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Hearald — Read Aloud for Pages & PDFs

Chrome extension by Hearald · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility

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A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility with 171 users, barely installed.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
171
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 18 days
+156
Version
0.4.4
Updated in the store
2026-09-16
Published
2026-08-24
Manifest
V3
Browser access
5 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+156 since 31.08
15-171 · 10 readings
2026-09-03: released 0.4.02026-09-07: released 0.4.12026-09-10: released 0.4.22026-09-14: released 0.4.32026-09-16: released 0.4.4
  1. 2026-08-3115
  2. 2026-09-0317released 0.4.0
  3. 2026-09-0421
  4. 2026-09-0622
  5. 2026-09-0721released 0.4.1
  6. 2026-09-0820
  7. 2026-09-0930
  8. 2026-09-1342
  9. 2026-09-1545
  10. 2026-09-17171
Users
+156 since 31.08
15-171 · 10 readings
2026-09-03: released 0.4.02026-09-07: released 0.4.12026-09-10: released 0.4.22026-09-14: released 0.4.32026-09-16: released 0.4.4
  1. 2026-08-3115
  2. 2026-09-0317released 0.4.0
  3. 2026-09-0421
  4. 2026-09-0622
  5. 2026-09-0721released 0.4.1
  6. 2026-09-0820
  7. 2026-09-0930
  8. 2026-09-1342
  9. 2026-09-1545
  10. 2026-09-17171

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What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
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  • Run work in a hidden page offscreen
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 0.4.4
  2. Version 0.4.3
  3. Version 0.4.2
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  1. Version 0.4.1
  2. Version 0.4.0 · Asked for fewer permissions (5, was 6)

What changed recently

  1. Released version 0.4.4 (was 0.4.3)
  2. Released version 0.4.3 (was 0.4.2)
  3. Store description rewritten
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  1. Released version 0.4.2 (was 0.4.1)
  2. Released version 0.4.1 (was 0.4.0)
  3. Asked for fewer permissions (5, was 6)
  4. Store description rewritten (125 → 129 characters)
  5. Released version 0.4.0 (was 0.3.0)

The publisher

Hearald.

Like this one

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

  1. Voice Out: Read Aloud Text to Speech Reader Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 50k users ★ 4.2
  2. ListenReader — Natural Read Aloud Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 26 users ★ 5.0
  3. Read To Me Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 26 users
  4. PDF Text to Speech Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 603 users ★ 5.0
  5. Read Aloud Reader: Read Text Out Loud Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 50 users

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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