Highlight & Read: Text to Speech

Read highlighted text aloud with clear speech and compact playback controls available across tabs.

Highlight & Read turns selected webpage text into speech. Highlight text with your mouse and the extension reads it aloud automatically, making long articles, AI responses, documentation, emails, and other web content easier to consume. Features: • Automatically reads text after you select it with your mouse • Uses Chrome's text-to-speech support • Choose from available system voices • Adjustable reading speed • Pause, resume, and stop controls • Test Voice button for quick setup • Alt + R to read the current selection • Alt + S to stop reading • Handles long selections by reading them in smaller chunks • No account required What's New in Version 1.3.0: 23rd Oct 2026 - Compact, music-player-inspired extension interface. - Floating playback controls available across supported browser tabs. - Pause, resume, or stop speech without returning to the original tab. - Identify which tab started the reading. - Improved handling of emojis and special characters. - Better speech-speed controls for clearer listening. - Improved automatic reading toggle behavior. Privacy-first design: Selected text is used only to provide text-to-speech functionality. The extension does not send selected text to developer-owned servers, does not sell user data, and does not use user data for advertising. Voice and speed preferences are stored locally in the browser.