Native Speak Selection

Name: Native Speak Selection
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Atomic Monks

Adds a context menu option to speak the selected text using the built-in speech synthesis normally reserved for reader mode.

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A very minimal add-on that uses the browser's speechSynthesis API to transform text into speech. This plugin does not do this transformation itself, it simply passes the selected text to the browser API that does. Created this because all the other text-to-speech add-ons produced very robotic, unpleasant speech.

To use, select the text you want spoken, then right-click to bring up the context menu. Click the "Speak selected" option in the menu.

Note that it will use the language specified (or inferred) on the page itself according to the default API behavior. This plugin does not select the language.

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Version:

1.0 Last updated: 2023-05-09

Version code:

5563737

Creation date:

2023-05-09

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Permissions:

menus

Size:

8.91KB

Email:

sp*****@atomicmonks.com

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Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-14

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# 16,152 ▲ 300

Other rankings

#18 in selection keyword 17

#35 in donation keyword 15 ▲ 1

#89 in speech keyword 62

#154 in section keyword 5 ▲ 1

#231 in station keyword 28 ▲ 5

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Developed by:

Atomic Monks

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/native-speak-selection/

Email:

sp*****@atomicmonks.com

Website:

https://www.atomicmonks.com

User Reviews

by Co*****, 2025-01-28

installed & straight away came up on the menu. There is only one voice, and it is only English, but very clear

by Fi*****, 2024-12-16

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Is Native Speak Selection Safe?

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Native Speak Selection does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Native Speak Selection has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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