Simple TTS

Select text, press Alt+R and hear it in your browser's voices at up to 4x speed, with each word highlighted on the page.

Simple TTS reads web pages aloud with the voices already installed in your browser. Select some text and press Alt+R, or right-click a page and choose "Read full article". Simple TTS itself never sends your text anywhere. With your system's local voices, nothing leaves your device and it works offline. What you can do • Read a selection, a whole article, or from any word to the end of the page • Follow the current word and sentence highlighted on the page, in the color you pick • Change the speed from 0.5x to 4x without losing your place • Click a sentence in the player to jump to it, or skip by sentence or paragraph • Add more text to the queue while you listen • Let it switch to a voice that matches the language of the text • Skip links, reference markers like [12] and emojis • See how far along you are and how much is left Three ways to use the player • Floating: a small player on top of the page that you can move and resize • Window: the player in its own window, so you can switch tabs and keep control • Hidden: no player at all; use the toolbar icon and keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts Alt+R reads the selection, Alt+P pauses and resumes, Alt+S stops and Alt+. speeds up. You can change them, or add keys for slowing down and skipping paragraphs, at chrome://extensions/shortcuts. The interface comes in English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese and Japanese, with light and dark themes. Privacy No account, no analytics, no remote servers. Your settings sync through your Chrome profile like any other extension setting, and your listening stats stay in your browser.