Reviews for Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader
Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader by LSD Software
Review by Firefox user 14987115
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 14987115, a year agoI ran into an issue: additional voices weren’t working in Firefox, even though I really like Amazon Russian (Maxim). Interestingly, everything worked fine in Google Chrome. I managed to fix it by changing the Firefox language to English and reinstalling the extension. After that, the extension’s name changed from Russian text to "Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader," and the Google login window, which wouldn’t open before, finally worked—I was able to sign in.
By the way, the link in the Russian version didn’t work, but it might work if you replace %D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8 with sign in the Russian localization. I don’t need this anymore, but someone else might want to give it a try. Overall, I haven’t found a more convenient TTS tool—this extension is great, but it’s a pity there’s no text highlighting; that would make it even better.
Столкнулся с проблемой: дополнительные голоса в Firefox не работали, хотя мне очень нравится Amazon Russian (Maxim). При этом в Google Chrome всё функционировало без нареканий. Решил проблему, сменив язык в Firefox на английский и переустановив расширение. После этого название расширения изменилось с русского на "Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader", а окно авторизации через Google, которое ранее не открывалось, наконец заработало — я смог войти.
Кстати, ссылка в русской версии не работала, но, возможно, если заменить %D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8 на sign, она начнёт работать и на русской локализации. Мне это уже не актуально, но кто-то может попробовать. В целом, более удобного TTS я не нашёл, расширение действительно отличное, но жаль, что нет подсветки текста — это сделало бы его ещё лучше.
By the way, the link in the Russian version didn’t work, but it might work if you replace %D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8 with sign in the Russian localization. I don’t need this anymore, but someone else might want to give it a try. Overall, I haven’t found a more convenient TTS tool—this extension is great, but it’s a pity there’s no text highlighting; that would make it even better.
Столкнулся с проблемой: дополнительные голоса в Firefox не работали, хотя мне очень нравится Amazon Russian (Maxim). При этом в Google Chrome всё функционировало без нареканий. Решил проблему, сменив язык в Firefox на английский и переустановив расширение. После этого название расширения изменилось с русского на "Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader", а окно авторизации через Google, которое ранее не открывалось, наконец заработало — я смог войти.
Кстати, ссылка в русской версии не работала, но, возможно, если заменить %D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8 на sign, она начнёт работать и на русской локализации. Мне это уже не актуально, но кто-то может попробовать. В целом, более удобного TTS я не нашёл, расширение действительно отличное, но жаль, что нет подсветки текста — это сделало бы его ещё лучше.
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- Rated 3 out of 5by hsmarie04, 4 days ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by loukote, 4 days agoIt is not possible to hide the cluttering icon from the toolbar.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Danis Barsant, 12 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mike, 13 days agoMy eyesight is deteriorating and I have found Read Aloud to be a lifeline because it is simple to use, unlike a couple of the more sophisticated/complex key command driven tools that require frequent practising to memorize the commands.
While there are sometimes mispronunciations of known words, the usefulness of the tool far outweighs any disadvantages.
Also, while selecting the voice, I didn't come across any accents that could be identified as truly Canadian, but I have managed to find one that is fairly close. - Rated 5 out of 5by sealchan, 14 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Nicolap, 18 days ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 20121652, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by FelixS, a month agoIMPORTANT: Default voice is GARBAGE. For English "GoogleStandard British English (Benjamin)" was very good. You have to give special permission for it to work, which was not super easy. Follow these instructions:
1. Click the permission thing in the settings that show up when you choose this voice.
2. Press the grant permission button.
3. A new page will open. Do NOT press the blue button that says "Try text-to-speech free" or "Start free". Scroll down and press the other blue button that says "Speak it" or similar.
4. Click "I am not a robot" and do a stupid test thing such as clicking on all boxes that contain bridges.
5. Now everything should work and you can close these tabs! - Rated 1 out of 5by kandosh27, 2 months agoLa extensión se salta frases, palabras en muchas paginas, tienes que revisar a mano que se salta
- Rated 1 out of 5by rift, 2 months agorandomly stutters, loads for a minute, then gives up.
skips the first ten words.
can't see short sentences unless highlighted.
worse than useless. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14934088, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17789734, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by enes, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Syd, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by 斗小马, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14009137, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Pedro, 3 months agoA ferramenta é simples e prática, isso é ótimo, mas eu também adoraria poder mexer na velocidade do texto
- Rated 5 out of 5by PK, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Daniel Vartanian, 4 months agoAmazing! Who needs Speechify when you can use OpenAI voices directly!