# Read It For Me

> Natural text-to-speech with smart language detection and premium voice selection for accessibility and productivity

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/read-it-for-me](https://chrome-stats.com/d/read-it-for-me)

## Overview

- **ID:** `read-it-for-me`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jorge Mendes
- **Category:** language-support
- **Daily users:** 33
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-20
- **First published:** 2025-12-29
- **Size:** 393 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/read-it-for-me/)
- **Website:** [https://read-it-for-me.netlify.app/](https://read-it-for-me.netlify.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/read-it-for-me/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/read-it-for-me/privacy/)

## Description

Read It For Me transforms any web text into natural speech with one click. Simply select text on any webpage and click the floating button to hear it read aloud.

Key Features:
• Smart language detection - automatically identifies and speaks 30+ languages
• Premium voice selection with quality indicators - choose from all system voices
• Customizable playback - adjust speed (0.5x-2.0x), pitch, and volume
• Floating mini-player - draggable controls that follow you across pages
• Reading queue - add multiple selections to read sequentially
• Collapsible settings - voice selection, playback controls, and advanced options
• 7-language interface - English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese
• First-run guide - helpful tips for new users
• Privacy-focused - all processing happens locally, no data collection

Perfect for accessibility, language learning, multitasking, or reducing screen fatigue.

## Rankings

- #19,553 — Overall
- #109 — premium
- #142 — speech

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/read-it-for-me)