WebNarrator

Overview

Select text on any page and have it read aloud.

WebNarrator is a privacy-first text-to-speech reader that uses your operating system's built-in voices. No cloud APIs, no tracking, no data collection. Everything runs locally on your device. How to use it Select any text on any webpage. Press Alt + Shift + S (or ⌥ + ⇧ + S on macOS) or right-click and choose "Read selected text aloud". The current word highlights in yellow as it's spoken. The toolbar popup gives you play / pause / stop controls, a 0.5× to 2.5× speed slider, and a voice picker for any TTS voice your OS has installed. What makes it different • Live word-level highlighting: see exactly what's being spoken, on the page itself, not in a separate sidebar. • Works everywhere: articles, docs, blog posts, social media, code-heavy pages, math notation (KaTeX / MathJax), and iframe-embedded content (LeetCode, embedded readers, etc.). • Customizable keyboard shortcut: configure at about:addons → Manage Extension Shortcuts. • Light and dark themes: follows your OS preference automatically, or pick manually. • No internet required: speech is generated by your OS, on your device. Disconnect from Wi-Fi and WebNarrator works exactly the same. Privacy: no data collected WebNarrator collects, stores, and transmits zero user data. No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking pixels, no cloud calls of any kind. The only things saved locally are your voice choice, your speech rate, and your light/dark theme preference, all stored in your browser, never sent anywhere. Full privacy policy: https://webnarrator.com/privacy/ A note on voice quality WebNarrator uses whatever voices your operating system has installed. Most operating systems ship with one or two basic voices and require you to download the high-quality "premium" or "neural" voices separately. If WebNarrator sounds robotic out of the box, you almost certainly have only the basic voices installed. A Step-by-step guide for macOS, Windows, Linux, and ChromeOS on how to download better voices: https://webnarrator.com/posts/download-better-voices/

0 out of 5
No ratings
Learn more about results and reviews.

Details

Version
1.1.1
Updated
June 7, 2026
Flag concern
Size
17.97MiB
Languages
English
Developer
Linkidex
1968 S. Coast Hwy #3211 Laguna Beach CA, CA 92651 US
Website
Email
david@linkidex.com
Phone
+1 408-320-8277
Trader
This developer has identified itself as a trader per the definition from the European Union and committed to only offer products or services that comply with EU laws.
D-U-N-S
138345179

Privacy

Manage extensions and learn how they're being used in your organization

The developer has disclosed that it will not collect or use your data. To learn more, see the developer’s privacy policy.

This developer declares that your data is

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

Highlight text

4.7

Highlight selected text and manage highlights per page.

Read Selected

4.0

Reads selected text on any site with voice options.

VoiceMagic: Transform Text into Spoken Words

3.0

Select text and read it. Hear text read aloud. A Text to Speech Voice Reader.

TTSReader V3 - Premium AI Text To Speech

5.0

TTSReader Text To Speech Chrome Extension - Listen to Web Pages with AI Voices

ReadIt Web Text Reader

5.0

Select text on any webpage and listen instantly. Free, private, and works offline.

Read Aloud

0.0

Highlight text and press Cmd+; (or Ctrl+;) to hear it read aloud. Works on web pages and PDFs.

HoverSpeak – Free Text-to-Speech Chrome Extension

4.7

Reads aloud any text you hover or select in a natural voice. 100% free, built for dyslexic readers.

Highlighted Text-to-Speech

2.7

Adds an option to read the highlighted text using Text-to-Speech.

Contextli: Voice to Text & AI Dictation, Anywhere

4.4

Fast AI voice dictation that works on any website. Speak and get clean, polished text in any text field, instantly.

Narrator +

3.0

Reads webpage content aloud with speech synthesis

Voq - Read Aloud Text to Speech | Free TTS

5.0

Highlight any text, right-click, and hear it read aloud. Free text to speech for any webpage.

Readel: Text to Speech — Read Aloud & TTS Voice Reader

3.9

Free Text to Speech (TTS) for any webpage. Hold Alt on any text to read aloud with natural AI voices. No sign-up required.