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.
Managers
I would like to...
by comments
by date
by popularity
Sort
Display all
or
Enable filter

32 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, 23:47
5 comments
29 votes Vote

Click somewhere on the page and begin reading from that location

ken107, 04.03.2018, 17:56
3 comments
22 votes


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, 16:44
0 comments
17 votes


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, 21:51
1 comment
17 votes


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, 13:33
2 comments
12 votes


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, 16:08
4 comments
9 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, 19:49
2 comments
9 votes


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, 21:55
0 comments
5 votes


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, 14:52
0 comments
5 votes


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, 05:15
1 comment
4 votes


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, 14:51
1 comment
4 votes


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, 17:37
0 comments
3 votes


Estimate reading time

Audio time finishes in... 6min and 30 seconds. Thx for the amazing tool!
gian, 06.05.2020, 13:59
0 comments
3 votes


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, 05:52
0 comments
3 votes


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, 23:57
0 comments
3 votes


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, 23:46
0 comments
3 votes


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, 15:48
0 comments
3 votes


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, 03:54
1 comment
3 votes


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, 14:09
0 comments
3 votes


Microsoft Azure Natural Voices

Hi there, I love this little extension, I use it both on Chrome and Edge. On Edge it is able to load the Microsoft Azure Natural Voices fine as they are added directly to the browser, however on Chrome these voices are not available. I see that...
Rafael, 30.01.2024, 12:57
0 comments
3 votes


Add Portuguese and other multilingual voices from

The Supertonic TTS engine now supports multiple languages including English, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Currently, the Read Aloud extension only uses the English voices from Supertonic. Please add the Portuguese (pt) and other...
Joseph, 18.01.2026, 05:04
0 comments
2 votes


Add Yandex TTS voices

Best Russian voices for now: https://cloud.yandex.com/services/speechkit
Alexey Skripnik, 22.04.2020, 07:03
0 comments
2 votes


"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, 22:03
1 comment
2 votes


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, 21:47
0 comments
2 votes


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, 19:47
1 comment
2 votes


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, 02:46
1 comment
2 votes


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, 06:36
0 comments
2 votes


Toggleable "new line causes pause" feature

This is a great extension for helping me get through my reading, but some of the PDFs I have don't use properly wrapping text. Could you add a toggle that replaces new lines with a space before handing off the text to the voice API?
Lilly, 04.11.2023, 22:00
0 comments
2 votes


please make android app

Please make an Android app, because my native language Malayalam felt very native ! I was amazed, then I checked another language too, everything was lmore like human. Very good, please consider my request
shafaf, 04.12.2023, 04:06
0 comments
1 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, 13:29
0 comments

Pages< 1 2 3 >