TTS Ebook Reader

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Supports Kindle,Google Play,Scribd,Overdrive and Gutenberg, powered by Google TTS (Text to Speech), turns ebooks into audible books

Latest reviews

• (2023-07-10) Rafael PAF: The extension is not working anymore. Plese, fix it!
• (2023-04-15) Blake Hall: This used to work really well with Kindle Cloud Reader (and I didn't mind paying for it), but now it does not work with the site at all. There are no updates from the developer to suggest if or when this will be fixed - the website linked in the extension download page doesn't work, and the Github page has not been updated it seems in 2 years. I was still being billed so I unsubscribed on Paypal.
• (2022-12-21) r s: literally doesn't work
• (2022-07-07) Jay Statham: COMPLETE bait & switch offering! I installed this extension from the Opera Extension offerings for TTS readers. It was the first one that came up. I started using it with an eBook reader online and got 13% through the book when up popped the paywall demanding $4.99 to continue. I went to the "DETAILS" page of the installed extension and there was NO mention that this was a trial. Further, the paywall that pops up does NOT say who's asking to be paid. I first though it was the eBook site, but I was ALREADY paying for that. With NO identifier as to who was asking for $.4.99, I chose to pay by credit care "assuming" there it would show who was being "paid" if I had gone through with it. It did not. I started looking through the support page for my eBook reader to see if I could find where THEY were trying to charge $4.99, found nothing. RIGHT before I was about to write support for my eBook reader online I decided to go to the website for the extension and only there, at the VERY BOTTOM of the description, did I finally see "TRIAL." If this had been on the original extension site, or in the Details for the extension, I would have seen it and not used it. Since it's literally HIDDEN so you have to HUNT on the extension website, you won't know it's a trial until, like me, you're 13% into a book, playing in the background while working on a project I didn't have TIME to stop working on to research this Bait & Switch offering. Therefore, I consider this company's business practice HIGHLY misleading and predatory. If youj have to TRICK people into using your product, then what kind of future do you have? Either be UP FRONT about your offering, or don't put it out there. If I can give ZERO stars I would since I'm SO aggravated about the time it's taken me to figure this out. Once I did, I took MORE time to write this NEGATIVE review to hopefully save others the same fate. I hope this extension is removed from the Chrome and Opera offerings. #karma
• (2022-06-21) Gabrielle Clarke: I actually found this extension to be very useful reading an ebook on Overdrive for me. It would have been nice if I could have used it on my mobile device and not only on my lap top, but I did find it useful and of good quality overall. I only rated 2 stars though because I am highly dissatisfied with how hard it is to figure out how to cancel your subscription. I shouldn't have to waste hours of my time trying to cancel a subscription I am not using anymore. There is no information on how to cancel in the extension itself, google chrome store, or the website link in the extension description on google chrome store. I just finally found how to stop paying for this extension I am not using anymore in the review comments. The undisclosed and difficult cancelation process makes it seem that this extension is trying to make money off inconveniencing their customers rather than quality of product and service.
• (2022-06-09) Tate Sprite: Works for the most part. I'm a paid subscriber. Every few pages it seems to inexplicably skip the end of the sentence or paragraph and suddenly I'm starting a new sentence where the previous one was not completed. It's disorienting and someone should look at this as a bug. Please help. Latest Chrome on Windows 10.
• (2022-03-13) Anthonette McDaniel: As a low vision individual, text to speech is something absolutely necessary for me. Without TTS Ebook Reader I would be unable to use either scribd or overdrive. These services offer low (or no) cost ebooks but are simply not accessible for those with vision issues. Therefore, this extension has been simply wonderful. Yes it is not free (4.99 a month) but for me this cost is worth it because as a bibliophile I can now access ebooks that were not available before. There is frankly no other option especially for scribd or (as far as I know) overdrive. In addition to the utility of this extension, I have also found the customer service to be excellent. I have emailed (see the product page in the Chrome Store for the email address) the developer with questions and have received prompt replies. In short for this user 5.00 a month is a reasonable price to pay for access to the vast libraries of the services I use.
• (2022-02-25) Angela Poy: I have been trying to cancel and I was unable to find where to.
