The coolest text-to-speech extension.

Latest Version

Version
1.1.1
Update
January 12, 2020
Size
38.37KiB
Developer
Category
Users
304
Rating
3.33333 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
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Reedr — Text-to-speech Extension

A text-to-speech extension featuring incredible features such as sentence skipping, volume controls, speed controls, and more to come! Multi-task with ease. Too busy to read long-winded articles? Let Reedr read articles, messages, and more while you browse other tabs!

How to use:
- Go to a web page with selectable text
- Open the extension to display the toolbar (located at the bottom right of the screen)
- Drag and select (highlight) the text that you'd like to listen to
- Press play!

Version 1.1.1: (12/7/19)
* Adds tooltips when hovering over a button
* Adds a dedicated stop button
* Updates functionality of play / pause button. Pause will no longer reset speech synthesis. Now, it will pause speech synthesis. Clicking play will then resume playback.
* Updates app name
* Fixes some styling issues
* Miscellaneous improvements

Version 1.0.0: (11/26/19)
* Select a range of text to play
* Skip to the next sentence
* Go back to the previous sentence
* Set the volume for speech
* Set the speed for speech (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0)
* Speech synthesis for English text
* Stop speech synthesis
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Reedr \u2014 Text-to-speech", "version": "1.1.1", "description": "The coolest text-to-speech extension.", "manifest_version": 2, "background": { "scripts": [ "background.js" ], "persistent": false }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "http://*/*", "https://*/*" ], "css": [ "app/app.css" ], "js": [ "app/app.js" ] } ], "browser_action": { "default_title": "Reedr \u2014 Text-to-speech", "default_icon": { "16": "images/logo16.png", "32": "images/logo32.png", "48": "images/logo48.png", "128": "images/logo128.png" } }, "icons": { "16": "images/logo16.png", "32": "images/logo32.png", "48": "images/logo48.png", "128": "images/logo128.png" }, "permissions": [ "activeTab" ], "web_accessible_resources": [ "images/*" ]}
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User reviews

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Yan Yan (ID: 000000e3835f582b) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 08/09/2021 Yay!Finally have free text to speech addon!

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Jamie Johnson (ID: 0000006bc00fb670) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/28/2020 Does not work. Instructions state to click the extension to open the toolbar but nothing happens. It is completely useless.