Native text to speech ( tts )

Name: Native text to speech ( tts )
Rating: 2.8772 (57 reviews)
Author: ulf3000

Website and PDF text to speech reader. Uses installed voices on your pc.

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The Native Text to Speech Chrome extension enables you to listen to any text on web pages or PDF files using the voices installed on your computer. It operates completely offline, ensuring your privacy and continuous functionality without needing an internet connection. You can queue multiple speech utterances from different tabs, enjoying seamless audio playback while browsing other content.

This user-friendly extension offers customization options, letting you enable or disable voices and adjust their pitch, rate, and volume via the options panel. Compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux, it supports multiple languages and makes productivity easier by allowing hands-free text consumption. Ideal for reading long texts, it harnesses high-quality SAPI4 and SAPI5 voices on Windows, providing natural and clear speech synthesis experiences.

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By:

ulf3000

Daily users:

403 -5

Rating:

2.88

(57)

Version:

0.6.5resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5726528

Creation date:

2015-11-13

Risk:

Permissions:

<all_urls>
storage
activeTab
contextMenus

Size:

14.04KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 5,086 ▼ 11

Other rankings

#295 in Feeds, News & Blogging ▼ 1

#8 in text to speech keyword 70

#9 in speech keyword 71

#10 in speech to text keyword 45

#57 in ai tech keyword 38

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User reviews

Pros

Best screen reader for reading multiple paragraphs of text
Can be activated with a right-click
Ability to change rate and pitch

Cons

Robotic sound
Cannot be activated with a button at the top
Limited functionality (cannot read whole pages, can only pause and stop)

Recent reviews

by 敬念*****, 2025-03-28

by 天灭*****, 2025-02-19

by Ma*****, 2023-03-29

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Native text to speech ( tts ) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.

Risk likelihood

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Native text to speech ( tts ) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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