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Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

Chrome extension by LSD Software · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility

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A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility with 6 000 000 users, one of the largest listings in the store. Audience over the last 30 days: unchanged.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
6 000 000
Rating
3.8 (3 655 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
Unchanged (the store rounds this count to 1 000 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
Steady over 30 days
Version
2.28.1
Updated in the store
2026-10-27
Published
2016-10-29
Manifest
V3
Browser access
8 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 15.10
5M-6M · 9 readings
2026-10-18: released 2.26.02026-10-23: released 2.27.02026-10-27: released 2.28.02026-10-28: released 2.28.1
  1. 2026-10-166M
  2. 2026-10-185Mreleased 2.26.0
  3. 2026-10-216M
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  5. 2026-10-256M
  6. 2026-11-016M
  7. 2026-11-066M
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  9. 2026-11-146M
Rating
+0.014 since 15.10
reviewsrating 3.811-3.855 · 9 readings
2026-10-18: released 2.26.02026-10-23: released 2.27.02026-10-27: released 2.28.02026-10-28: released 2.28.1
  1. 2026-10-16reviews3.6krating3.811
  2. 2026-10-18reviews3.6krating3.811released 2.26.0
  3. 2026-10-21reviews3.6krating3.811
  4. 2026-10-22reviews3.6krating3.814
  5. 2026-10-25reviews3.6krating3.844
  6. 2026-11-01reviews3.6krating3.855
  7. 2026-11-06reviews3.7krating3.850
  8. 2026-11-07reviews3.7krating3.839
  9. 2026-11-14reviews3.7krating3.836
Users
+1M since 31.08
5M-6M · 28 readings
2026-10-10: released 2.25.02026-10-18: released 2.26.02026-10-23: released 2.27.02026-10-27: released 2.28.02026-10-28: released 2.28.1
  1. 2026-08-315M
  2. 2026-09-025M
  3. 2026-09-045M
  4. 2026-09-065M
  5. 2026-09-085M
  6. 2026-09-105M
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  10. 2026-09-206M
  11. 2026-09-226M
  12. 2026-09-256M
  13. 2026-09-266M
  14. 2026-10-046M
  15. 2026-10-086M
  16. 2026-10-096M
  17. 2026-10-106Mreleased 2.25.0
  18. 2026-10-136M
  19. 2026-10-146M
  20. 2026-10-166M
  21. 2026-10-185Mreleased 2.26.0
  22. 2026-10-216M
  23. 2026-10-226M
  24. 2026-10-256M
  25. 2026-11-016M
  26. 2026-11-066M
  27. 2026-11-076M
  28. 2026-11-146M
Rating
-0.30 since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.81-4.13 · 28 readings
2026-10-10: released 2.25.02026-10-18: released 2.26.02026-10-23: released 2.27.02026-10-27: released 2.28.02026-10-28: released 2.28.1
  1. 2026-08-31reviews3.6krating4.13
  2. 2026-09-02reviews3.6krating4.13
  3. 2026-09-04reviews3.6krating4.13
  4. 2026-09-06reviews3.6krating4.13
  5. 2026-09-08reviews3.6krating4.13
  6. 2026-09-10reviews3.6krating4.13
  7. 2026-09-13reviews3.6krating4.13
  8. 2026-09-15reviews3.6krating4.13
  9. 2026-09-17reviews3.6krating4.13
  10. 2026-09-20reviews3.6krating4.13
  11. 2026-09-22reviews3.6krating4.13
  12. 2026-09-25reviews3.6krating4.13
  13. 2026-09-26reviews3.6krating4.13
  14. 2026-10-04reviews3.6krating4.13
  15. 2026-10-08reviews3.6krating4.13
  16. 2026-10-09reviews3.6krating4.13
  17. 2026-10-10reviews3.6krating4.13released 2.25.0
  18. 2026-10-13reviews3.6krating4.13
  19. 2026-10-14reviews3.6krating3.82
  20. 2026-10-16reviews3.6krating3.81
  21. 2026-10-18reviews3.6krating3.81released 2.26.0
  22. 2026-10-21reviews3.6krating3.81
  23. 2026-10-22reviews3.6krating3.81
  24. 2026-10-25reviews3.6krating3.84
  25. 2026-11-01reviews3.6krating3.85
  26. 2026-11-06reviews3.7krating3.85
  27. 2026-11-07reviews3.7krating3.84
  28. 2026-11-14reviews3.7krating3.84

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://translate.google.com/
  • Sign you in with a Google account identity
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
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  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Run work in a hidden page offscreen
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Speak text out loud tts
  • Provide a voice other extensions can speak with ttsEngine

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 2.28.1
  2. Version 2.28.0
  3. Version 2.27.0
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  1. Version 2.26.0
  2. Version 2.25.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 2.28.1 (was 2.28.0)
  3. Package size changed
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  1. Released version 2.28.0 (was 2.27.0)
  2. Package size changed
  3. Released version 2.27.0 (was 2.26.0)
  4. Package size changed
  5. Released version 2.26.0 (was 2.25.0)
  6. Package size changed
  7. Released version 2.25.0 (was 2.24.0)

The publisher

LSD Software publishes 5 listings we track, 6.0M users between them. Listed website: lsdsoftware.com.

  1. Supertonic Text-to-Speech Voices LSD Software · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2025-12-09 2k users ★ 4.5
  2. Piper Text-to-Speech Voices LSD Software · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2024-03-25 2k users ★ 3.9
  3. Side Chatter: Chatroom Extension LSD Software · Lifestyle · Social · published 2020-06-12 460 users ★ 3.8
Show 1 more from this publisher
  1. Audify - Web Browsing Sound Effects LSD Software · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2026-11-01 7 users ★ 5.0

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. ReadLoudly – Text to Speech & PDF Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 12 users ★ 5.0
  2. Voice Out: Read Aloud Text to Speech Reader Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 50k users ★ 4.1
  3. Read Aloud Pro Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 2k users ★ 3.2
  4. Read It To Me: Text to Speech, Read Aloud Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 30k users ★ 4.4
  5. Text Reader: Free TTS Selected Text & Page Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 731 users ★ 4.5

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