Read aloud Google Docs™ using text-to-speech (TTS)
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Listing updated:November 5, 2024
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Read Aloud uses text-to-speech (TTS) technology to convert text to audio, allowing you to listen to your documents for proofreading, for reasons of dyslexia or other learning disabilities. Supports 36 languages.

You can activate this addon from the Addon menu inside Google Docs™.  Once activated, a sidebar appears in which you can pick a voice, set the reading speed, and start the speech.
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Skuggi Spenna
December 4, 2024
This extension does the job. It's all I need, it does what it says, and that's all I ask for. Thank you, as well, for making this essential service actually free. Quality is just fine, its rather robotic but I don't need fancy realistic imitations.
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ava gam
November 1, 2024
really helpful!! simple tool that gets the job done, plus its free. You can change speed and pitch, plus there are plenty of voices to pick from if you just need documents/ articles read for you.
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Meredith Reeves
May 1, 2024
I use this a lot for proofreading and it gets the job done. The interface is a bit clunky, though, and the voice options could really use an overhaul, considering what's out there nowadays. But for a free app that helps me catch little errors or redundancies in my writing, it's serviceable.
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Dan Sweeney
September 13, 2024
It won't work after I tried to update it. Can only give it one star.
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Melissa Bautista
June 14, 2024
Easy to use and voices are fine. I like how you can change the pitch and speed. It would be great if there were more options for voice types.
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Belinda Izuorgu
November 25, 2024
Doesn't work.
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Catarina Tucker
October 29, 2024
Way too many issues.
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Andrea Frank
October 6, 2024
did not work
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Jayson Tibayan
August 19, 2024
very helpful thanks a lot
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Tori Thompson
February 26, 2024
it was working for a while. then today, it wouldn't work. i have uninstalled and reinstalled it, so hopefully it will have fixed the issue.... never mind. same issue.
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