Reads YouTube captions aloud using Chrome's built-in TTS

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Version
1.4
Update
January 1, 2025
Size
24.6KiB
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0
Rating
0 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Tts
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YouTube Caption TTS Extension

Real-Time Caption Reading: Automatically reads YouTube captions aloud as they appear on the screen.

YouTube Caption TTS is designed to enhance your YouTube viewing experience by reading captions aloud using Chrome's built-in Text-to-Speech (TTS) capabilities.

This can be used to effectively dub videos with multilingual captions available, supporting both pre-written or auto-generated captions.

Customizable TTS Settings:
- Voice Selection: Choose from a variety of available voices to suit your preference.
- Speech Speed Control: Adjust the speed of the speech to match your listening comfort.
- Volume Adjustment: Control the volume of the TTS output independently.

Advanced Settings:
- Overlap Time: Define how long the extension waits before interrupting ongoing speech with new captions.
- Catch-Up Factor: Adjust the reading speed when catching up to recent captions.
- Caption Visibility Control: Option to hide on-screen captions while still having them read aloud.
- Modulate Speed by Character Count: Dynamically changes the speech rate based on the length of captions.

Changelog:

V1.3
- Initial release

V1.4
- Bugfix: Initialized content script properly when storage is empty.
- Bugfix: Resolved issue where TTS wouldn't start when activated after page load.
- Bugfix: Fixed \"Stop\" functionality to prevent reading subsequent captions.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "YouTube Caption TTS", "version": "1.4", "description": "Reads YouTube captions aloud using Chrome's built-in TTS", "icons": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "19": "icons/icon19.png", "38": "icons/icon38.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" }, "permissions": [ "tts", "storage" ], "host_permissions": [ "*://www.youtube.com/*" ], "action": { "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "19": "icons/icon19.png", "38": "icons/icon38.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" } }, "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch*"], "js": ["content.js"] } ]}
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