Read Aloud Browser Extension

This is a popular browser (Chrome/Firefox) extension that reads aloud the content of the web page using text-to-speech technology.
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27 votes Vote

Highlighting Text

Dear ReadAloud I appreciate your great idea. I would like to suggest, an idea that can simplify, the task of highlighting and clicking the read-aloud button. There is a program that I use. It allows the user to either select a single line or...
Mysticgenius, 26.04.2018, 22:47
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23 votes Vote

Click somewhere on the page and begin reading from that location

ken107, 04.03.2018, 16:56
1 comment
20 votes Vote

adding language support for Persian('fa')

I'm sure it'll help lots of people who are trying to learn Persian. Please add the feature to support this language as well.
Mkok, 02.07.2020, 15:44
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16 votes Vote

Character count / estimate read time.

Self explanatory, simple overlay like "2m" on the icon to reflect how long reading time will be according to highlight. Default to full article.
dirtyid, 21.09.2019, 20:51
1 comment
14 votes Vote

speech speed

increase/decrease the speed of speech while the text is being read. i want to use the extension for productivity and it helps if the speech is faster.
bhuvan, 26.02.2021, 12:33
1 comment
12 votes Vote

Save speech to AUDIO file, WAV or even MP3.

I agree, Your firefox extension is amazing. It would be fantastic to be able to save/export output as an audio file. I think a MP3 may be a problematic, because of coding or something..., but WAV should be "easier"? The Extension will be...
Malacky, 06.10.2018, 15:08
3 comments
8 votes Vote

PDF, and easy upload

Hi! I LOVE your add-on, I have a form of dyslexia and use Read Aloud to listen to the content. The fact that it has access to all the different voices is fantastic. I tried to put more voices on my PC, but it's strangely difficult. You took...
bod, 07.09.2018, 18:49
2 comments
7 votes Vote

Dynamically adjust playback speed

Would be nice to be able to adjust playback speed while reading via hotkeys without stopping current read session. Possibly between sentence updates to server?
dirtyid, 21.09.2019, 20:55
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5 votes Vote

Make it usable for Thunderbird

I'm sure there are some Thunderbird users who would greatly appreciate an Add-on which can read their e-mails.
tb-user, 05.03.2021, 13:52
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4 votes Vote

Firefox Closes When Window Deselected

In Firefox, the Text Highlight box closes out when the browser window is deselected. I like to follow along when listening, but also like to work on other things and I am unable to do so in Firefox. It stays open in Chrome/Brave for comparison....
Sebulba, 30.08.2021, 04:15
1 comment
3 votes Vote

Estimate reading time

Audio time finishes in... 6min and 30 seconds. Thx for the amazing tool!
gian, 06.05.2020, 12:59
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3 votes Vote

An affiliate program for Read-Aloud-Pro.

Thank you for creating such a wonderful tool. I use it to listen/proof-read, and improve the quality of my writing. My suggestion is: An affiliate program for Read-Aloud-Pro. I am sure You would have an army of affiliate marketers selling the...
Madamxtra, 21.04.2020, 04:52
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3 votes Vote

Google Drive PDF reader

Your app is amazing by the way. Read Aloud supposedly supports PDF files, but it does not work with PDF files that are in Google Drive. The Extension would be even more amazing if it did. Cheers guys
Stefane, 17.06.2018, 13:51
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3 votes Vote

skip reading header and footer (page

Skip reading header and footer of pdf(ebook) repeatedly. (for example, page number, warning messages). warning message seems like [These materials are © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is...
Jo, 06.02.2019, 22:57
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3 votes Vote

Donating

Was thinking of donating some money to this project because I use this extension a great deal (find it very useful) and because I thought that perhaps this kind of project might be in need of funds. If you're not accepting monetary donations,...
Mark Fernandes, 18.04.2020, 22:46
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Highlighting each individual word as it is read.

