Read any webpage out loud with natural voices. Free text to speech (TTS) reader — articles, PDFs, selected text. Works offline.
Users
56
+4 in 30 days
Rating
3.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#103K
#86K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 16 May 2026
Users
monthly, 5 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:56 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 5 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Read Aloud: Text to Speech for Any Webpage
Read any webpage out loud — for free. One click and Read Aloud TTS turns articles, blogs, news, and selected text into natural-sounding speech in 40+ languages.
✓ One-click read — floating speaker button on every page
✓ Read selected text only — highlight + click Play
✓ 100+ natural voices included free (uses your system's built-in voices)
✓ 40+ languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and more
✓ Speed control 0.5×–2.5× — perfect for speed-listening or learning
✓ Pitch control + voice picker per language
✓ Sentence-by-sentence highlighting so you can follow along
✓ Keyboard shortcut: Alt + R to play/pause anywhere
✓ Right-click any text → Read aloud
✓ Works offline — no account, no signup, no ads, no tracking
PERFECT FOR
• Students reading long articles or research papers
• People with dyslexia, ADHD, or vision impairment
• Multitaskers who want to "listen" while doing chores or commuting
• ESL learners practicing pronunciation
• Writers proofreading their own work by ear
• Anyone with screen fatigue
HOW IT WORKS
1. Install the extension
2. Open any webpage
3. Click the floating speaker icon (bottom-right) or press Alt + R
4. Click the icon again to pause, or right-click for full controls
LANGUAGES SUPPORTED
English (US, UK, AU, IN), Spanish, Portuguese (BR, PT), French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean — plus any voice installed on your OS.
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Users
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Ratings
Rating
7 days
−2
−3.4%
0
0.00
30 days
+4
+7.7%
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0.00
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