Lets you read web pages in a more hands-free way by speaking aloud text on any webpage with just a click of a button. Speaks aloud text in web pages is the main use case for Claroread Chrome, benefiting individuals who prefer to multitask or have difficulty reading due to visual impairments. With over 100,000 users, it's clear that this extension has become a go-to solution for those seeking an assistive feature.
Overview
Free extension with a few Premium features, see below.
Speak any text on a website by selecting it, point with the mouse to hear text and links and captions, or click Play to hear sentences read out with highlighting to let you keep track of where you are.
Read Google Docs documents back to you so you can proof your work and fix any errors.
Speak accessible PDFs opened in Google Chrome with highlighting by clicking the Play button.
Hear letters, words or sentences spoken back as you type. Simply type in to web pages and hear what you type as you type it. For letters, hear the letter names or sounds spoken back to you, whichever helps you understand better.
Turn on a coloured overlay so pages are tinted to the colour you find easiest to read - no more glaring black on white text.
Change the speed of the spoken voice, slower for comprehension, faster for efficiency.
Activate word prediction to help you with writing and composition - find that elusive word you want. Now includes subject-specific prediction dictionaries and larger base dictionaries!
Read the contents of Google Docs extensions aloud so your support tools speak.
PREMIUM FEATURES!
Upgrade to a Premium subscription and also gain:
● Scan from Screen, so you can select inaccessible images like Google Books and hear them read aloud.
● Speech Recognition. Enter text in to documents and text areas of web pages through dictation.
● Prediction in Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365 Word Online and other editable text areas.
● Spelling and Homophone checking in Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365 Word Online and other editable text areas.
● Capture. Highlight and capture text on webpages.
● Save to audio. Select text and click the save to audio button to generate a sound file for the selected text.
● Extras. Choose between ClaroIdeas web, Claro ePub Reader web or Speaking Calculator web.
● More online text-to-speech voices.
From the developers of ClaroRead for Mac and Windows and the ClaroSpeak and ClaroPDF Apps.
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