Talkie Autor: Joel Purra

Install additional voices

New voices, languages, dialects can be downloaded for free for your operating system from for example Microsoft and Apple. Once installed correctly just restart your computer, and Talkie will auto-detect the voices.

• Windows 11: Settings → Time & Language → Language & Region
• Windows 10: Settings → Time & Language → Language
• Windows 8: Control Panel → Language → Add a Language
• Windows 7:
• ChromeOS: Settings → Manage accessibility features → Text-to-Speech voice settings → Speech Engines
• macOS: System Preferences → Accessibility → Speech → System voice → Customize...

Upgrade to Talkie Premium!

• Select your favorite voice per language!
• Adjust the speed and pitch per language!
• Read text from the clipboard!
• See the extension options page to upgrade.

Usage

1. Select desired text on any web page.
2. Click the Talkie button in your browser bar

You can also select the text, then right click on it, and choose Talkie in the menu. This way also works in PDF-files and some special types of pages in Firefox.

A convenient option is to use the Talkie shortcut key: <kbd>Alt+Shift+A</kbd> on Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS

If the key does not work, please check that it is not already in use by another extension.


Features

• Lets you listen to the selected text on any part of a page -- a short snippet or an entire news article. Just highlight what you want to hear read aloud and hit play.
• Automatically detects the text language per-page, and chooses a voice in the same language to match it.
• Privacy aware -- no unnecessary tracking or external services.

Please note

• Does not require any invasive browser permissions.
• Uses your browser's built-in Web Speech API for text-to-speech (TTS) known as Speech Synthesis.
• While ultimately depending on your specific browser and system settings, text and voice processing is generally expected to be done on your own machine. Voices which require an internet connection are listed as "online" voices in the user interface.
• Please rate the extension and leave feedback.

Support

Please report any problems you have as a new Github issue. Please include relevant information:

• Which browser and version you are using.
• Which website the problem occurred on. If possible, include the full link.
• Which text/part of the website you want spoken.
• Which language the text was expected to be spoken in.
• Any other information you think might be relevant in tracking down the issue.

Voices

The voices for each language are provided by your browser. For this reason the list may differ depending on your browser, browser version, operating system, and any other installed extensions/software.