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Compare Chrome extensions: Read For Me vs Talkie: text-to-speech, many languages!
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Read For Me
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Talkie: text-to-speech, many languages!
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| User count | 1,149+ | 50,000+ |
| Average rating | 2.67 | 3.65 |
| Rating count | 18 | 159 |
| Last updated | 2016-08-30 | 2022-01-05 |
| Size | 44.23K | 1.25M |
| Version | 1.5 | v7.0.0 Chrome Extension (2021-12-31) |
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| Let your browser read for you. Because who isn't lazy? | Fast, easy, high-quality text to speech in over 40 languages. Read out loud from websites, PDF, email. Speak text with TTS. |
| Full summary | |
A text to speech (TTS) extension for Chrome. Just go to a webpage with paragraphs and click on it. Chrome will read it to you! This is a light-weight Chrome extension that uses the Webkit Speech API to turn text on the page into a voice you can listen to. Code on Github: https://github.com/sebLopezCot/ReadForMe |
Install additional voicesNew voices, languages, dialects can be downloaded for FREE for your operating system from for example Microsoft, Apple, and Google. Once installed correctly, Talkie will auto-detect them. ☑ Windows 11: Settings → Time & Language → Language & Region ☑ Windows 10: Settings → Time & Language → Language ☑ macOS: System Preferences → Accessibility → Speech → System voice → Customize... ☑ ChromeOS: Settings → Manage accessibility features → Text-to-Speech voice settings → Speech Engines Usage
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