"Listen" by Jared Wright (@jawerty)

Listen for Chrome

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Listen is a text to speech chrome extension for hearing the text on any website. At the click of a button, the website's text is generated and played through the tts-api. Another feature the Listen app has is the ability to read pdf pages. However, this feature is in beta and somewhat delicate for production, so try not to read pdf websites more than 5-10 pages long. For developers reading this, the source code is hosted here on Github. Enjoy...

Can be used on all websites (HTTP/HTTPS)

This means that all websites with the HTTP/HTTPS protocol will be able to be read. (Technically all websites)

Plays in background

Even when you leave the chrome popup module, the audio will still play. This being said, you can easily stop the audio by opening the popup again, pause it, and then press stop.

Can read PDFs (beta)

It can easily read all PDFs, but it may take longer to load (a few minutes) if the PDF is more than 5-10 pages long.

Simple user interface

All you have to do is press play, pause, and stop. Listen does the rest for you.

Open source (Github)

For developers, the source code is available under the MIT License here

Clear voice

An easy to understand computerized voice.

© Jared Wright 2013