• (2022-02-12) Martín Drudi (Я либлю тебя): No permite añadir eBooks propios alojados en el equipo del Usuario
• (2021-12-25) Roberto Cardona Murga: no se puede usar en https://es.scribd.com/document solo en https://www.scribd.com/books espero lo arreglen pronto pues es lamentable que eso suceda.
• (2021-12-23) Bradley Wilder: A very dishonest business model when a company displays no information about a "suscription service" or a "free preview" until you run out and all of a sudden, what's perceived as a free resources has a paywall. This is why setting expectations is so important on the front end. I've really enjoyed the product, but definitely not pleased by the surprise. Feels like I'm experiencing "foot in the door" behavior that wants to rope me in. This would be a simple fix for TTS Reader, whatever their intentions, so that they don't accidently deceive people in the future.
• (2021-11-21) ELLIOTT M: It's pretty disgusting how much time companies like this spend on trying to get paid and how little time they spend on making sure that you get what you pay for. Of course I used the product for a few pages and this free product popped up that I have to pay $5 a month or $60 a year which is a lot for one little app so I decided to pay the money and the way it popped up with stupid PayPal it looked like there's no way it's going to tie my payment to the product. Of course that's exactly what happened so now I'm paying $5 a month and I still can't use the product I'd like a refund of course there's almost no way to contact these people and if you leave a review, by the time they get back to you, you won't even remember what it was you wanted. How could a company create a product and not spend more time on making sure the product is available to paying customers when so few of your customers are going to actually pay for this ;very very few ;for the ones that do, you would think the company would have given a little thought as to how to deliver the product to us? I got three emails from PayPal telling me I paid now I don't know if I paid three times I now have to go over the very long digit numbers and make sure that they are the same all sorts of stuff on how I paid how I'm going to continue paying what it's going to cost but absolutely not a single thing on how to contact the merchant or how to get the product to work; absolutely disgusting. If you're reading this I would like an immediate refund. Even if somehow you can get this to work why did I have to spend so much time on this? You've given us no way to link the payment to the product so how can it possibly work. And such an annoying thing to keep having something pop up telling me i owe money when I just paid , like a sledgehammer that thing keeps letting you know that you need to keep paying paying paying to get, nothing nothing nothing. I could pay 100 times it's going to say the same thing. Scam because they never took time to fix this and most of this product is based on Google speech recognition so not a lot of work to develop something like this.
• (2021-11-01) Manuel Guillén: Works perfectly on Google Play Books. Great!
• (2021-10-08) Spiritual Crusade: This is a great extension and very helpful. I would ask to allow us to go faster than 1.99x speed. A lot of times I listen to books at 2.5x or even 3x. But this is just a request, this extension is excellent!!!
• (2021-09-28) Happy Moments: I didn't know it isn't free. It's a good app, but we don't know how the subscription is structured, is it one off payment or monthly etc. If the app is free then certainly I will continue to use it otherwise I have to uninstall.
• (2021-08-21) Zoran M: They should state at the beginning of their blurb that this requires a monthly subscription.
• (2021-07-28) Junglerat: Unexpectedly refused to continue working until I paid. Should have said that I was only getting a trial somewhere on the Overview page.
• (2021-07-04) YouDon't Need2Know: Great app, but it surprised me by stopping suddenly and demanding a subscription to continue use. Thank you, but no thank you.
• (2021-05-04) Rati In-Abyss: Tips: To use this extension on Chromium browser or Vivaldi, install Speakout. Works like a charm on ARM Linux now. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speakout-a-text-to-speech/mfmhdccjjncabfmhiggoinjejdjdapca?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon
• (2021-04-30) C B: EDIT: I was able to get the extension to detect my Kindle library by following the dev's troubleshooting steps. I'm happy with its functionality but disappointed to find that the subscription is only available through PayPal (for... some reason?) - I'm willing to shell out $5/mo for this extension, considering no one else's is able to read Kindle books without issue, but I'd appreciate some alternate form of payment as an option.
