Chrome extension

Wavenet for Chrome

Reads highlighted text aloud with Google Cloud neural voices, using your own API key, with control over voice, pitch and speed.

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Tags
  • text to speech
  • read aloud
  • google voices

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What it does

Wavenet for Chrome reads highlighted text aloud using Google Cloud's text-to-speech voices. It is aimed at people who want natural-sounding narration of web content and are comfortable setting up their own Google Cloud API key.

Key features

  • Supports Google's WaveNet, Neural2, News and Studio voices and languages
  • Lets you adjust pitch and speaking speed
  • Downloads selected text as an MP3 file and supports SSML
  • Adds keyboard shortcuts to read aloud and to download selected text
  • Splits long selections into sentences to work around character limits

Use cases

  • Listening to a long article instead of reading it
  • Saving narration of a text as an audio file
  • Proofreading your own writing by ear

Getting started

Create a Google Cloud API key and add it to the extension, then highlight text and press Ctrl+Shift+S (Cmd+Shift+S on Mac) to hear it.

Good to know

You need your own Google Cloud API key, and usage counts against that account. Selected text is sent to Google Cloud to generate audio.

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