Article Reader

Turn pages into audio: an article reader with text to speech that reads news, blogs and docs out loud.

🎧 Article Reader: listen in your browser Turn news, blogs and web guides into audio with text to speech. Article Reader starts playback when you click the toolbar icon, so you can listen while working in another window or taking a screen break. 🚀 Quick start 1. Open the content you want to hear. 2. Click the icon to start with your saved settings. 3. Use the player to pause or move between paragraphs. No sign-up or account is needed. Use the browser voices already available on your device. 🔊 What you can do 💠 Read article out loud: listen to the main content 💠 Read selected text: highlight a passage, right-click and choose Read selection 💠 Pause and resume without starting the passage again 💠 Move to the previous or next paragraph 💠 Change the voice or speed while listening This article reader app keeps the controls together. Select Show settings to adjust playback, and follow the highlighted text on the article page. 🎚️ Choose your pace 1️⃣ Set the speed from 0.5x to 3x. 2️⃣ Use Preview to hear a sample before choosing. 3️⃣ Choose a voice for each language. Adjust the reading speed for detailed guides or familiar topics. Voice availability and performance at higher speeds depend on your browser and operating system. 📚 Pages to listen to ◆ News and magazine features ◆ Blog posts and web newsletters ◆ Documentation and tutorials ◆ Study material displayed online ◆ Selected passages on supported pages If you want an article reader for Chrome, start with a page you already have open. There is no need to copy its contents into a separate text to voice tool. 💡 Follow the text - See the current paragraph highlighted on the page - Let the document scroll along during playback - Listen to the player read aloud text from your current tab - Turn highlighting and scrolling off when you prefer Reading an article alongside the audio gives you a choice: follow each paragraph or listen away from the screen. Follow articles read aloud at your own pace: pause or skip a paragraph whenever you like. 📍 Everyday uses ➤ Studying: listen to a web guide while reviewing your notes. ➤ Catching up: open the news you want to hear and let the text reader speak it. ➤ Checking a passage: select an excerpt and have it read out loud. ➤ Taking a break: keep listening while you work in another window. 🌍 Languages and voices The text to speech engine uses voices supplied by your browser and system. Choose one that matches the language of the content. Your choice is saved for that language. With a local voice, the tts engine can speak content that is already loaded without an internet connection. Online voices use a speech provider through the browser and need a connection. ❓ Questions about tts 📌 How do I ask it to read this article? 🔹 Open the page and click the toolbar icon. Playback starts automatically; use the player to pause or adjust it. 📌 Can it read an article to me without an account? 🔹 Yes. The article reader requires no registration. Your settings are saved locally in the browser. 📌 Is this an app to read articles to you offline? 🔹 Yes, when an Offline voice is available and the content is already loaded. Offline read aloud works with loaded content; it does not save websites for later. 📌 Can it read me an article from every website? 🔹 Some pages are not supported, including browser settings, the Chrome Web Store and the built-in PDF viewer. If nothing plays, try selecting a passage. 📌 Can it read me this article if it is not in English? 🔹 Yes, if your browser has a suitable voice. Choose the matching language in the player. The content is spoken in its original language, not translated. 📌 Can I ask it to read articles to me one after another? 🔹 Start each page yourself. There is no playlist or automatic switch to the next document. 📌 Can it read to me without sending content to the cloud? 🔹 The text is passed to the browser's speech engine. Local voices process it on your device; online voices may send it to their speech provider. The extension has no account or telemetry. ☕ Read article for me Looking for an app that reads articles? If you use text reading programs, try listening directly from your current tab. When you think read it to me, this article reader is a click away. 🚀 Read article aloud Open a supported page and click the icon. That is how to have an article read to you, with playback controls always within reach.