

In Firefox, first make sure there isn't an existing read-aloud add-on already installed.You should see a manifest.json which will be used later. Create a build directory with mkdir build.You can get the latest version of Read Aloud Extension from the Mozilla Add-ons website. You can get the latest available Read Aloud Extension version from the Chrome Web Store. Using Premium Voices (Google Wavenet & Amazon Polly) Installation Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (It may take a second or two for settings to appear) Click on the Gear icon in the Read Aloud context menu.Click the Read Aloud icon on the Extensions menu.You can change the voice, reading speed, pitch, or enable text highlighting: Basic Usage Extension ButtonĪLT/Option + P : Play/Pause ALT/Option + O : Stop ALT/Option + Comma : Rewind ALT/Option + Period : Forward Customization Some of the cloud-based voices may require additional in-app purchase to enable. 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. Read Aloud is aimed at users who prefer to listen to content instead of reading, people with dyslexia or other learning disabilities, children learning to read, or simply to provide users with alternative way to consume web content. It works on a variety of websites, including news sites, blogs, fan fiction, publications, textbooks, school and class websites, online universities and course materials. Read Aloud is a Chrome and Firefox extension that uses text-to-speech technology to convert webpage text to audio. Simple, easy, customizable (.) I would recommend this whole heartedly to anyone who has dyslexia like me, or any other reasons for not beeing able to read comfortably at all times. Better than anything else I tryed so far. I remember better when i hear a story vs reading The combination of hearing it in a clear voice (.) Its fantastic, thank you so much. I absolutely swear by it whenever I need to read any large chunk of text.

Natural flowing voice and very helpful for multitasking and also giving my eyes a rest. A little browser extension built with ❤︎ by Hai Phan and contributorsįirst impressions are super.
