Orator — Web Narrator
Narrate web pages with natural voices, speed control, click to seek, and follow along highlighting.
As of June 2026, Orator — Web Narrator has 264 users and a 4.86/5 rating from 7 reviews in the Education category.
Usersup 153.8 percent+153.8%
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Ratingdown 2.8 percent−2.8%
4.86
7 reviews
Reviewsup 40.0 percent+40.0%
7
Version
0.3.2
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update.
History
10 snapshotsTracking since Apr 16, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | 104 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.3.0 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 126 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.3.0 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 146 | 4.83 | 6 | 0.3.0 |
| May 4, 2026 | 155 | 4.83 | 6 | 0.3.0 |
| May 10, 2026 | 159 | 4.83 | 6 | 0.3.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 178 | 4.83 | 6 | 0.3.0 |
| May 21, 2026 | 187 | 4.83 | 6 | 0.3.0 |
| May 27, 2026 | 200 | 4.86 | 7 | 0.3.0 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 205 | 4.86 | 7 | 0.3.0 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 237 | 4.86 | 7 | 0.3.2 |
| Now | 264 | 4.86 | 7 | 0.3.2 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- activeTabstoragecontextMenusscriptingoffscreen
- Host access
- None declared
Screenshots
About
Orator lets you listen to webpages and documents using natural sounding system voices with an interactive, reader controlled experience (not just “press play and hope”). Unlike typical text to speech tools, Orator lets you jump, control, and follow along as content is spoken. Highlights • Click any sentence to start narration from that exact point • Multiple system voices with a searchable voice picker • Adjustable reading speed • Smooth sentence by sentence highlighting • Works on long articles, blogs, documentation, and PDFs • Runs entirely on your device, no servers, no AI, no tracking Privacy First by Design Orator processes all content locally on your device using built-in browser and system speech capabilities. No text is sent to external servers. Nothing is recorded or stored remotely. Permissions Explained • activeTab — to read the page you explicitly activate Orator on • scripting — to inject the narrator UI and sentence highlighting • storage — to save your preferences (voice, speed, UI settings) Orator is ideal for focused reading, learning, accessibility, and listening to long form content without distractions.
Technical
- Version
- 0.3.2
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 75.05KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- becblgoenaekioaddgjgenjldaniadao
- Developer ID
- u287d5e1627f78e82b133db9f9e41ef9d
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jan 28, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- May 31, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 9, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 9, 2026.