Text to Speech (TTS) reads aloud text, PDFs & e-books with natural voices.
- By:
- https://thereadme.com
- Users:
- 500,000+
- Rating:
- 4.27 (2,692)
6 new ratings
- Version:
- 1.1.9 Last updated: 2025-03-24
- Creation date:
- 2020-09-18
- Risk:
- High risk impact Very low risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- tts
- ttsEngine
- contextMenus
- unlimitedStorage
- storage
- webRequest
- sidePanel
- scripting
- tts
- Host permissions:
- <all_urls>
- <all_urls>
- Size:
- 2.72M
- Email:
- an*****@gmail.com
- URLs:
- Website ,Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description ⏷
- Source:
- Chrome Web Store
- Updated:
- a day ago
Ranking
# 697 ▲ 24
Other platforms
User reviews
Pros
- Very useful for proofreading scripts and texts out loud.
- Helps with multitasking and is efficient for users with visual or reading challenges.
- Multiple voice options and customization features like volume, speed, and background color.
- Works on a variety of webpage texts, including some behind paywalls.
- Regular updates improve usability and add features like AI-powered summarization.
Cons
- Stops reading after each sentence, requiring frequent manual clicks to continue reading.
- Annoying rate prompt that appears repeatedly even after rating.
- Negatively impacts robot detection on some webpages, making it unusable in those cases.
- Some minor reading glitches like pauses or freezes during reading.
- Privacy concerns about sending accessed content to external servers.
Recent reviews
Tool works like a TTS. My only grumble about it is that I can't change the placement and size of the sidebar. It takes up a lot of valuable work space and I don't need 2 views of the text being read.
by
Kai Tilvan, 2025-05-09
Has stopped working since a month with this message - Something went wrong. This page cannot be read because it may be a Chrome system page or the content script is not loaded. Please try refreshing the page or opening another one and re-opening the extension window. Same thing everytime.
by
Sidd zaz, 2025-05-09
confusing interface and opens side bar that has to be closed unless you are ok with so much space being taken away. not enough voice manipulation. tested voice doesn't match actual when used on page. have spent too much time already trying to figure out how to use this thing, so i'm not going to continue with detailing issues. There is a much better extension to read allowed that I've been using for a long time and it is much easier to use and straight forwaard in its presentation. Unfortunately it has a lower rating than this thing. I don't recommend this extension.
by
Larry Hirschhorn, 2025-05-08
Extension safety
Risk impact
Read Aloud: Text to Speech (TTS, Listen to Text) requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. 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.
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Risk likelihood
Read Aloud: Text to Speech (TTS, Listen to Text) has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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