Text to Speech (TTS)

Text to Speech is a text to speech engine with natural sounding voices.

Text to Speech (TTS) - Firefox Add-On for Natural Voices

Text to Speech (TTS) is a Firefox add-on that takes advantage of HTML5 TTS APIs to transform text into human-like speech. It possesses features such as auto language detection, highlights for the selected text, and easy one-click text-to-speech command. Encountering issues with TTS is possible as the HTML5 TTS API is still in development. Our platform provides a form for reporting such bugs.
Download
View on Firefox Browser Add-ons

Add-on stats

By: Morni
Users: 3,200
-89
Rating: 2.30
(119)
Version: 0.2.5 (Last updated: 2021-02-20)
Creation date: 2014-12-25
Weekly download count: 122
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 66.52K
URLs: Website

Ranking

# 1,521 ▼ 8
Other rankings
Upgrade to see more rankings

Other platforms

Text to Speech (TTS) (v0.2.7)
3.26 (23) 40,000
Text to Speech (TTS) (vVARY)
3.83 (15,689) 4,770,591
Text to Speech (TTS) (v0.2.7)
3.10 (7) 3,922
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Firefox add-ons? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Firefox-Stats data as you browse the Firefox Browser Add-ons.

Add-on summary

Analyze keywords

Text to Speech (TTS) is a text to speech extension for Firefox with natural sounding voices by using HTML5 TTS APIs.

Some features:

  1. Easy one-click text-to-speech via HTML5 API.
  2. Auto detects language (no need to set input language each time)
  3. Text-to-speech is enabled by holding (Alt), (T), or (Insert) key
  4. Highlights selected text while text-to-speech is running.
  5. Uses the native HTML5 API (no need to install additional plugins).

Note 1: For the highlight feature to work correctly, please select text paragraph-by-paragraph. The highlight feature is still in Beta and may not work properly in all websites.

Note 2: HTML5 TTS API is still a work in progress and may encounter crashes or errors. If the API is not active in your browser, please go to "about:config" page and search for "webspeech" keyword. Once you find "media.webspeech.synth.enables" item, right-click on it and click - Toggle - to enable it.

To report Bugs, please visit the addon's homepage and fill the bug report form.

Review on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o01NdMw_SxY

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easier to pause compared to other TTS add-ons
  • Supports multiple languages
Cons
  • Opens a separate window instead of reading directly in the browser
  • Lacks speed and pitch control options
  • Sound quality is unnatural and robotic
  • Functionality issues on certain platforms (e.g., no sound on Arch Linux)
Most mentioned
  • Terrible user experience with separate window
  • Lack of voice customization options
  • Quality of speech is subpar
User reviews
by Kakarinka, 2024-11-06
by Firefox user 18661476, 2024-10-30
i prefer it to voice aloud reader, because it's easier to pause. It has many languages, including mine, which I'm thankful for
by monkeypee, 2024-10-13
View all user reviews

Add-on safety

Risk impact

Text to Speech (TTS) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Text to Speech (TTS) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details