Text-to-Speech Highlighter
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Highlight and right click text to translate/voice!
Text-to-Speech Highlighter is a free service which reads the text you highlight, or its translation. It currently supports 70+ languages and dialects, and uses HTML5's Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology.
Simply highlight the text, right click it, and select the "Speak" option. With just two clicks, it's simple and quick to use! You can also press the extension icon and select "Translate before Speech" for it to translate the highlighted text into your preferred language before reading it.
This extension is perfect for language learners, especially people who can speak, but not read. We slow things down every other time so you can easily understand. Having trouble reading texts sent by family members in your traditional language? No problem, our team is entirely composed of second-generation immigrants; we know exactly how you feel, so we designed this with you in mind. Are you an international student getting used to a new environment? We've got you covered, the translation tool is perfect for you. Dyslexic? Well, we're here to make things easier for you.
Options:
We now support various dialects. Click on the extension, and go into the advanced settings where you can choose your preferred dialect. For example, if you're Cantonese speaker, in the drop-down menu, select Cantonese/Yue for the program to read Chinese characters in Cantonese instead of Mandarin. Here you can also change text speed, change the volume, manually change your native language, or slow down the speech every other time.
Commands:
Cancel Speech: Alt+P (Command+P on Mac).
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Hello! Text-to-Speech Highlighter is made by Tim, Bryan, and Sammy. We are computer science students from the University of Waterloo and McMaster University. Since we run our product at a loss, we will greatly appreciate any support we receive. Thank you for your generosity and support! :D
All donations will be spent on running this service: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ttshighlighter
Latest reviews
worst ever never worked do not waste my time thanks
the lowest is what
Doesn't work. I tried turning it up all the way and nothing.
I tried it on Microsoft Edge as well as Chrome. Even with the previous negative reviews, I still wanted to try it hoping the issues had been resolved. I highlighted the text, right-click, and from drop-down menu, I selected "speak" with the Text-to-Speech Highlighter logo next to it. I never heard the first word. I cleared my browser history, cleared cache and cookies, closed browser, re-opened it, tried again. I tried to use it on multiple websites with different text spaces. It didn't work ANYWHERE I tried it and there's really nothing more I could have done besides completely restart the pc. It's a great idea and I hope to see it work in the near future!
i liked it a lot until just recently where the voice didnt work. pretty dissapointed.
i liked it a lot until just recently where the voice didnt work. pretty dissapointed.
It doesn't work at all.
It doesn't work at all.
Was trying to use to get through my homework reading (I'm a slow reader). It doesn't work on Perusall.
Was trying to use to get through my homework reading (I'm a slow reader). It doesn't work on Perusall.
Just what I needed, hope that we'll be able to add a more natural sounding voice in the future.
Just what I needed, hope that we'll be able to add a more natural sounding voice in the future.
Didnt perform task at all. never heard voice.
Didnt perform task at all. never heard voice.
its awesome
its awesome
It's really good but i seem to be having issues with using it on google docs, is it just not supported on there or is it something on my end?
It's really good but i seem to be having issues with using it on google docs, is it just not supported on there or is it something on my end?
looks good!
looks good!
This is a really useful app! It helps me a lot with my English learning. I used to use Youdao translate which I had to copy paste everything from the website and translate, and sometimes the format changed and made things hard to read. This one is simply as it is.
This is a really useful app! It helps me a lot with my English learning. I used to use Youdao translate which I had to copy paste everything from the website and translate, and sometimes the format changed and made things hard to read. This one is simply as it is.
It exists! Been searching for something like this for years! Thank you Brian, Tim & Sammy! The ease-of-use is Glorious!!
It exists! Been searching for something like this for years! Thank you Brian, Tim & Sammy! The ease-of-use is Glorious!!
cool extension
cool extension
This Chrome Extension is super useful when I was learning Chinese and could not recognize a word. It's far more convenient than copy/pasting unfamiliar words to a dictionary on another tab.
This Chrome Extension is super useful when I was learning Chinese and could not recognize a word. It's far more convenient than copy/pasting unfamiliar words to a dictionary on another tab.
Doesn't work in Urdu. Sadge
Doesn't work in Urdu. Sadge
This is the best chrome extension ever! I'm illiterate in my parent's tongue but now I can use text to speech to understand my relative's Facebook posts!
This is the best chrome extension ever! I'm illiterate in my parent's tongue but now I can use text to speech to understand my relative's Facebook posts!