Read aloud any Google Doc, PDF, webpage, or book with text to speech (TTS). Natural sounding voices in 30+ languages & 130 voices.

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Version
11.16.0
Update
December 6, 2024
Size
23.01MiB
Developer
speechify.com
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Users
1,000,000+
Rating
4.56602 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
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Permissions
Offscreen
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Storage
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Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader Extension

Text to speech from Speechify lets you listen to docs, articles, PDFs, email, and other formats — anything you read. It’s one of the fastest growing voice generator extensions in the Chrome store.

Our speech synthesis TTS technology is trusted by millions of happy users who listen in various languages and accents in the most natural-sounding speech. Our users have listened to 6.5 billion words.

== Speechify text to speech features ==

➤ Listen at any speed
Read up to 4.5x faster — 900 words per minute. Our high-quality AI voices can read 4.5x faster than the average reading speed so that you can learn even more in less time. While it isn’t easy to listen to 900 words per minute, we won’t stop you from achieving your full potential.

➤ Listen on desktop or mobile devices.
Anything you’ve saved to your Speechify library instantly syncs across devices so that you can listen to anything, anywhere, anytime. Saved artifacts are synced to the cloud and accessible across all your devices. Make sure to install our mobile app on your Android or iOS devices.

➤ Human-like voices
Our voices sound more fluid and human-like than any other AI reader, so you can understand and remember more.

➤ Screenshot image to audio
Found an image with text on it? Take a pic and have Speechify read it out loud to you. You can easily take a screenshot and sync it to your cloud with one click.

➤ Floating widget
The floating widget is always accessible when you need it. Move it around, dock it, or completely hide it.

➤ Other features
• Active highlighting to help you easily read along.
• Inline player seamlessly integrates into all your websites for easy and quick access.
• One subscription and easily sync across all your devices.

== How Speechify works ==

• Speechify scans your active tab in your browser and, in real time, converts the content to a most human-sounding voice.
• Works beautifully with Gmail, Google docs, Word docs, PDFs, Twitter, Wikipedia entries, blogs, news publications, and every web page you visit. It’s perfect for school, work, e-learning, learning a second language, and casual reading.
• You can take a picture of any text and import it into the app to read aloud.

With over 130+ voices to choose from across various languages, you can find the perfect one you love. Some voices are very recognizable. Mr. President, for instance, or even the officially licensed Gwyneth Paltrow voice, is one of our users’ favorites.

== Use cases ==

Speechify was first built to serve a single purpose: to help with dyslexia. But the use case for our app with the best-sounding voices exploded. If you love to read, need to read, or struggle with reading, Speechify is for you.

➤ Students at any grade level
Read faster and retain much more. Listen to your notes or textbook and follow along while stimulating auditory and visual senses.

➤ People with disabilities
Speechify was created by Cliff Weitzman, who struggled with dyslexia. It helped him excel at his studies.

➤ People struggling with vision issues or injuries that prevent them from reading
Other disabilities such as dry eyes, migraines, TBIs, or any illness that's a barrier to reading. Our mission has been constant – remove barriers to reading.

➤ Professionals like lawyers & doctors
Professions that require extensive reading, such as lawyers, doctors, editors, and such, can read important case files quickly and become more familiar with their work in shorter amounts of time.

➤ Storytime
Parents can use text to speech to read their children’s favorite books at home or on those long car rides. You don’t have to turn on an iPad or a movie to entertain your kids. They can listen to their favorite stories over and over again. Reading has proven to have significant results in early childhood development. Let them read.

➤ Productivity hackers
Save time with speed reading everything. No more lengthy emails. Use Speechify to automate your life. Speechify works great on Notion and other productivity tools.

➤ People who love podcasts
Reading your favorite blog, news article, or a lengthy PDF, but it’s time to work out? No problem. Simply press play, and Speechify will convert your article into speech.

➤ Avid readers
Those working in Google Docs. Efficiently read and share audio versions from within the docs for review.
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extension file

Select and download the Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice 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 Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Carissa (ID: 0000004f5301a562) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/07/2024 The extension is easy to use, and makes reading so much more accessible to my ADHD brain. Premium version is offered by my university, and it has changed my life as a college student! Thank you!!

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Morgan Zhang (ID: 000000ea611398ce) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 09/16/2024 Updated on 2024: For those whose extension does not work, try to update chrome browser and reinstall the extension. I have solved my problem, hope my tip could help. I hope there were a monthly subcription plan instead of 12 months payment per year.

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Hadar Weitzman (ID: 00000075a66a7d32) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/13/2024 **Update September 12, 2024. I am still using the Chrome extension and mainly the AI enhanced voices which Speechify has developed recently. These AI voices sound very real, and easy to listen, just like a natural person. I specifically like the "Erica" voice. (but you may like others). ** My original review was (from 2018): I am amazed how they fixed many bugs and improved the Chrome extension. I am using it all the time now. Simply love this app. English is my second language, so for me it's much easier and faster to listen with this app then reading, especially when I am tired (even when it's just a fb post - when it's longer than one paragraph). I've also improved my speed in listening thanks to this app. Recommended!!

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Sparktite (Beau) (ID: 000000921ce80f7d) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 07/12/2024 This app at first is pretty good. The voices are good and theres a lot of control over the voice. However, it only took about 5-15 mins before it stopped reading any text whatsoever because it wanted me to create a login and use that. There is literally no reason to force me into making a login for this service when i already had it working, and it works without creating an account. Seems kinda scummy to be honest, i think im just gonna go back to read aloud and or TTS for Google extensions. UPDATE/EDIT - UPDATE/EDIT - UPDATE/EDIT - UPDATE/EDIT: I found that i was willing to use a google sign in option to basically make a throw away account since my last review. I was actually semi content because the voices were great and while it was probably more taxing than my other TTS extension to use have running on a billion tabs, it sounded so much nicer that i got rid of my old one. Very soon after i found out i was being limited down to the basic microsoft sam style voices even though i was having all the other settings default and not using any features at all. I was then cut off from using the app to have a voice remind me that i cant use the nice voices unless i pay for a subscription. Because for some reason that makes sense rather than me just saying that this app is terrible, a complete waste of time, and left me worse off than i had i just not wasted my time with it and kept using the app i already liked before. Its okay though because soon enough all of this will be pretty old and phased out. Well start seeing more competition for actually usable apps potentially with adverts however that will be 100X better than what this extension currently has to offer. I cant wait to see this app fall into obscurity. Again to drive the point home. I would give this an app 0 or negative stars were it possible, and i am surprised to find that the app was somehow worse than i expected and thought it was when i left my initial 1 star dont waste your time herte review lol.

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Davina Smith (ID: 00000006157805b8) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 06/05/2024 STEALING DATA No reason it needs to be reading and using my chrome history.