Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

Read aloud the current web-page article with one click, using text to speech (TTS). Supports 40+ languages.

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What is Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader?

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader is a browser add-on for Edge that converts webpage text into spoken words with just a click. It uses advanced text-to-speech technology, supporting 40+ languages while working seamlessly on diverse websites such as blogs, news sites, textbooks, and more. Users can select from a range of TTS voices and it can read PDF, Google Docs, Google Play Books, Amazon Kindle, and EPUB. Particularly useful for people who prefer listening over reading, people with dyslexia, and children learning to read.

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Stats
Stats date:
Rating: 4.40 (71)
Version: 2.4.0 (Last updated: 2023-07-31)
Creation date: 2021-09-27
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • identity
  • offscreen
  • scripting
  • storage
  • tts
  • ttsEngine
Host permissions:
  • https://translate.google.com/
Size: 628.82K
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

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Summary

Read aloud the current web-page article with one click, using text to speech (TTS). Supports 40+ languages.

Read Aloud uses text-to-speech (TTS) technology to convert webpage text to audio. It works on a variety of websites, including news sites, blogs, fan fiction, publications, textbooks, school and class websites, and online university course materials.

Read Aloud allows you to select from a variety of text-to-speech voices, including those provided natively by the browser, as well as by text-to-speech cloud service providers such as Google Wavenet, Amazon Polly, IBM Watson, and Microsoft. Some of the cloud-based voices may require additional in-app purchase to enable.

Read Aloud can read PDF, Google Docs, Google Play books, Amazon Kindle, and EPUB (via the excellent EPUBReader extension from epubread.com).

Read Aloud is intended for users who prefer to listen to content instead of reading, people with dyslexia or other learning disabilities, and children learning to read.

To use Read Aloud, simply navigate to the web page you want to read, then click the Read Aloud icon on the browser menu. In addition, the shortcut keys ALT-P, ALT-O, ALT-Comma, and ALT-Period can be used to Play/Pause, Stop, Rewind, and Forward, respectively. You may select the text you want to read before activating the extension. Right clicking on the selected text will provide you with yet another context-menu option to activate Read Aloud.

To change the voice, reading speed, pitch, or enable text highlighting, go to the Options page either by right clicking on the Read Aloud icon and choose Options, or by clicking the Gear button on the extension popup (you'll need to stop playback to see the Gear button).

Read Aloud is an open-source project. If you wish to contribute bug fixes or translations, please visit the GitHub page at https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Efficient
  • Clear reading
  • Multilingual support
  • Useful
Cons
  • Cannot read from extensions like EPUBReader in new update
  • No keyboard shortcuts for speed adjustment
  • No audio for some users
Most mentioned
  • Efficient
  • Clear reading
  • Multilingual support
  • Useful
  • No audio
  • EPUBReader issue
  • Keyboard shortcuts missing
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Safety
Risk impact

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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