Read selected content using your OpenAI API key

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GPT Reader Extension

Discover GPT Reader: A Free Text-to-Speech Chrome Extension

GPT Reader is a simple yet powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your online reading experience. By leveraging the advanced capabilities of OpenAI's ChatGPT text-to-speech (TTS) technology, GPT Reader offers a high-quality auditory version of any selected text on web pages, making information more accessible and your browsing experience more enjoyable.

**Getting Started Is Easy:**
Once you've added GPT Reader to your Chrome browser, click on the extension icon and enter your ChatGPT API key to activate the features. Then, choose a voice that you like from a variety of options to make listening a pleasure.

**How It Works:**
While browsing, simply highlight the text you're interested in and right-click to find the option to \"Read Aloud.\" GPT Reader will then display a convenient banner at the top of your page with controls to play, pause, and replay the content. You can also adjust the narration speed to suit your preference.

**Designed With You in Mind:**
- **Adaptable Theme:** GPT Reader matches your browser's theme, whether you're using light or dark mode, ensuring a seamless integration into your browsing experience.
- **Language Diversity:** Embracing global diversity, GPT Reader supports 14 languages and dialects, including Bengali, German, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Chinese Simplified, and Chinese Traditional, making it versatile for users worldwide.

**Easy to Dismiss:**
We've designed GPT Reader to be as unobtrusive as possible. You can easily close the top banner by clicking outside it or by hitting the close button, keeping your browsing experience clean and uninterrupted.

GPT Reader is not just another extension; it's a tool created to make the web more accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Whether you're learning a new language, trying to multitask, or simply prefer listening to reading, GPT Reader is here to enhance your browsing, free of charge. Give it a try and transform the way you interact with online content.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "GPT Reader", "default_locale": "en", "version": "1.0", "description": "Read selected content using your OpenAI API key", "permissions": ["contextMenus", "activeTab", "scripting", "storage"], "icons": { "48": "icon.png" }, "action": { "default_popup": "popup.html" }, "content_security_policy": { "extension_pages": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "js": ["content.js"] } ], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "host_permissions": [""]}
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How to download and manually install GPT Reader extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install GPT Reader extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install GPT Reader extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install GPT Reader extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download GPT Reader extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a GPT Reader extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the GPT Reader Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the GPT Reader extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the GPT Reader extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for GPT Reader extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the GPT Reader extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download GPT Reader extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install GPT Reader extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the GPT Reader extension file

Select and download the GPT Reader extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the GPT Reader extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your GPT Reader extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the GPT Reader extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install GPT Reader extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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