What is SpeakIt! - Text to speech for Chrome?

SpeakIt! - Text to speech for Chrome is a Chrome extension developed by RiddR LLC, and its main feature is "Tired of reading? Select text you want to read and listen to it. SpeakIt converts text into speech so you no longer need to read.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

SpeakIt! is free text to speech extension that reads selected text using TTS technology with language auto-detection. It can read text in more than 50 languages.

Usage:
- First select the text you want it to read.
- Then click the icon to start listening.
- When it is ready to read, the number of sentences is shown on the icon.
- To stop listening at any time click pause

NOTE:

- After installation you may need to restart Chrome so SpeakIt can function correctly

- This extension uses Google text-to-speech service. Please visit http://goo.gl/OOVgp to see if it is accessible to you.

ChangeLog:
New in v 0.2.98:
- Small bug fixes
- Fixed update bug
New in v 0.2.4:
- Switched to Chrome lang detect API due to Google translate API has been deprecated (SpeakIt now detect input language by language of whole page not only selected text :( :( )
- Improved how SpeakIt! splits sentences, now it stops on right places and pronunciation is much better.
- Added internationalization support. SpeakIt! is now localized on 12 languages.
- Fixed some small bugs
New in v 0.2.3:
- Implemented new Chrome TTS API
- Added offline (native) TTS support
- Added feature to add and configure new TTS engines/voices
- Fixed some bugs
New in v 0.2.2:
- Added keyboard shortcut support
- Added context menu support
- Added new features in options page
- Fixed some bugs
New in v 0.2.1:
- Added Speech Input feature ( Speech to Text ) enable from options
- Changed User Graphical Interface, SpeakIt now use Zen audio player which i hope you will like it ;)
- Fixed lot of bugs that caused previous version of SpeakIt to end in middle of reading
- Added Options feature
- Added donations button ( can be hidden from options menu )

Any comments, suggestions and critics are welcomed you can contact me on twitter @SkechBoy

If you like the extension please rate it.

Extension Basic Information

Name	SpeakIt! - Text to speech for Chrome
ID	aljmkoflmjkklddjideacgmofobfkhkd
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/speakit-text-to-speech-fo/aljmkoflmjkklddjideacgmofobfkhkd
Description	Tired of reading? Select text you want to read and listen to it. SpeakIt converts text into speech so you no longer need to read.
File Size	157 KB
Installation Count	90,255
Current Version	0.4
Last Updated	2020-04-11
Publish Date	2020-04-11
Rating	3.80/5 Total 93 Ratings
Developer	RiddR LLC
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	https://skechboy.com
Privacy Policy Page URL	https://riddr.com/legal/privacy-policy
Supported Languages	de,en,en-GB,en-US,fr,da,es,it,pl,pt-BR,pt-PT,ro,sv,el,sr,bg,ru,uk,hi,zh-CN,ja
manifest.json
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