I love how easy it is to use this app. As an Intervention Specialist working with students who have difficulty reading, I have one suggestion. As the voice reads the text, have the option of highlighting each word as it is read instead of the...
MJ Callahan, 14.03.2020, 16:37
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3 votes Vote

Abbreviations and how TTS handles them

Hi, Really liking the Read Aloud Extension, I am wondering if there might currently be a way or a feature implemented in the future that would allow some abbreviations to be read differently. Currently, it will read Dr as doctor, this makes...
Jack, 22.08.2021, 02:54
1 comment
2 votes Vote

"Sign in to use this voice" - How/ where?

I was using a voice (Amazon, Brian) then recently it stopped working. I've been using a different voice. I had a look today and that voice was available again - yay! But Read Aloud says I have to sign in to use it. How? Where? (This info...
James, 06.11.2018, 21:03
1 comment
2 votes Vote

Trim URL to read domain name only.

If urls is filtered to read only domain names. Instead of reading this in full: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis It just reads: wikipedia.org
dirtyid, 21.09.2019, 20:47
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2 votes Vote

CereProc Text-to-Speech

First and foremost, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for this extension! My question pertains to CereProc Text-to-Speech (https://www.cereproc.com/). I was just curious if Read Aloud would ever consider including their voices? Ivona (now...
Response from the site administrator
ken107, 04.11.2019
Thank you for the wonderful feedback! I'm glad it's been so useful for you.

Let me have a look at CereProc see if we can do something with it. I created a ticket to track it: https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud/issues/120
Tito, 04.11.2019, 18:47
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2 votes Vote

Pronunciation

Dear ReadAloud- I am appreciating this app as someone with a chronic illness that sometimes brings brainfog and/or blurry vision that makes reading- a favorite past-time- difficult. I think it would be great if we could allow the reader to...
msbedelia, 12.01.2020, 14:48
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Music stops when extension active

when music is playing (from youtube for example) and the plugin is activated then the music stops, and after the plugin has finish reading, the music will return.
yehuda, 26.04.2020, 01:46
1 comment
2 votes Vote

Set preferred language or language hierarchy

Hi. I'm using hte Chrome plugin and liking it a lot. Quite often this plugin reads danish texts in the norwegian language. The two languages have many things in common. Many words are spelled the same, but are spoken quite differently. It...
Johannes Hejslet Jørgensen, 02.11.2022, 05:36
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1 vote Vote

Add Yandex TTS voices

Best Russian voices for now: https://cloud.yandex.com/services/speechkit
Alexey Skripnik, 22.04.2020, 06:03
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1 vote Vote

List of popular voices or recommendations

A list of the most widely used or top recommended voices would make it easier to select one yourself. When I first downloaded the extension I tried 15 voices before I settled on one that I really liked. Would be helpful to see at a glance what the...
Tanner Larson, 18.12.2019, 12:29
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1 vote Vote

Gmail

Gmail
www.warnerbros.com, 29.12.2020, 09:25
2 comments
1 vote Vote

Justify Text

In the window that pops up with the highlighted text that is being read, could you please make the text justified. It makes the texts far more readable, easy to follow, and clean looking. Here is what justified text means and looks like:...
Alon, 02.08.2021, 22:36
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Highlight text in the pdf instead of pop up

first of all, Many many thanks for the free app, it is just amazing, but only thing i feel kinda weird is, highlight text shows only in the extension app in the pop up, there should an option to show highlight in the pdf itself.
Mahe, 09.08.2021, 20:21
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1 vote Vote

Can you port to Safari?

Safari is indeed faster than Chrome and works great on my 7 year old laptop. With a cognitive disability, I rely on ReadAloud for my college readings.The combination of the two would be amazing. Thank you!
Matt, 25.09.2021, 07:42
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1 vote Vote

Auto scrolling when listening to a webpage

I've been testing out text to voice extensions and by far your's is one of the (if not) the best. However I keep losing my place when i'm not reading along with your tool. I see someone else mentioned high lighting which would certainly help, I...
James, 25.09.2021, 13:09
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