TapTTS

Text-to-speech extension that lets you read any text on the page with Ctrl/Command + click or by double-tapping the modifier key.

TapTTS lets you listen to any text on the web with a simple keyboard + mouse gesture, designed to be fast, reliable, and distraction-free. How it works - Hold Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or Command (⌘) (macOS) and move your mouse over text to highlight what will be read. - Click while holding the modifier key to start reading the highlighted text aloud. - Double-tap the modifier key: - If something is already reading, it stops all speech globally. - If nothing is reading but you have text selected, it reads the selection. - Or use the right-click context menu: select any text, choose "Read Selected Text". Key features - Tap to listen – Quickly turn any article, blog post, email, or document into audio without copying text into another app. - Smart language handling: - Auto-detects the language for common languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Greek). - Optional manual language selection when you want full control. - Per-language voice overrides: pick a specific voice per language while keeping a global default. - Local voice only – Uses only voices installed on your system for maximum reliability and privacy. No remote/cloud TTS services. - Global stop that actually works – The "Stop Current Speech" button in the popup and the double-tap shortcut stop speech across tabs and even after navigation, so speech never gets stuck on an old page. - Simple, focused settings: - Choose a default voice and per-language voices. - Adjust speed, pitch, and volume. - Option to keep reading when you switch tabs or windows. Accessibility and productivity TapTTS is designed for: - Users who prefer listening over reading. - People with visual impairments, ADHD, dyslexia, or eye strain. - Anyone who wants to listen to longer articles while multitasking. Privacy - TapTTS runs entirely in your browser using the built-in Web Speech API. - It does not send page content to external servers for text-to-speech. - Settings are stored using Chrome's sync storage so your preferences follow you across devices (if sync is enabled). Permissions - activeTab – to read text from the pages you are on when you invoke the extension. - storage – to remember your voices and settings. - contextMenus – to add the "Read Selected Text" entry to the right-click menu. TapTTS aims to be a small, dependable companion for turning web pages into speech with as little friction as possible: hold the key, click the text, and listen.