Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader
Pericles: Innovative Text to Speech Chrome Extension
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Extension summary
Whether you're visually impaired, dealing with eye strain, or just want to multitask better, Pericles is your perfect companion. Transform how you consume content – from the latest news to in-depth scientific articles. Dive into a world of audio with our diverse voice range on Mac, and a selection on Windows. And the best part? It's absolutely free! Now you can savor your meals or stay on top of chores, while Pericles narrates your digital world.
How to Amplify Your Reading Experience:
🎧 Instant Play: Click on the Pericles icon and hit play. The tool will seamlessly read from the top, adjusting to your scrolling.
🎧 Custom Start: Right-click where you'd like to begin and choose "read from here." Even if Pericles is already narrating, it'll smoothly transition to your chosen spot.
🎧 Selective Reading: Highlight a specific text, right-click, and select "read selection." Pericles will focus solely on your chosen text without continuing further.
Embark on an immersive listening journey with Pericles today!
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated.- Clean voice quality
- Fully free without needing to export text
- Offers a higher speed setting up to 2.5x
- Powerful functionality for a free extension
- Great plugin when set up correctly
- Inconsistent functionality, works only sometimes
- Can be buggy and not reliable
- Limited voice options
- Does not work well on specific websites including Google Docs
- Frustrating user interface when trying to navigate
- Works well on the developer's website only
- Requires a refresh to work sometimes
- Users have difficulty getting it to read the actual body of text instead of repeated headers
- Extensive bugs and errors reported
- Requests for better and more natural voice options
User reviews
Nikhil Yadavalli, 2024-12-24 
Craig Jayson, 2024-12-22 
Nxptoons, 2024-10-24Extension safety
Risk impact
Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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