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SimpleReader: Text to Speech that Reads Aloud

Chrome extension · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 3 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
3
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 15 days
+3
Version
1.2.0
Updated in the store
2026-09-09
Published
2026-09-02
Manifest
V3
Browser access
4 permissions, 2 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
+3 since 03.09
0-4 · 6 readings
2026-09-03: appeared in the store2026-09-09: released 1.2.0
  1. 2026-09-030appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-051
  3. 2026-09-081
  4. 2026-09-092released 1.2.0
  5. 2026-09-134
  6. 2026-09-173
Users
+3 since 03.09
0-4 · 6 readings
2026-09-03: appeared in the store2026-09-09: released 1.2.0
  1. 2026-09-030appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-051
  3. 2026-09-081
  4. 2026-09-092released 1.2.0
  5. 2026-09-134
  6. 2026-09-173

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

  • https://script.google.com/*
  • https://script.googleusercontent.com/*
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Store data in your browser storage
Show the remaining 1
  • Speak text out loud tts

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.2.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 1.2.0 (was 1.1.0)
  3. Appeared in the store

Like this one

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

  1. Text to Speech Free Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 165 users
  2. Audileo TTS: Read Aloud & Text to Speech Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 6 users
  3. Read Aloud Reader: Read Text Out Loud Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 50 users
  4. AudiTex - TTS Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 16 users ★ 5.0
  5. Readerify Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 703 users ★ 4.7

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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