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Iceggiren i Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader

Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader sɣur Alexandru Calin

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sɣur KnOwlEdge, há 5 anos
Despite the limited selection of voices and no access to Google Cloud TTS (like Read Aloud does), I prefer this to Read Aloud because this lets you personalize the Shortcuts, it scrolls the page, it highlights the text, it starts reading from where I click (IF it was reading already).

EDIT: I was too quick in my test.
Skipping text via any of the available options (shortcuts or the transport keys in the menu which opens when you click on the icon on the top bar) is NOT working.
As soon as you use any button, the addon gets crazy and start reading the same line or going forth and back, also in complete de-sync with the highlighted text.
And whatever key is assigned to the "play/pause" function, it only works while the Addons Menu is open, otherwise it doesn't. Also, Space, the key universally used for Play/Pause of any media content, can't be assigned to this function.
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  • sɣur Karma M, há 3 meses
    A lot of the old reviews are super old, like from years ago old, the current build of this extension is exactly what I am looking for, sometimes the highlighter does drag a bit behind, but it still does exactly what I need it too without any confusing stuff
    and for that, I absolutely love it!
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 19085795, há 3 meses
    Doesn't always read every element on the page. Sometimes it initiates itself without any input from me, and I can't make it stop.
  • sɣur Imota, há 3 meses
  • sɣur bykarianin, há 7 meses
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 18666967, há 7 meses
    A lot of the bad reviews are old. This does exactly what I was hoping for. Sure the voice isn't great, but it's the standard one all of them use.
    Also, it has a really helpful selecting text feature.
  • sɣur Hman, há 7 meses
    A very good if not one of the best add on for TTS but if i might as i would like the ability to disable the highlighted text as it can be distracting...but good work mate
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 18679715, há um ano
    While it does well not to read every bit of text on the screen like headers and links, it tends to skip major paragraphs and/or become un-synced with what is being highlighted. changing any of the settings restarts the sentence, but since it's down in a ticking scale you HAVE to listen to that each tick.
  • sɣur Saydine, há 2 anos
  • sɣur Geoff, há 2 anos
    Doesn't work on Arch Linux
  • sɣur ThatWildWolf, há 2 anos
    Giving three stars because it works but no more because of the poor customisation options. Overall it's good for visually impaired people.
  • sɣur Skelen, há 2 anos
    Doesn't do anything, just infinitely loads :(
  • sɣur A Strange Cat, há 2 anos
  • sɣur Swagonair, há 2 anos
    finally an extension that actually does what its supposed too, I have been searching for HOURS for a decent reader 10/10, I just wish the voices were better - but other than that, exactly what i wanted
  • sɣur Israel Roldan, há 3 anos
    Basically, it does nothing. I think that it didn't install the voices because I don't listen to any voices. I am on Firefox – Arch Linux – Kernel 6.1.12 – x86_64.
  • sɣur Razoner, há 3 anos
    I can hear it make sound, and it sounds somewhat robotic, but it's not terrible. It was slow to translate the text on the screen, and it ultimately crashed my computer, so I'm uninstalling it. A language translator with built-in text-to-speech abilities will probably suit me better.
  • sɣur Christina, há 3 anos
    When this screen reader works, it's incredible. I like being able to customize the speech function and clicking where I want the reader to begin. It's intuitive and not riddled with features that convolute the product.

    Unfortunately, I run into a lot of times where the addon doesn't begin reading, and will just load and load in a continuous loop of "Loading Audio". This isn't on any particular instance, seems random on random websites. Sometimes it works, and other times it does not. I have also had instances of stopping reading and then resuming a few minutes later - and having the addon resort to non functioning again.

    I often have to supplement with a bulky software program that allows similar functions, but is much more difficult to use.
  • sɣur colorCD, há 3 anos
    Works great! I have ADHD, so reading through websites is often difficult for me. Having text read out loud to me so that I can read along (or hell, listen to it in the background) is very handy.
    I think it would be great if more "reading" websites had native TTS, but that's not a reality yet, so Pericles is a great replacement :-)

    (Also, for all your reading-along needs, Pericles lets you change the speed of the narrator, which is awesome.)
  • sɣur jrreda, há 3 anos
  • sɣur Byron, há 3 anos
    Works as expected. Clear voice, good pace, good inflection, even tries to read misspelled words the way they are spelled. Kind of funny once you realize what just happened. :-)
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 15658891, há 3 anos
    Doesn't work.
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 15431286, há 3 anos
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 17369354, há 3 anos
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 16290478, há 4 anos
    this one works but requires too many permissions, it feels to be insecure.
  • sɣur Sascha, há 4 anos
    Can be a good help to have a web page read to you, but still limited and with many bugs. Most annoyingly, it seems to treat soft hyphens as word delimiters and split words in the middle if it encounters one. Also falls back to English if it encounters an unknown word, which means my (rather technical) German page is littered with English pronounciations even though these words also exist in German. Still: three stars for being a mostly useful, free accessibility tool - with potential for further improvements :-)
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 17200199, há 4 anos