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I built an offline Chrome extension that reads webpages aloud with AI voices and zero cloud calls

DEV Community·Lavelle Hatcher Jr·22 days ago
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Every text-to-speech Chrome extension I tried had one of two problems. Either it sent my text to a server, or it used the browser's built-in voices that sound like a GPS from 2012. I wanted TTS that stays on my machine and doesn't sound terrible. So I built one. What it does GlowReadTTS is a Chrome extension that reads text aloud using AI voices bundled directly in the extension package. No cloud, no accounts, no API keys, no network calls at all. Two ways to use it: Right-click mode: Select text on any webpage, right-click, choose "Read with GlowReadTTS." It reads the text aloud and highlights each sentence on the page as it goes. A floating stop button appears at the top-right of the page so you can halt playback without opening the popup. Popup mode: Open the extension popup, paste or type text, hit play. 15 AI voices (American and British English), speed control from 0.25x to 2x, streaming playback so audio starts quickly.…

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