• (2021-04-19) Kaitensatsuma: The Library doesn't display books in my Play Library but I do see the option to Play once I enter most books in the website page. Oddly enough although it depends on the Google voice API it's still fairly different compared to the Read Aloud option on Android, but it basically a free e-Book to audiobook converter so I can't complain too much, well done!
• (2021-03-30) Matt Rhyner: Works well for me!
• (2021-03-19) Damien K: Crashes when you try to use it with Amazon Polly Voices.

Latest issues

• (2023-08-30, v:0.3.4) Simon Mancini: Hello my UserID: bre6757b26885aeff370a40b86ec59389899bd6d6b6
  Hello TTS reader does not work anymore on SCRIBD , can you help out or shall i cancel the service . thanks Simon
• (2023-08-10, v:0.3.4) Rafael PAF: It stopped working again. Please, fix it!
  It stopped working again. Please, fix it!
• (2023-07-01, v:0.3.4) Rafael PAF: It stopped
  It stopped working againa. Please, fix it!
• (2023-06-23, v:0.3.4) Claudio García: I need to unsubscribe from my service please.
  I need to unsubscribe from my service please. Extension doesn't work and I'm being charged. bre1dec04304f3181eb1a583e509dcb1b017b033d8e
• (2023-06-21, v:0.3.4) Ron H: Paid for some now its not working
  Uninstalled and reinstalled and its still not working. Any help would be appreciated.
• (2023-06-04, v:0.3.4) Faith Robinson: Problem with Amazon Cloud Reader Again
  Extension stopped working while trying to read an e-book on Kindle Cloud Reader (read.amazon.com) again
• (2023-05-23, v:0.3.4) Claudio García: Can I use the extension on another web browser or another computer while maintaining a single subscription?
  Can I use the extension on another web browser or another computer while maintaining a single subscription? UserID: bre1dec04304f3181eb1a583e509dcb1b017b033d8e
• (2023-04-18, v:0.3.4) TTS Reader: TTS Reader extension stops working
  Thank you so much for your support of TTS Reader. We regret to let you know that despite our best efforts, we have been unable to pass the Chrome Web Store validation process. The extension was found to have violated the "Spam and Keyword Placement in Store" policy, which is quite unusual. We were able to release a new version one day, but the next day it was flagged for this violation even though we had only made minor bug fixes. We are currently investigating what went wrong and how we can address this issue. In the meantime, we have decided to cancel your subscriptions. As soon as we have resolved the issue or some alternative solution, we will notify you promptly. Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. Best regards, TTS Reader
• (2023-04-12, v:0.3.4) Anthonette McDaniel: Not playing scribd either
  Truthfully unless this problem is sorted out I will have to end my subscription to TTB Ebook Reader. It has become unreliable. Please let your subscribers know what is going on.
• (2023-04-12, v:0.3.4) Anthonette McDaniel: Extension NOT playing Kindle books
  TTS Reader again is not playing Kindle books. I would like to know if this is going to be resolved.
• (2023-04-09, v:0.3.4) Rafael PAF: It stopped working on Google Books on Mac / Chrome
  It stopped working on Google Books on Mac / Chrome
• (2023-04-08, v:0.3.4) Claudio García: end subscription
  I don't know how to end my subscription.
• (2023-04-08, v:0.3.4) Claudio García: End subscription.
  How can i end my subscription.?
• (2023-04-08, v:0.3.4) Claudio García: Extension is not working. Does not read aloud texts.
  For me it has been working well but today it is not.
• (2023-04-05, v:0.3.4) Elma Duval: ebook not reading from kindle
  Ebook not reading from kindle No sound why si this not fixed yet for everyone
• (2023-04-05, v:0.3.4) Elma Duval: tts not reading ebook
  why is tts not reading my ebook from kindle i see the ebook but no speech
• (2023-04-03, v:0.3.3) Anthonette McDaniel: Update--KINDLE not playing
  After reinstalling the extension, Scribd books will now play. Kindle however will not. So again is there anything that can be done about this? I've tried multiple Kindle books.
