🔊 Text to Speech Reader - Chrome Extension

A lightweight and accessible Chrome Extension that reads web content aloud — perfect for multitasking, improving accessibility, or simply listening on the go. Supports selected text, full page reading, playback controls, and adjustable speech speed.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Read selected text or entire webpage content
• ⏯️ Control playback: Play, Pause, Resume
• 🎚 Adjust speaking rate (slow to fast)
• 🎧 Clean and simple popup UI
• 🌍 Works on most websites
• 🔒 No internet required — uses native Web Speech API

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🖥 Demo

<img src="icons/icon.png" alt="Extension Icon" width="128">

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📦 Folder Structure

text-to-speech-reader/
├── background.js
├── content.js
├── manifest.json
├── popup.html
├── popup.js
└── icons/
└── icon.png

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📷 Icon Requirement

Make sure your icon is a square PNG (128x128 recommended).

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🛠 Installation Steps

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions
3. Enable “Developer mode” (top right)
4. Click “Load unpacked”
5. Select the folder containing this extension
6. You’ll see the Text to Speech icon in your extensions bar 🎉

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💡 How It Works

• When you click the extension, a popup lets you:
  • Read the entire page
  • Read selected text only
  • Pause, resume, or change speed
• Uses JavaScript's built-in SpeechSynthesis API
• Injects code via chrome.scripting to interact with the current tab

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🧠 Developers

• Adonis Jeswin
• Krishal Haria

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⚠️ Limitations

• Doesn’t work on system pages like chrome://, new tab, or Chrome Web Store due to browser restrictions
• Some dynamic or JavaScript-heavy pages (like ChatGPT) may block content scripts

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📜 License

• This project is licensed under the MIT License — feel free to use, modify, and share it.
• Just don’t forget to give us credit!

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