Readox – Read Aloud Text to Speech for Web Pages & PDFs

Read web pages, PDFs, and selected text aloud with word-by-word highlighting, OCR, and premium English voices on your device.

As of June 2026, Readox – Read Aloud Text to Speech for Web Pages & PDFs has 1,000 users and a 4.60/5 rating from 10 reviews in the Accessibility category.

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Version
0.2.5
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 3 version updates.

History

14 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 2, 2026.

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Changelog

  • May 3, 2026
    description
    Readox is a Chrome text-to-speech reader for web pages, PDFs, and selected text, with word-by-word highlighting, OCR, and premium English voices that run on your device.
    
    FEATURES
    
    Read web pages and PDFs aloud
    Listen to articles, blogs, docs, and many PDFs directly in Chrome.
    
    OCR for images and screenshots
    Extract text from screenshots or images and read it aloud. Useful for scanned content, screenshots, and image-based documents.
    
    Word-by-word highlighting
    Follow each spoken word in the transcript so you can keep your place and stay focused.
    
    Read only what you want
    Highlight any section on a page and play just that text, or read the whole page.
    
    Keyboard shortcuts and playback controls
    Play, pause, skip, stop, and change speed without leaving the page.
    
    Adjustable speed
    Choose a listening speed from 0.75x to 2x.
    
    Privacy-first
    Speech playback and OCR run locally. Premium voices run on your device.
    
    READOX PRO
    
    28 premium English voices
    Choose from natural-sounding American and British English voices.
    
    Premium voices run on your device
    Premium voices run on your device for private listening with no character caps. Sign in only if you want Pro.
    
    AI summaries
    Get a short summary of a page or selected text when you want the key points fast.
    
    HOW IT WORKS
    
    1. Open Readox in the Chrome side panel.
    2. Press play to read the page, or select text to read only that section.
    3. Follow the highlighted transcript.
    4. Use controls or keyboard shortcuts to navigate.
    
    Readox is built for focused reading, studying, proofreading, and accessibility. Free to start, no account required.
    Readox is a Chrome text-to-speech reader for web pages, PDFs, and selected text, with word-by-word highlighting, OCR, and premium English voices that run on your device.
    
    FEATURES
    
    Read web pages and PDFs aloud
    Listen to articles, blogs, docs, and many PDFs directly in Chrome.
    
    OCR for images and screenshots
    Extract text from screenshots or images and read it aloud. Useful for scanned content, screenshots, and image-based documents.
    
    Word-by-word highlighting
    Follow each spoken word in the transcript so you can keep your place and stay focused.
    
    Read only what you want
    Highlight any section on a page and play just that text, or read the whole page.
    
    Keyboard shortcuts and playback controls
    Play, pause, skip, stop, and change speed without leaving the page.
    
    Adjustable speed
    Choose a listening speed from 0.5x to 2x.
    
    Privacy-first
    Speech playback and OCR run locally. Premium voices run on your device.
    
    READOX PRO
    
    28 premium English voices
    Choose from natural-sounding American and British English voices.
    
    Premium voices run on your device
    Premium voices run on your device for private listening with no character caps. Sign in only if you want Pro.
    
    AI summaries
    Get a short summary of a page or selected text when you want the key points fast.
    
    HOW IT WORKS
    
    1. Open Readox in the Chrome side panel.
    2. Press play to read the page, or select text to read only that section.
    3. Follow the highlighted transcript.
    4. Use controls or keyboard shortcuts to navigate.
    
    Readox is built for focused reading, studying, proofreading, and accessibility. Free to start, no account required.

Permissions & access

Permissions
storageunlimitedStoragesidePanelscriptingactiveTabcontextMenustabsoffscreentts
Host access
https://api.readox.ai/*, <all_urls>

Screenshots

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About

Readox is a Chrome text-to-speech reader for web pages, PDFs, and selected text, with word-by-word highlighting, OCR, and premium English voices that run on your device.

FEATURES

Read web pages and PDFs aloud
Listen to articles, blogs, docs, and many PDFs directly in Chrome.

OCR for images and screenshots
Extract text from screenshots or images and read it aloud. Useful for scanned content, screenshots, and image-based documents.

Word-by-word highlighting
Follow each spoken word in the transcript so you can keep your place and stay focused.

Read only what you want
Highlight any section on a page and play just that text, or read the whole page.

Keyboard shortcuts and playback controls
Play, pause, skip, stop, and change speed without leaving the page.

Adjustable speed
Choose a listening speed from 0.5x to 2x.

Privacy-first
Speech playback and OCR run locally. Premium voices run on your device.

READOX PRO

28 premium English voices
Choose from natural-sounding American and British English voices.

Premium voices run on your device
Premium voices run on your device for private listening with no character caps. Sign in only if you want Pro.

AI summaries
Get a short summary of a page or selected text when you want the key points fast.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Open Readox in the Chrome side panel.
2. Press play to read the page, or select text to read only that section.
3. Follow the highlighted transcript.
4. Use controls or keyboard shortcuts to navigate.

Readox is built for focused reading, studying, proofreading, and accessibility. Free to start, no account required.

Technical

Version
0.2.5
Manifest
V3
Size
17.66MiB
Min Chrome
113
Languages
55
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
daipfoiakipdebhhklfongdfffepcffk
Developer ID
u2ce7efb73c0b2dd4005cc906b0a55599
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Mar 8, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
May 15, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 25, 2026
Website
readox.ai

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