Talkie
By: Joel Purra
Select text on any web page, and have the computer read it out loud for you by simply clicking the Talkie button.
1. Select desired text on any web page.
2. Click the Talkie button in your browser bar.
Or right click text, or use Alt+Shift+A.
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Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
Manifest V3 Add-on
- By:
- Joel Purra
- Daily users:
- 4,056 -44
- Rating:
- 3.32 (62)
- Version:
- 8.0.3 Last updated: 2026-06-24
- Version code:
- 6321744
- Creation date:
- 2017-03-17
- Risk:
- Very low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- Size:
- 1.34MB
- Email:
- mi*****@joelpurra.se
- URLs:
- Website ,Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Add-ons Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-07-05
- Compare stats and ranking:
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Permission Change History
2024-10-23: Version 7.0.0 → 8.0.0
Add Permissions: scripting storage
User Reviews
Users praise Talkie’s quick startup and that it works on many systems (including macOS Sonoma) and admire the project. Major complaints repeatedly mentioned are bad robotic voice quality, reliability issues (stops early or won’t read selections), limited/custom voices locked behind a paid tier, and awkward controls or speed problems. Pros
- Fast startup — begins reading quicker than some alternatives
- Works on many systems (several users report it runs on macOS Sonoma)
- Well‑conceived project; some users praised the developer and overall design
Cons
- Poor, robotic or unintelligible synthesized voices
- Unreliable behaviour — fails to start, stops after a few seconds, or doesn’t read highlighted text
- Limited voice selection / important voices/features appear behind a "premium" paywall
- Unintuitive controls (need to hold button or use right‑click) and occasional speed control problems
Recent reviews
I'm using this on Debian Linux and this works well with the default speech-dispatcher. I installed as a Dutch speaking person, among other things: "mbrola mbrola-nl1 mbrola-nl2 mbrola-nl3 espeak-ng speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng", voices that are good enough for me, and so even with the non-premium version I can switch voices by creating a custom config file for the speech-dispatcher. I'd like to change the voice through the plugin and I like this plugin, so I donated €5,- but can't seem to upgrade. Contacted the developer for this. Long story short: Put some time and effort into getting this working and working with the voice you like. Don't listen to the one stars: If it doesn't work, high chance you didn't put enough effort into it. Don't expect high quality AI-like voices from a free plugin. You need to wise-up, learn, try and repeat to get things working. I now know how text to speech works, you can too. Next time this will take me 5 minutes to set up.
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by Ke*****, 2025-05-30
Is Talkie Safe?
Risk impact
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Talkie does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
Risk likelihood
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Talkie is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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