• (2022-03-11, v:0.2.20) Anthonette McDaniel: Would prefer to use this extension in Kiwi rather than Chrome
  I really enjoy this app and as a person with low vision it makes reading possible. I would like to use this in the Kiwi Browser however and do not want /cannot afford two accounts. When I added the extension to Kiwi it generated a new account . So if my current account (bre56f6f6ceb803cd3b50ce62b17df34563644faea6) cannot be used in the Kiwi browser please CANCEL it for me so I can purchase a new account to be used in the Kiwi browser (which supports extensions for phones).
• (2022-03-08, v:0.2.19) Abbal Koirala: doesnt work
  It seems amazon kindle cloud just updated the page and now the TTS book reader doesn't show up.
• (2022-03-05, v:0.2.17) Brian Quass: Price???
  Okay, it's saying my trial is over and it wants me start up the payment process without even telling me the price.
• (2022-02-25, v:0.2.13) Shawna Poy: Cancel Please
  I am not sure how to cancel and I recieved a message I have an outstading payment. Can you please fix this
• (2022-02-25, v:0.2.13) Angela Poy: Cancel
  Can you please cancel my subscription! I have been looking and cant find out how. Can you also refund my last payment.
• (2022-02-18, v:0.2.12) Leonard Winston: not working
  It has no volume
• (2022-02-14, v:0.2.11) Christopher Heidt: Cancel Subscription
  I just signed up for the $4.99 subscription about 15 minutes ago, and I realized that I cannot afford the extra charge. If I could I would like to have a refund, but I'm not expecting to. Either way, could you cancel my subscription please? Please let me know what I have to do. Thank you, Christopher Heidt
• (2022-02-02, v:0.2.11) Zac Caldwell: Not working.
  The reader continually rereads the same pages and it changes the speed at which it reads.
• (2022-01-21, v:0.2.11) Richard Davis: stopped working, play button only advances to next page
  I got the subscription yesterday and it was working great. Today when I hit the play button, it only advances to next page. I checked it on another book and it did not work. The scribed sample in the settings check does work.
• (2022-01-19, v:0.2.11) Maryse Melanson: TTS not working
  I had tts installed for my son to help with his reading. Starting Monday TTS wasn't working. I tried a few things and nothing. I thought there was a problem with TTS and uninstalled it and reinstall the extension again but now it tells me that I need to pay for the subscription again. Is there a way we can fix this? Thanks
• (2022-01-17, v:0.2.11) Abbal Koirala: Doesn't work now
  I am a subscriber but the app is not working right now. I tried reinstalling but the play button doesn't work
• (2022-01-13, v:0.2.11) Marcelo Kannami Gimenez: How to add more languages in Manage Language dialog box?
  Hello, I loved the application, but I'm stuck on a issue... My Google Account language is brasilian portuguese. When I install the extension, it offers only this language on Manage Languages dialog box. I need to add the us-english option, in order to be able to read english texts am books. Please, how can I add another language?
• (2021-12-29, v:0.2.10) Mark Johnson: Option to keep the reading toolbox expanded
  Great application, just a bit of a pain to keep expanding the toolbox. Would be great to have a way to keep this open.
• (2021-12-13, v:0.2.10) Christopher Lee: the voice doesn't change in settings
  For some reason, reading treasure island on kindle cloud reader is now a female with a filipino accent. I have not been able to change it to anything else, no matter what I do in the settings, or restarting chrome.
• (2021-12-04, v:0.2.10) Carlos: Using a Different Computer
  I'm asked to resubscribe if I try to use the extension on a different computer from the one that I subcribed on originally. How do I sign into the browser so it recognizes my subscription?
• (2021-11-30, v:0.2.10) Jaime Law: Not the top choice even if I like it a lot
  I was going to pay for a subscription since I really like the extension and natural voice choices on Kindle, but decided against it after reading through the comments. 1. unreliable 2. non-existent customer service (only this informal string) 3. you need a road map to cancel if the app becomes unwanted 4. developers don't fix seemingly small issues, which actually are dealbreakers 5. it should be free until the above issues are resolved. I think a normal user will have 20 to 30 subscriptions amounting to $150 - $250/mo. I'd like to subscribe to many more, making it a hard choice to spend my $5 hard earned dollars per months on an app that might not work or even disappoint.
