Page Reader

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A completely free extension to read highlighted text via Text To Speech.

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This is a very easy to use Text To Speech extension. Simply highlight any section of text on your page, then click the extension icon on your Chrome toolbar and it will be read back to you. The extension is entirely free, and always will be.

Any and all feedback/suggestions are welcome, as I plan on continuing to update it as needed.

Latest reviews

Tuxu HDS 2025-02-03: Requires a Stop function ASAP. Requires a voice\language change function ASAP - I've tried to change it via Option and Save however it did not seem to have any effect whatsoever. I saw that some people here said that It stopped mid sentence but it never did for me, I wish it did though since... for some reason it picked my Hebrew Voice option and I had to listen to a whole article being narrated by an equivalent of someone who had learnt English from a supermarket shelf. It was utterly horrendous and my co workers could not fathom why I had that mortified expression on my face - I've shut down my BT earphones and they had the same look in 3 seconds as well. For me - that was funny so for that and for the fact that this extension is completely free I gave it 3 stars in hope that the developer would take it out of the catatonic stage it currently enjoys. Cheers!
Wesley Tarr 2024-05-23: I attempted to use this and it works on normal web pages like news articles. Though it doesn't finish the full reading of the highlighted text. But I was hoping to do less reading for my online course. This extension does not work at all on those pages.
Seth Dressler 2024-02-22: Trash.
James West 2024-02-09: I'm not sure if this desire a star. It cuts off mid-sentence and no matter what you try, couldn't seem to resolve the issues. I just deleted it.
programmer_1 programmer_1 2023-04-12: cuts in the middle of sentence
programmer_1 programmer_1 2023-04-12: cuts in the middle of sentence
Siobhan Sully 2023-02-26: Tried it and it cuts off mid sentence. Had to read the reviews to even figure out how to get it to work, it is incredibly slow to both read and work. You would spend so much time fiddling with it you would have about as much clue about what you just read if you just read it yourself.
Siobhan Sully 2023-02-26: Tried it and it cuts off mid sentence. Had to read the reviews to even figure out how to get it to work, it is incredibly slow to both read and work. You would spend so much time fiddling with it you would have about as much clue about what you just read if you just read it yourself.
D. Sellars54 2023-01-26: Maddeningly frustrating to have it stop after a couple sentences, regardless of how much text is highlighted. Tried everything I could, but it just doesn't work.
D. Sellars54 2023-01-26: Maddeningly frustrating to have it stop after a couple sentences, regardless of how much text is highlighted. Tried everything I could, but it just doesn't work.
S. N. D. 2022-12-12: that is not reading, I cant understand anything
S. N. D. 2022-12-12: that is not reading, I cant understand anything
Linsey Rodriguez 2022-10-01: This only reads 28 words at a time, no matter how much text you select. I constantly had to reselect new text to read. You can change the pitch and speed, but it's not worth it.
Linsey Rodriguez 2022-10-01: This only reads 28 words at a time, no matter how much text you select. I constantly had to reselect new text to read. You can change the pitch and speed, but it's not worth it.
LabRatZ 2022-04-05: No matter what text I select, It just doesn't work. No action is happening after pressing the button.
LabRatZ 2022-04-05: No matter what text I select, It just doesn't work. No action is happening after pressing the button.
Kristen Costello 2022-03-14: You have to highlight the text on a page in order to hear it and it only reads like two lines at a time - even if you highlighted a whole article. Not good for low vision accessibility, but if you like highlighting text it's fine.
Kristen Costello 2022-03-14: You have to highlight the text on a page in order to hear it and it only reads like two lines at a time - even if you highlighted a whole article. Not good for low vision accessibility, but if you like highlighting text it's fine.
Isaiah Mckissor 2022-01-13: Reads about 3 sentences and then stops....
Isaiah Mckissor 2022-01-13: Reads about 3 sentences and then stops....
Porscha 2021-08-10: It would randomly stop reading so you have to press play again and then it would play some more before completely stopping for no reason - really upsetting
Porscha 2021-08-10: It would randomly stop reading so you have to press play again and then it would play some more before completely stopping for no reason - really upsetting
CM Lin 2021-02-20: How to use: select the line you want it to read, and click the "page reader" icon.
CM Lin 2021-02-20: How to use: select the line you want it to read, and click the "page reader" icon.
Justin Neugebauer 2020-10-19: the voice was okay but it wouldn't read more then 300 characters and ended up repeating itself and i cant stop it i uninstalled it it went away and as soon as i reinstalled it it repeated it simultaneously. so now im sorry but im not going to reinstall this tell you fix the crud bugs.
Justin Neugebauer 2020-10-19: the voice was okay but it wouldn't read more then 300 characters and ended up repeating itself and i cant stop it i uninstalled it it went away and as soon as i reinstalled it it repeated it simultaneously. so now im sorry but im not going to reinstall this tell you fix the crud bugs.
Naresh Babu Kalakada 2019-11-27: like it but please provide a visible stop button to stop the voice.
Naresh Babu Kalakada 2019-11-27: like it but please provide a visible stop button to stop the voice.
Malvina Sherman 2019-09-20: Nice for when I'm lazy :P It sounds terrifying on my friend's computer though
Malvina Sherman 2019-09-20: Nice for when I'm lazy :P It sounds terrifying on my friend's computer though
Molly 2019-09-01: works exactly like it says on the tin. voice is very easy to understand, if a tiny bit grating after a while.
Molly 2019-09-01: works exactly like it says on the tin. voice is very easy to understand, if a tiny bit grating after a while.
Joel Afamefune 2018-03-25: voice is okay, clearer than most. like how you can click away to end the speaker. pretty good ext.
Joel Afamefune 2018-03-25: voice is okay, clearer than most. like how you can click away to end the speaker. pretty good ext.
Dimoni Foxi 2018-02-07: As long as it works, and I don't have to read, I'm fine with a robot like voice.
Dimoni Foxi 2018-02-07: As long as it works, and I don't have to read, I'm fine with a robot like voice.
Alex Qxi 2018-02-04: would be great if it continued reading in the background after I open a new tab to google something. apart from that, it's awesome.
Alex Qxi 2018-02-04: would be great if it continued reading in the background after I open a new tab to google something. apart from that, it's awesome.
Sunny Kwan 2017-11-28: PLEASE change the voice of the reader. Scared the hell outta me once I tried it. Everything else was ok.
Sunny Kwan 2017-11-28: PLEASE change the voice of the reader. Scared the hell outta me once I tried it. Everything else was ok.
Ben Alder 2017-10-21: Apart from the fact it doesn't read my page it worked great!
Ben Alder 2017-10-21: Apart from the fact it doesn't read my page it worked great!
Anton T 2017-10-09: I need shortcut for read, cause start it from right top corner is too slow
Anton T 2017-10-09: I need shortcut for read, cause start it from right top corner is too slow
Tiago Braga 2017-09-20: The idea is fine, but the main problem is not being able to change tabs or even open the browser settings without stopping the audio. Also, could have an easy voice speed setting.
Tiago Braga 2017-09-20: The idea is fine, but the main problem is not being able to change tabs or even open the browser settings without stopping the audio. Also, could have an easy voice speed setting.
Aasterinian Rosewave 2017-06-18: very mechanical voice but decent if your wanting it to read pages while you work on other projects around the computer
Aasterinian Rosewave 2017-06-18: very mechanical voice but decent if your wanting it to read pages while you work on other projects around the computer
Noah Schneider 2017-04-26: Please, for the love of god, change the voice that reads everything.
Noah Schneider 2017-04-26: Please, for the love of god, change the voice that reads everything.

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