviews
Vad är detta jag laddade ner den och nu babblar den utan att sluta väldigt störigt faktiskt jag har fått huvudvärk för en vecka nu.
by Zeyneb Harb, 2024-09-18

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, 2023-12-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Oribi Speak requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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