• (2021-10-03, v:0.2.9) NEW S: Unable to subscribe via Paypal location India
  Unable to subscribe via Paypal location India. Please provide alternate payment method.
• (2021-09-12, v:0.2.9) Cosmina Palade: Subscription
  Where can I end my Subscription?
• (2021-09-10, v:0.2.9) H Coutts: Different voice
  I downloaded a voice from CereProc on my windows laptop. How do I get your reader to use it? It is not appearing in the list of voice options. Thanks.
• (2021-09-10, v:0.2.9) Lela Knight: Canceling subscription
  I need to cancel my subscription, but I have no idea how. I tried PayPal, but they don't allow me to cancel it on both discover or PayPal.
• (2021-09-06, v:0.2.9) 蒋德宇: Can we cooperate in your TTS App?
  I wish to cooperate with you in your TTS APP. Please contact me at: [email protected]. Or WeChat ID: 18600010302. Thanks! Daniel
• (2021-09-05, v:0.2.9) Nirmala Fernando: account transfer
  how can i do account transfers from one pc to another PC
• (2021-08-31, v:0.2.9) Rebecca Lynn Farmer: TTS application
  I need to cancel my subscription, but I have no idea how. I tried Paypal, but they don't allow me to log in. I tried removing the application from my computer, but I kept getting charged afterward.
• (2021-08-21, v:0.2.9) Daniel Mautes: subscription
  where can i end my subscribption
• (2021-08-12, v:0.2.9) Noodlebox_2kcj2: Please please! Can you put word captions at the bottom as it read? Natural Reader does it, can you too?
  Please please! Can you put word captions at the bottom as it read? Natural Reader does it, can you too? I can't use Natural Reader to read from Kindle Cloud Reader. So begging you if you can do it. Can you also make it highlight the words of the sentence too? Highlight the words of the sentence too for the captions as well?
• (2021-08-09, v:0.2.9) Leonard Winston: reading pause
  There is a delay in reading after each puncuation.
• (2021-07-12, v:0.2.9) Brian Jones: Paypal
  I have paid for a subscription to use TTS Ebook Reader, yet I'm being blocked from using it due to an "end of preview." How can I correct this? Brian
• (2021-06-28, v:0.1.20) Joel Schroeder: Graphic Ebook.
  "TTS Ebook Reader can't read a "graphic ebook with pages are scaned or printed images. But if you known this is a "text ebook, please submit the following info, we will fix it asap. Thanks. Has this been resolved?
• (2021-06-28, v:0.1.20) Chris Graybill: this worked pretty good, then just stopped.
  nothing changed on my computer, or browser. i quit out, restarted computer uninstalled the extension and reinstalled, but still won't work.
• (2021-06-25, v:0.1.20) Rafael PAF: It stopped working on Google Books
  The program stopped working today on Google Books. Maybe because of the new layout of the latter.
• (2021-06-20, v:0.1.20) Jean-François Dupras: TTS Ebook Reader can't read
  Bug : "TTS Ebook Reader can't read a "graphic ebook with pages are scaned or printed images. But if you known this is a "text ebook, please submit the following info, we will fix it asap. Thanks
• (2021-06-05, v:0.1.20) Sean G.: Save Your Money, Does NOT Work
  The TTS program will NOT read the last 3 Kindle books purchased for school. Got the same "graphic content" error others talked about. Super frustrating since these were important materials for mission-critical deadlines. Tried the tips given above, but this did not solve the problem. Even worse, support is non-existent. The error message instructs you to send the developer an email if you know that the book is a textbook, as if the issue will be resolved. Not only is it NOT fixed, you will NOT hear anything but crickets back. Cannot image paying for this much longer.
• (2021-05-19, v:0.1.20) César Velasco: ERROR MESSEGE ON KINDLE
  "TTS Ebook Reader can't read a "graphic ebook with pages are scaned or printed images. But if you known this is a "text ebook, please submit the following info, we will fix it asap. Thanks [1,3,"BOOK TITLE","AUTOR","https://leer.amazon.com.mx/?asin=B01NAH1UFE","blob:https://leer.amazon.com.mx/946921ff-93f9-43a9-bf28-c59f3a754c61"] THANKS