Riddi

Listen to cleaned article text with local TTS, sentence highlighting, and a floating player.

Riddi – Local Text-to-Speech Browser Reader A Chrome extension that converts web articles to speech using built-in local AI models. No cloud services, no API keys – everything runs directly in your browser. Riddi extracts readable content from web pages and synthesizes natural-sounding speech using bundled neural TTS models. It's perfect for: - Listening to articles while doing other tasks - Accessibility – have any web content read aloud - Learning – listen to educational content hands-free - Reducing eye strain – give your eyes a break Features: Local AI Processing - Runs entirely in your browser using ONNX Runtime (WebGPU with WASM fallback) - No data sent to external servers - Works offline once loaded Smart Content Extraction - Automatically detects and extracts article content using Readability.js - Filters out navigation, ads, and other non-content elements - Text Selection Mode – manually select specific text blocks to read Real-time Highlighting - Highlights the current paragraph being read - Word-by-word highlighting synced with speech - Smooth auto-scroll to keep content in view Multiple Voices - 10 built-in voice styles (5 male, 5 female) - Adjustable speech speed (0.5x – 2x) - Quality/speed tradeoff via denoising steps Floating Widget - Unobtrusive player that stays in the corner - Expand for playback controls - Can be disabled in settings (use pop-up instead)