Pericles: Text to Speech Screen Reader
Web-page TTS (text to speech) screen reader, that does not require cutting and pasting sentences, paragraphs or entire page sections.
Total ratings
3.13
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works well for reading text aloud
- Customizable speech function
- User-friendly interface for selecting text
- Allows for adjusting the speed of narration
- Better performance compared to other screen readers
Cons
- Inconsistent performance (sometimes does not read)
- Robotic and poor voice quality
- Limited customization options and only system voices available
- Requires too many permissions
- Bugs related to reading certain text formats (e.g., soft hyphens)
Most mentioned
- Inconsistent loading and performance issues
- Robotic and low-quality voices
- Customization limitations
- User-friendly interface
- Overall helpfulness for accessibility
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Recent rating average:
2.40
All time rating average:
3.13
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-11 | Firefox user 18679715 | | 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. |
| 2024-03-11 | Saydine | | |
| 2024-01-27 | Geoff | | Doesn't work on Arch Linux |
| 2023-12-03 | ThatWildWolf | | Giving three stars because it works but no more because of the poor customisation options. Overall it's good for visually impaired people. |
| 2023-11-06 | Skelen | | Doesn't do anything, just infinitely loads :( |
| 2023-07-25 | A Strange Cat | | |
| 2023-05-26 | Swagonair | | 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 |
| 2023-03-07 | Firefox user 16322130 | | 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. |
| 2023-02-12 | Razoner | | 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. |
| 2023-02-08 | Christina | | 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. |
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