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 an outstanding TTS add-on for Edge, designed to convert text from emails, documents, websites, and other resources into speech. It helps visually impaired people, those suffering from eye fatigue, or any individual looking to boost their productivity by helping them absorb information without the effort of reading. Available for both Mac and Windows users, it comes with a broad range of voice options. The app is free and can dramatically enhance your browsing experience.
Add-on stats
By: Alexandru Calin
Rating: 3.20
(12)
Creation date: 2021-02-13
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- storage
- contextMenus
- tts
Size: 479.13K
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Add-on summary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1mviararc4 Web-page TTS (text to speech) screen reader, that does not require cutting and pasting sentences or entire page sections. Pericles benefits people with disabilities, eye fatigue or those who want to increase their productivity. It helps you read the news, scientific articles, and many other text resources. Built with a varied range of voices for Mac, and a bit more limited for Windows, the app is free. So, enjoy your meal or do your chores while Pericles does the reading.
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Loads of voice options that sound natural
- Reads smoothly
- Free to use and more accurate than some paid versions
- Provides control over readback
- Appreciated for support with multiple languages
Cons
- Issues with uploading PDFs
- Interruptions while reading, including page numbers and headers
- Can get out of sync and jump around the page
- Incompatibility with Kindle Cloud Reader
- Problems with correctly reading from the highlighted text
Most mentioned
- Variety and natural sound of voice options
- Difficulties with reading academic or complex texts
- Technical problems with syncing and reading from the correct place
- User-friendly interface and usability
- Desire for expanded highlighting functionality
Recent reviews
Loads of voice options; all that I tried sounded natural. Read smoothly and got me through a text-only module. I've not tried uploading anything as there are more than enough voice options for me.
by Karen, 2023-12-15
works just okay when it works. won't let me upload most pdfs (no idea what makes some work and others not) and interrupts sentences to read page numbers and headers. As a student I would absolutely not recommend this for academic reading.
by Wilkes,, 2022-09-21
Will quickly get out of sync and jumps all over the page. This app does not work as intended.
by Anthony, 2022-02-22
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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