# ReadAloud

> Text-to-speech overlay with click-to-read and word-by-word highlighting.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/readaloud](https://chrome-stats.com/d/readaloud)

## Overview

- **ID:** `readaloud`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** thebug
- **Category:** language-support
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-13
- **First published:** 2026-08-24
- **Size:** 544 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-11-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/readaloud/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/sirbuggington/readaloud-firefox](https://github.com/sirbuggington/readaloud-firefox)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/readaloud/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/readaloud/privacy/)

## Description

ReadAloud lets you read web pages aloud with Firefox’s built-in voices or optional Google Cloud Text-to-Speech voices. Use the overlay to target a paragraph or word, play, pause, stop, change speed and volume, choose a voice, and follow word-by-word highlighting. Google mode is opt-in; native Firefox voices keep page text in Firefox.

## Rankings

- #45,325 — Overall
- #244 — speech

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `identity`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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/readaloud)