Talking Clock

Name: Talking Clock
Rating: 4.375 (96 reviews)
Author: https://guokai.dev

Announce the time periodically, set custom recurring reminders and display time.

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Talking Clock is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to help manage your time efficiently through periodic voice announcements and customizable reminders. Whether you're a writer, programmer, or remote worker spending long hours at your desktop, this extension assists in maintaining focus and timely breaks.

Features include configurable time reminders with intervals ranging from 5 minutes to 3 hours, custom reminders with flexible schedules (one-time, daily, weekly, monthly, annual), and a clock display (analog/digital) with optional seconds and date. Reminders can notify via voice announcements using Text-to-Speech or system notifications, customizable to suit your preferences. Keyboard shortcuts enable quick access to time display and announcements. Note that it is intended for daily reminders and not as an alarm clock, as reminders won't work when the browser is closed or the computer is sleeping.

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Version:

1.0.0 Last updated: 2022-12-29

Creation date:

2020-06-02

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Permissions:

storage
unlimitedStorage
alarms
tts
idle
background
notifications

Size:

265.22K

Email:

gu*****@gmail.com

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Website ,Privacy policy

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 7,000 ▼ 62

Other rankings

#596 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 4

#9 in clock keyword 33

#37 in minute keyword 12 ▲ 2

#62 in include keyword 9 ▲

#69 in reminder keyword 23 ▲ 7

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Talking Clock (v1.0.0)

6,901+ 4.50

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User reviews

Talking Clock is a useful, simple Chrome extension that announces time and custom reminders with voice, helping users manage schedules effectively. However, multiple users report issues including voice notifications stopping after updates, time display lagging behind system clock by several seconds, low volume of announcements, and occasional failure of reminders to trigger. Users also request features like muting during set hours and more frequent intervals for reminders. Overall, the extension is well-liked but has reliability and feature enhancement needs.

Pros

Provides useful voice announcements of time and reminders
Simple and easy to use
Allows custom text reminders and scheduled announcements
Helps users keep track of time and meetings effectively
Positive voice options, including a pleasant female voice

Cons

Voice announcements sometimes stop working after updates or randomly
Time displayed by the extension lags behind system time by 10-30 seconds
No option to mute sounds during certain hours (sleep-time blacklist)
Volume of voice announcements is low and does not increase with system volume
Custom reminders and time reminders occasionally fail to show notifications or announcements

Recent reviews

TOTALLY UNRELIABLE. When it works, it is fine, but for several years the talking clock only works when it feels like it, so it is completely useless. (Don't trust custom reminders. It will be a disaster) I would donate to Mr Han's otherwise good work, if he could find a way to keep it working, but he can't. From time to time, I give it another try (2022 - 2025) but it is hopeless. My latest attempt (Yet again) has it sending silent notifications but not talking. It is a waste of my time.

David, 2025-04-26

I found a bug. The problem is that this add-on reads all custom reminders every time after starting Google Chrome.

Jurek Pazurek, 2025-03-22

Exactamente lo que buscaba 10/10

Ariel Garcia, 2025-03-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Talking Clock requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.

Risk likelihood

Talking Clock has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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