H2R Speak

This plugin from Hear2Read reads 8 different Indic language text by speaking using Text to Speech Engine accessed over Internet.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-08-24 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 246
Rating: 3.22 (9)
Version: 1.2.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-02-21)
Creation date: 2019-07-25
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • https://hear2read.org/
Size: 98.02K

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Extension summary

H2R Speak is a small plug-in from Hear2Read.Org that reads Indic text by speaking. It uses the Hear2Read Text to Speech engine (TTS Assistive Technology for users with Visual Impairment that reads digital text aloud) running in a Cloud Server through the Internet.

The plug-in can be used by anyone (users with normal sight or visual impairment, including Dyslexia) to read web pages with Indic text and some embedded English text. It currently supports the following Indic languages:

  • Gujarati (Female voice)
  • Hindi (Male voice)
  • Kannada (Male voice)
  • Malayalam (Male voice)
  • Marathi (Male voice)
  • Odia (Male voice)
  • Punjabi (Female voice)
  • Sanskrit (Male voice)
  • Tamil (Male voice)
  • Telugu (Female voice)
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User reviews

What are the steps to use the extension in chrome i have installed it but it is not working.
by Prabhjot Singh, 2022-02-21

Not working in Windows 7, Chrome. The options button is disabled.
by Acquire Job Skills, 2021-06-05

Excellent अति उत्तम बहु समीचीनम् ઉત્તમ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ சிறந்தது ਸ਼ਾਨਦਾਰ This is one of the best plugins in text to speech category. Especially for Indian languages it is a great boon. And also for people who are visually disabled and cannot read, this is a great blessing. I don't understand why someone would give it less than 4 stars at least. I wish the development team great success and hope they will add more features to this in future. Some features that I would like to see are, 1. Selective reading - Ability to just select a particular portion of text and get it read by the plugin 2. Reading ability for Malayalam, Punjabi and Bengali languages Thanks and kudos to the team !
by A Amit, 2021-02-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

H2R Speak requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

H2R Speak is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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