CalliopeReads by nelson
Reads selected text aloud with a human voice. Select, play, listen.
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About this extension
Calliope reads any selected text aloud with natural, neural-network voices — completely offline and free.
How it works: select text on any page, then right-click → "Read with Calliope", press Ctrl+Shift+Y, or hit Play in the toolbar popup.
Features:
- 7 natural voices: English (US), Português (Portugal), Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano
- Adjustable reading speed (0.5x–3x)
- Play, pause, resume, and stop controls
- Works on any website
Private by design: speech is generated entirely inside your browser using the Piper neural TTS engine (WebAssembly). Nothing you read or select ever leaves your device. No
accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Each voice downloads once (~60 MB) and is cached for offline use.
Named after the Greek muse of eloquence and epic poetry.
How it works: select text on any page, then right-click → "Read with Calliope", press Ctrl+Shift+Y, or hit Play in the toolbar popup.
Features:
- 7 natural voices: English (US), Português (Portugal), Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano
- Adjustable reading speed (0.5x–3x)
- Play, pause, resume, and stop controls
- Works on any website
Private by design: speech is generated entirely inside your browser using the Piper neural TTS engine (WebAssembly). Nothing you read or select ever leaves your device. No
accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Each voice downloads once (~60 MB) and is cached for offline use.
Named after the Greek muse of eloquence and epic poetry.
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Permissions and data
Optional permissions:
- Access your data for sites in the hf.co domain
- Access your data for huggingface.co
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
More information
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- Version
- 0.1.0
- Size
- 14.54 MB
- Last updated
- 3 days ago (Jul 21, 2026)
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- License
- MIT License
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