This extension provides aid for the visually impaired people.

Latest Version

Version

0.8.0

Update

December 11, 2023

Size

195KiB

Developer

Screen Reader for Google Chrome Extension

The extensions allow you to click on a text on a web page to read it aloud using the built-in text-to-speech (TTS) service. You can configure which TTS service to use by clicking on the extension's icon and selecting your favorite voice from the configuration dialog.

It is a Google Hackathon 2012 in Warsaw, Poland, Chrome extension. Each operating system has a text-to-speech service, so consider using them first.

If you need a new feature or spot an issue, you can report it on my GitHub page. I will respond as soon as possible. Remember that it is a side project, and I may have other priorities. But I will try to help as much as I can.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Screen Reader for Google Chrome", "short_name": "Screen Reader", "version": "0.8.0", "manifest_version": 3, "description": "This extension provides aid for the visually impaired people.", "default_locale": "en", "minimum_chrome_version": "120", "icons": { "32": "img/32x32-on.png", "48": "img/48x48-on.png", "128": "img/128x128-on.png" }, "background": { "service_worker": "src/worker.js", "type": "module" }, "permissions": [ "storage", "tts" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "js": [ "src/content.js" ], "css": [ "css/content.css" ], "run_at": "document_end" } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": [ "src/content/audio.js", "src/content/video.js" ], "matches": [ "*://*/*" ] } ], "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "img/16x16-on.png", "32": "img/32x32-on.png" }, "default_title": "Show options", "default_popup": "options.html" }}

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User reviews

Jen Mooney (ID: 0000005a939f773e) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 01/26/2023 To all the people saying it doesn't work: You have to click the text to make it read. Not very obvious, I only found it when I went to copy and paste something after installing it. That said, it's choppy and cuts out partway through a paragraph (text I was reading had a lot of citations in it, so maybe that was the problem), and will only start back at the beginning of a paragraph. It also sounds very much like old an school text reader vs the newer technology they have in iOS accessibility features, for example. Would be great if you could select speed options. But it works.

Melody Sierra (ID: 0000007925980da7) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 08/05/2022 I could not make it work. Ironically, I deleted it. Tried to leave a review, it wouldn't let me leave a review unless I had it installed. Ha! So I reinstalled it just so I could leave the review. It doesn't work. Maybe it used to, but it definitely doesn't now.