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BetterTTS - Offline Natural Text to Speech Reader/Read Aloud

by Iqraa Manuel Β· bettertts.top Β· Accessibility
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Uses fast, high quality local AI voices to read webpages and PDFs aloud while highlighting each word as it is spoken.

Users
38
βˆ’26 in 30 days
Rating
2.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#120K
#100K among extensions
Version
1.10
updated 26 Apr 2026

Users

monthly, 6 months
53464Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 38 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 6 months
001Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About BetterTTS - Offline Natural Text to Speech Reader/Read Aloud

BetterTTS turns your browser into an audiobook player β€” powered by AI voices trained exclusively on public domain audio, running entirely on your own computer. πŸ”’ ALWAYS AVAILABLE, NO CLOUD REQUIRED Cloud-based TTS (text-to-speech) services fail when servers go down β€” and lately, they go down a lot. BetterTTS runs 100% locally on your machine. No API calls, no server dependencies, no surprise outages. As long as your computer is running, BetterTTS works. Period. πŸ“š READ ENTIRE BOOKS WITH ONE CLICK Start reading on any chapter and walk away. With Auto-Next, BetterTTS automatically navigates to the next page when it finishes, reading through entire textbooks, web novels, or documentation without interruption. Do your chores, exercise, or relax while your computer reads for you. πŸŽ™οΈ ETHICALLY TRAINED AI VOICES Unlike competitors that train on scraped or unlicensed voice recordings, BetterTTS uses the Kokoro TTS model β€” trained purely on public domain audiobooks. Natural, expressive speech without ethical concerns. YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR READER You paid for your hardware. Use it. BetterTTS leverages your PC's processing power to deliver fast, private, reliable text to speech that doesn't depend on anyone else's servers staying online. Perfect for students, researchers, language learners, or anyone who's tired of cloud services failing at the worst possible moment. Features Natural AI Voices β€” Powered by Kokoro, a state-of-the-art neural TTS engine with lifelike speech Auto-Next Page Navigation β€” Reads through entire books automatically, navigating pages without user input Multi-Language Support β€” Supports English (US and UK), Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish β€” more coming soon! Adjustable Playback Speed β€” Speed up or slow down narration from 0.5x to 2x Word-by-Word Highlighting β€” Follow along as text is read with real-time visual highlighting PDF Support β€” Read PDF documents directly in your browser Read Selection β€” Highlight any text and read just that portion Customizable Highlight Colors β€” Choose your preferred highlight color for comfortable reading 100% Offline β€” All processing happens locally β€” your text never leaves your computer Ethically Sourced AI β€” Trained purely on public domain audio, not scraped copyrighted material

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+4+11.8%00.00
30 daysβˆ’26βˆ’40.6%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.1026 Apr 2026
1.925 Apr 2026

Details

Category
Accessibility
First seen
25 Apr 2026
Size
14.5 MB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
bettertts.top
Extension ID
dbhnenfaglccblnhebbcfdpooodmbpec

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 2
Permissions
storagecontextMenusnativeMessagingscriptingactiveTabwebNavigationalarms
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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