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Reviews for Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader by LSD Software

3.8 Stars out of 5
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Review by Damon-William-Tellegen
by Damon-William-Tellegen, 2 years ago
4⭐> Back to 5⭐. Dev posted latest fixes addressing (my issue) W/
The Piper voices. Such a great addition.
BUT, I need a slower read Spd. Prior if changing Spd < or > it would change "hfc_female_voice[medium] ENGLISH_US" to different voice entirely. Submitted feedback and noticed today a posted fix!
not sure why ppl are giving bad reviews for "synthesized voices" make sure to accept/grant ALL permissions. Also, create an acct. and log in.
They're much better now.
A fantastic app extension that I use multi times, daily.
THANK YOU for, what I can only imagine, is hard work, FREE of charge, to bring the masses a fantastic extension. Not to Mention (AFAIK) the ONLY 1 for Our Beloved FireFox
Alas, ppl still complain.
On Android now, and it works actually better than Windows 10.
Thanks Again!
1,067 reviews
  • by Th4t, 8 hours ago
  • by Fabs, a day ago
    I'm quite baffled by all the bad reviews; the default voice is indeed uncomprehensible, but changing it to one of the (many!) Piper voices actually gives you an output that's easy to listen to and quite enjoyable. English voices' output is, in my opinion, almost on par to Edge's TTS.

    While I can't speak for all the other languages, I can say that at the moment the Italian Piper models are a bit lacking compared to the English ones, but they're still comprehensible.
  • by Squed, 2 days ago
    Voix juste horrible !!
  • by P R Merrill, 6 days ago
    My eyesight is failing *AMD) and this extension has saved my life. It's only fault is it won't read text that isn't really text but a picture of text. quite a few folks use that method on wed sites and ads. I will just skip those. Thanks for being there for us.
  • by chisinha, 9 days ago
    Even better now with the Piper voices :o))
  • by Martina, 11 days ago
    Used to work great, I do not mind robotic voices as long as my eyes get a rest. But last few days it is barely usable, it is not reading paragraph I click on, but it reads everything from the start, or does reads whole paragraphs on every section I click. It used to skip immediately where I wanted. It does not stop when I click stop, nor pause. It highlights different sections than it reads. Removing and adding the add on again did not hep. On average, I rate 3 stars due to previous good experience, but it is no longer usable for me.
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  • by k0ns0l, 23 days ago
    It appears I can no longer install a custom voice :/

    Activity log is showing "TypeError: Error in input stream" even after a 100% install status.
  • by Petra, 24 days ago
    useful and easy to use thanks
  • by Firefox user 18740215, 24 days ago
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  • by myrrsky, a month ago
    terrible robotic voices. It like TTS 15 years ago...

    Developer response

    posted a month ago
    Please right click the Read Aloud icon and choose Options, then you can choose from a variety of voices, including the new Piper voices powered by machine learning.
  • by Dedy Hidayat, a month ago
  • by Firefox user 18727064, a month ago
    Spsjc and nagr
  • by Firefox user 18726676, a month ago
    La voz es muy mala
  • by techguru12, a month ago
    Just robotic terrible voice which is there whatever I choose, reinstalling ... nothing works!! awfull
  • by Hashimx10, a month ago
    even talkit from windows 98 is still much better than this one.
  • by MC, a month ago
  • by Firefox user 18462716, a month ago