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Selection Reader (Text to Speech)

by David Heaney · Accessibility
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

High quality text-to-speech reader capable of seamlessly reading large amounts of text.

Users
200K
+100K in 30 days
Rating
4.2 / 5
+0.58 in 30 days
Ratings
730
+3 in 30 days
Store rank
#1,191
#1,072 among extensions
Version
2.0.10
updated 7 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
30K165K300KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 200,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
200465730Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 730 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Selection Reader (Text to Speech)

Other text to speech extensions are bloated, slow, and often critically flawed - they're unable to read out more than around 250 characters at a time without cutting out! Not to mention the shady permissions they require. Selection Reader is simple, fast, and can read out unlimited text for FREE. Just select the text and right click! It's really that simple, and there's no catch. NEW: You can now also read out an entire article automatically by clicking the extension icon without selecting any tet.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0+0.58
30 days+100K+100.0%+3+0.58
6 months+100K+100.0%+6+0.59
1 year0+0.0%+4+0.59

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Selection Reader (Text to Speech) appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
selection#13+3
reader#18+7
text to speech#540
speech#58+5

Version history

7 versions recorded
2.0.107 Sep 2026
2.0.910 Aug 2026
2.0.811 Jun 2026
2.0.610 Jun 2026
2.0.59 Jun 2026
2.0.18 Jun 2026
1.8.98 Sep 2018

Details

Category
Accessibility
First seen
8 Sep 2018
Size
53 KB
Languages
de, en, fil, id, sw, ms, nl, vi
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 0, likelihood 2
Permissions
activeTabalarmscontextMenusscriptingstoragetts

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