---
title: "WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3,000 users, rated 3.58 by 38 people. Version 2025.9.25.1, updated 2025-08-27. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj"
---

# WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3,000
- Rating: 3.58 from 38 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-11 00:40 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #12,533 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Education: #381 of 12,901

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Listen to the web using text to speech. Perfect for dyslexia, low vision, students, researchers, kids, learning to read.

- Extension ID: `akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj`
- Developer: [Bret Lester](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u341ed556d395ec00ba9ca40fe9ae4227)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Education](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/education)
- First published: 2014-11-24
- Last updated: 2025-08-27
- Version: `2025.9.25.1`
- Size: 639 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `weboutloud.io`
- Support page: `https://weboutloud.io/contact`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/weboutloud-text-to-speech/akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-11 | 3,000 | 3.58 | 38 |
| 2026-11-04 | 3,000 | 3.58 | 38 |
| 2026-10-27 | 3,000 | 3.58 | 38 |
| 2026-10-20 | 4,000 | 3.58 | 38 |
| 2026-10-13 | 3,000 | 3.58 | 38 |
| 2026-10-07 | 3,000 | 3.58 | 38 |
| 2026-09-29 | 3,000 | 3.58 | 38 |
| 2026-09-26 | 3,000 | 3.58 | 38 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `https://weboutloud.io/`: weboutloud.io
- `https://wol.io.dev.weboutloud.io/`: wol.io.dev.weboutloud.io

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-11 00:40 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader” (akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj,
  title   = {WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader (akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/akmlgdbkdgmgjoobidmmkknmlblhjomj},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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