French Reader

Tracking since May 3, 2026.

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• Jun 8, 2026
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  French Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for French Web Pages
  
  ✨ Key Features:
  • IPA pronunciation for French words on web pages
  • French hover dictionary with definitions
  • Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off
  • Whole-page IPA mode with color-coded symbols (vowels blue, consonants gray, stress red, length purple) — show all transcriptions at once
  • Built-in PDF Reader with IPA annotations
  • Auto-intercept web PDFs — open online PDFs with IPA overlay
  • Text-to-speech with karaoke-style word highlighting (French fr-FR voice)
  • Liaison forms display for connected speech
  • Instant translation of selected text (Bing & Google Translate)
  • 108 target languages; inline translation bubble with copy button
  • Right-click menu and keyboard shortcuts for quick access
  • Rule-based G2P engine for French pronunciation coverage
  
  🔊 Text-to-Speech:
  • Single word — click the speaker button to hear French pronunciation
  • Selection speech — select text, floating toolbar or Alt+Shift+S
  • Karaoke effect — words highlight one by one as they are spoken
  
  🌐 Translation:
  • Select any text and click translate or press Alt+Shift+T
  • Bing Translate and Google Translate engines
  • 108 target languages available
  
  ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts:
  • Alt+Shift+F — Toggle IPA annotations on/off
  • Alt+Shift+S — Speak selected text
  • Alt+Shift+T — Translate selected text
  
  📄 PDF Reader:
  • Built-in PDF viewer with IPA for French text
  • Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle
  • Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser
  • Click words for dictionary lookup
  • Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation
  • Search inside PDFs
  • Three themes: dark, light, sepia
  • Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs
  
  📚 Perfect for:
  • French learners reading web pages and PDFs
  • Learning French pronunciation with IPA
  • Vocabulary and dictionary look-ups while reading
  • Sentence reading practice with TTS
  • Quick translation without leaving the page
  
  🔒 Privacy: No data collection. Translation text is sent to third-party APIs (Bing/Google) only when you use the translate feature. All other processing is local.

  French Reader - IPA Pronunciation for French Web Pages and PDFs
  
  French Reader adds standard IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) pronunciation to French words on web pages and PDF files. Hover any word to see IPA, definition, and audio — all processed locally.
  
  ✨ Key Features:
  • Standard IPA annotations with color-coded vowels, consonants, and stress marks
  • Hover dictionary with definitions in 9 languages
  • Whole-page IPA mode — add IPA to every French word at once
  • Liaison and connected-speech display for natural French rhythm
  • Word frequency filter — 5 levels to skip known vocabulary
  • Lemmatizer-powered lookup for conjugated and inflected forms
  • Rule-based G2P fallback for words outside the main lexicon
  
  📖 Dictionary (9 languages):
  • English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Français, Deutsch, Español, 한국어, Русский, Tiếng Việt
  
  🔊 Text-to-Speech:
  • French voice with synchronized word-by-word highlighting
  • Adjustable speech rate for sentence reading practice
  • Select any text to speak or translate
  
  📄 Built-in PDF Reader:
  • Auto-intercept PDF links and open with IPA overlay
  • Drag-and-drop local files or paste URLs
  • Sidebar outline, thumbnails, search, and 3 reading themes
  
  ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts:
  • Alt+Shift+F — toggle IPA annotations
  • Alt+Shift+S — speak selected text
  • Alt+Shift+T — translate selected text
  
  🔒 Privacy: No data collection. IPA, dictionary, and G2P run entirely on your device. Translation sends only your selected text to Bing or Google when you use it.

• Jun 8, 2026
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  Add IPA pronunciation to French words. Hover to see phonetics, click to hear pronunciation.

  Add IPA pronunciation to French words. Hover to see IPA, click to hear pronunciation.

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