Talkify

Name: Talkify
Rating: 3.533333333333333 (15 reviews)
Author: http://talkify.net/

Reads your active web site aloud in Talkify. Enjoy listening to web sites with high quality voices in your favourite language

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Talkify is a versatile Chrome extension that transforms any active webpage into an audio experience with just one click. Leveraging the Talkify text-to-speech service, it opens your current tab in a dedicated Talkify tab, enabling you to listen to website content spoken aloud by natural and high-quality voices in your favorite language.

Ideal for students, people with visual impairments, or anyone who prefers auditory learning, Talkify supports a vast array of languages and includes text highlighting to follow along. This makes browsing and consuming web content more accessible and enjoyable for all users.

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Users:

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Version:

1.0 Last updated: 2017-04-05

Creation date:

2017-04-05

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs

Size:

4.55KB

Email:

an*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

14 hours ago

Ranking

# 24,949 ▲ 299

Other rankings

#586 in Accessibility ▼ 8

User reviews

Pros

Good voice quality, pleasant to listen to.
Effective for reading web pages and books.
User-friendly interface and easy to use.
Considered a hidden gem compared to more popular alternatives.
Some voices are highly praised for their performance.

Cons

Doesn't work as intended for some users.
Slow in fetching and converting pages to audio.
Often opens a webpage rather than directly reading text.
Issues with logging into certain text resources.
Some voices are not as good as others.

Recent reviews

It just opens a webpage as if to read it, but then does nothing.

Fi*****, 2024-07-29

doesnt work

Eb*****, 2020-01-27

A total hidden gem. Far better than the more popular "Read Aloud: A text to speech Voice Reader". Thank you so much!

Mi*****, 2019-07-27

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Talkify requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Talkify has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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