Text-to-speech for Web Content

Latest Version

Version
4.0.2
Update
November 14, 2024
Size
695KiB
Developer
kurzweiledu.com
Category
Users
300,000+
Rating
2.64444 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
Français
Nederlands
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Scripting
Tabs
Storage
NativeMessaging
Identity
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Read The Web Extension

Read The Web is free with a subscription to Kurzweil 3000. If you don’t have a subscription, sign-up for a 30-day free trial. You’ll get access to Read The Web, our web app, and much more. Click “Website” to the right and Signup Free on the top right corner.

Add the Kurzweil 3000 Read The Web Chrome Extension to read aloud web content. You can now listen to articles for that research project you’re working on, comments or directions on your school learning platform, or just catch up on news, all in 30 natural text-to-speech voices that read aloud in 17 languages and dialects.

• Read efficiently with audio text-to-speech and moving highlights
• Reduce reading fatigue with human-quality text-to-speech voices
• Improve comprehension with instant access to 3 dictionaries
• Customize reading rate and presentation to suit your preferences
• Highlight key facts and extract them to a mind map or bulleted list


Each individual deserves tools that help them unlock their potential. Kurzweil Education offers proven, research-based, literacy solutions that address unique learning challenges and develop the literacy skills that lead to academic and personal success.
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Source Manifest.json

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User reviews

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K T (ID: 000000c1f7e78b4c) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/26/2022 The app is supposed to work with the Kurzweill 3000 and at first I liked it but there are so many issues with this app. I hve to uninstall when i am finished using it and everytime I need the screen to read for me it glitches.

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Carol Mercau (ID: 00000036d5dc4d72) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 10/01/2022 At first, I really liked the extension. It was working for me. A couple of months ago, though, it started acting up. It will glitch when I enable the extension, not allowing me to press any of the buttons, so I can't make it read. If the buttons do work, sometimes it reads, other times it just highlights text and doesn't move the cursor from there. The Kurzweil cursor also randomly appears even though the extension is disabled.

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Adia (ID: 0000003eed53a6a0) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 06/13/2022 I didn't download this extension, my school did. The login thing just popped up on my school account a few days ago, and it is so damn annoying. I saw someone complaining about this years ago, how come they still haven't fixed it yet? I don't need this, but I can't remove it because my account is managed by the school. All I can do is move it to the less prominent upper left corner... And yes, I can't comment with my school account. I downloaded this extension using my personal account just to comment because of how much I hate it. I need help to remove this extension, google is not helpful at all.

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Cade Barrowes (ID: 0000005a8ddfc358) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 06/08/2022 This extension has been frustrating me for months; it took me that long to figure out that when this extension is installed, it will randomly move my typing cursor to the beginning of a text box after I've already started typing. I'd end up typing words like "isTh" instead of "This." The accessibility features of this app are on their way, but it is really painful and limited in its use as of now. The voices are probably the best thing about this; "Peter" is a decent voice to listen to. However, there is no way I can continue to have this extension installed when it is causing me frustration when I'm not even using it.

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watergod pro (ID: 0000002432e60703) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 12/21/2021 It don't work it keeps showing a red mark over it