Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader

Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader

Speech synthesis redesigned. Listen to emails, documents & websites.

What is Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader?
Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader is a remarkable Chrome extension designed to enhance your content consumption by converting text into speech. Whether you have visual impairments or eye strain, or simply prefer to multitask, Pericles is your go-to digital companion. It allows for instant play, custom start, and selective reading, offering a seamless, immersive listening experience. Experience the effortless transformation of your textual digital world into audio with Pericles.
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Version: 2.2.13 (Last updated: 2023-08-18)
Creation date: 2020-06-18
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • tts
Size: 474.11K
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Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader
Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader (v2.0.32)
3.15 (47) 2,419+
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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
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Free to use
  • High speed reading
  • Natural sounding voice
Cons
  • Inconsistent performance
  • Issues with Google Docs
  • Limited language support
Most mentioned
  • Inconsistent performance
  • Doesn't work on some websites
  • Problems with Google Docs
  • Natural sounding voice
  • Free to use
Recent reviews
I'd love to give this 5 stars. But it's incredibly inconsistent. I use it on a specific website. Sometimes it works flawlessly. Sometimes it won't work at all. And once it stops working, it's frustrating trying to get it to work again.
by Travis Kelsey Travis Kelsey, 2024-04-21

👍🏽
by ッtia ッtia, 2022-02-16

The easiest to use one.
by Jakku Sakura Jakku Sakura, 2022-02-16
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Safety
Risk impact

Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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