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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
Extension ID
Languages Support
Permissions
ActiveTab
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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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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
Source Manifest.json
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