Loudline

Selection TTS Reader turns selected web page text into a focused listening experience.

Select text on any page, click the small floating speaker button, and a clean reader panel opens with the selected text. The extension requests speech audio from a local companion bridge and highlights each word as it is spoken using word-level timestamps.

Features:

- Floating read-aloud button appears when text is selected
- Clean reader panel with large, readable text
- Audio playback with play/pause and progress
- Word-by-word highlighting synchronized to the audio
- Local bridge architecture for user-controlled TTS configuration

Selection TTS Reader is designed for accessibility, focused reading, language practice, and listening to long passages without losing your place.

Note: this extension requires the Selection TTS local companion bridge running on 127.0.0.1:47392 to generate audio and word timestamps.