A completely free extension to read highlighted text via Text To Speech.

Latest Version

Version

1.0

Update

March 3, 2020

Size

81.05KiB

Developer

Page Reader Extension

This is a very easy to use Text To Speech extension. Simply highlight any section of text on your page, then click the extension icon on your Chrome toolbar and it will be read back to you. The extension is entirely free, and always will be.

Any and all feedback/suggestions are welcome, as I plan on continuing to update it as needed.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Page Reader", "version": "1.0", "description": "A completely free extension to read highlighted text via Text To Speech.", "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"], "persistent": false }, "browser_action": {}, "permissions": [ "activeTab", "alarms", "storage" ], "options_page": "options.html", "icons": { "16": "icon.png", "48": "icon.png", "128": "icon.png" }, "manifest_version": 2 }

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User reviews

programmer_1 programmer_1 (ID: 000000a4e7e09695) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 04/12/2023 cuts in the middle of sentence

Siobhan Sully (ID: 000000d6f3540199) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 02/26/2023 Tried it and it cuts off mid sentence. Had to read the reviews to even figure out how to get it to work, it is incredibly slow to both read and work. You would spend so much time fiddling with it you would have about as much clue about what you just read if you just read it yourself.

D. Sellars54 (ID: 0000002fd1d39e2f) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 01/26/2023 Maddeningly frustrating to have it stop after a couple sentences, regardless of how much text is highlighted. Tried everything I could, but it just doesn't work.

S. N. D. (ID: 000000353461d3d8) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 12/12/2022 that is not reading, I cant understand anything

Linsey Rodriguez (ID: 00000058bf265a1b) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 10/01/2022 This only reads 28 words at a time, no matter how much text you select. I constantly had to reselect new text to read. You can change the pitch and speed, but it's not worth it.

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Page Reader