Loquacious - Auto TTS, no selection necessary

Loquacious - Auto TTS, no selection necessary

Automatically reads web articles without selecting text - converts text to audio.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-07-14
By: Tim Nummy
Users: 873
Rating: 3.56 (39)
Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2016-04-09)
Creation date: 2016-04-09
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • tts
  • tabs
Size: 54.58K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Loquacious is a productivity extension that will automatically parse the current webpage for an article and read it outloud at the push of a button or keyboard shortcut. No selections necessary, however if you find there is a significant amount of unwanted dialogue, you may alternatively select the text to be read before clicking the Loquacious icon.

Works great for most news and article type websites such as Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Wanderlust, IFLScience, or even Time. Allows you to easily listen to the article while doing other things rather than spending dedicated time reading.

Also works well for the visually impaired.

Keywords: Read. Article Reader. Audio Book. TTS. Text-to-speech. Accessability. Out loud. Speak. Talking. Talker. Talk. Automatic. Auto. One click. Listen. Listener. Converter. Convert.

User reviews
lo recomiendo
by adri kuczynski adri kuczynski, 2022-07-08

how to i hear text without selecting it
by mate gamer mate gamer, 2022-03-20

I really like the no selection feature. But here is a suggestion: allow to select "read to the end" (so you just select the starting point of reading). My problem is that it easily get stuck in a funny state so that it simply does not read (e.g., on my Chrome, it does not read no matter what I did). Then I install it on my Brave Browser. It worked, but then it got into a funny state that I could not stop it. So I restart the browser, and now it cannot speak anymore. Please make it more robust, and I would really like it.
by Chee Yap Chee Yap, 2020-03-28
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Safety
Risk impact

Loquacious - Auto TTS, no selection necessary is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Loquacious - Auto TTS, no selection necessary if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Loquacious - Auto TTS, no selection necessary may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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