Readel - Hold Alt to Read Aloud [beta]

Modern, minimal, free text-to-speech. Hold Alt over any text to listen. No sign-up, no buttons, no menus.

Readel is a TTS reader built for the web. Hover over text, hold Alt, and listen. That's it. No bloated UI, no menus, just one key. HOW IT WORKS Hold Alt - hover over any paragraph and hold Alt (Option on Mac). The text highlights and Readel reads it aloud. Release to finish the sentence and stop. Double-tap Alt - starts reading from that paragraph through to the end of the content. Press Alt again to stop immediately. No buttons, no right-click menus, no floating widgets. The most minimal text-to-speech experience on Chrome. WORKS on - Gmail - read email bodies without copy-pasting - Claude and ChatGPT - hear assistant responses out loud - Google Forms - listen to responses and questions - Substack, Medium - any reader-style layout - Plus every blog, news site, Wikipedia, and article on the web WHY READEL - Completely free - no limits, no sign-up, no account - Fast - audio in real time, no waiting - Natural voices - 7 high-quality AI voices - Minimal - no UI on the page, just text highlighting - Private - zero data collection, zero tracking FEATURES - Free text-to-speech (TTS) for any webpage - 7 natural-sounding AI voices - Adjustable reading speed and volume - Auto-scroll follows along as it reads - Reads selected text or whole pages - Custom keyboard shortcut support - Subtitle mode for caption-style display SETTINGS Click the Readel icon in your toolbar to change voice, speed, and volume. Customize the keyboard shortcut in the same popup. FREE AND PRIVATE No sign-up. No character limits. No tracking. No analytics. No data collected. Readel is a solo project - I just like making things. --- Feedback or ideas? Visit readel.app