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Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader

6,000,000 users Rated 3.84 from 3,653 ratings Last updated 27 Oct 2026

By LSD Software Live in the Chrome Web Store hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp Search Google ↗ Last checked 10 Nov 2026, 16:05 UTC

The listing

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

Read aloud the current web-page article with one click, using text to speech (TTS). Supports 40+ languages.Summary from the listing
Developer
LSD Software
Enhanced Safe Browsing
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Category
Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility
First published
29 Oct 2016
Last updated
27 Oct 2026
Version
2.28.1
Size
332 KiB
Minimum Chrome
99
Languages
25 languages

Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Nederlands, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, dansk, español, français, italiano, norsk, polski, português (Brasil), suomi, svenska, čeština, русский, українська, العربية, हिन्दी, ไทย, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어

Website
http://lsdsoftware.com/
Support page
https://readaloud.app/?tab=Support
See Chrome Web Store page ↗ View its code or download CRX ↗
Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
5M5.5M6MTracking began 27 Sep 202627 Sep4 Oct11 Oct18 Oct25 Oct1 Nov8 Nov2026-09-27: 6,000,000 users2026-09-29: 6,000,000 users2026-10-05: 6,000,000 users2026-10-11: 6,000,000 users2026-10-18: 5,000,000 users2026-10-23: 6,000,000 users2026-10-27: 6,000,000 users2026-10-28: 6,000,000 users2026-11-04: 6,000,000 users2026-11-10: 6,000,000 users2026-10-28: new version2026-10-27: new version2026-10-23: new version2026-10-18: new version2026-10-11: new version6,000,0005M5.5M6MTracking began27 Sep18 Oct8 Nov2026-09-27: 6,000,000 users2026-09-29: 6,000,000 users2026-10-05: 6,000,000 users2026-10-11: 6,000,000 users2026-10-18: 5,000,000 users2026-10-23: 6,000,000 users2026-10-27: 6,000,000 users2026-10-28: 6,000,000 users2026-11-04: 6,000,000 users2026-11-10: 6,000,000 users2026-10-28: new version2026-10-27: new version2026-10-23: new version2026-10-18: new version2026-10-11: new version6M
Average rating
4.0027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov3.844.0027 Sep18 Oct8 Nov3.84
Number of ratings
3,6003,6503,70027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov3,6533,6003,6503,70027 Sep18 Oct8 Nov3,653
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-11-106,000,0003.843,653
2026-11-046,000,0003.853,649
2026-10-286,000,0003.843,648
2026-10-276,000,0003.843,648
2026-10-236,000,0003.813,645
2026-10-185,000,0003.813,644
2026-10-116,000,0004.133,640
2026-10-056,000,0004.133,637
2026-09-296,000,0004.133,633
2026-09-276,000,0004.133,633
Users, 7 days
No change
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
No change
+0.0%
Rank
#58
by users, of 292,131 extensions
In its category
#6
of 8,374 in Accessibility

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

  1. New version 2.28.1, replacing 2.28.0.

  2. New version 2.28.0, replacing 2.27.0.

  3. New version 2.27.0, replacing 2.26.0.

  4. New version 2.26.0, replacing 2.25.0.

  5. New version 2.25.0, replacing 2.24.0.

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 27 Sep 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Sites
  • https://translate.google.com/translate.google.com
Browser features
  • activeTabThe tab you're on, only after you click the extension
  • contextMenusAdd items to the right-click menu
  • identitySign you in with your Google account
  • offscreenOpen a hidden page for background work
  • scriptingRun scripts on sites it can reach
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser
  • ttsRead text aloud
  • ttsEngineAct as a text-to-speech voice
Asked for later, if you agree
  • webNavigationFollow your browsing, page by page
  • webRequestWatch network requests on the sites it can reach
  • file://*/*Every website
  • http://*/Every website
  • https://*/Every website

More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account

ExtensionUsersRatingRatingsCategory
Supertonic Text-to-Speech Voices2,000 4.508 Accessibility
Piper Text-to-Speech Voices2,000 3.8816 Accessibility
Side Chatter: Chatroom Extension462 3.754 Social Networking
Extension Auditor352 4.003 Workflow & Planning
Audify - Web Browsing Sound Effects5 5.001 Accessibility
All 6 extensions by LSD Software →

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 10 Nov 2026, 16:05 UTC; next check around 17 Nov 2026.

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader” (hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp,
  title   = {Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader (hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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