IPA Reader

Add IPA pronunciation (American & British) to English words. Hover to see phonetics, click to hear pronunciation.

As of June 2026, IPA Reader has 227 users and a 4.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Education category.

Education

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+254.7%

227

Rating0%

4.00

2 reviews

Reviews0%

Version

1.5.1

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 5 version updates, changed permissions.

History

11 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	64	—	—	1.2.1
Apr 17, 2026	70	5.00	1	1.3.0
Apr 22, 2026	100	4.00	2	1.4.3
Apr 27, 2026	105	4.00	2	1.4.3
May 5, 2026	125	4.00	2	1.4.4
May 10, 2026	133	4.00	2	1.4.4
May 16, 2026	144	4.00	2	1.4.4
May 22, 2026	171	4.00	2	1.5.0
May 28, 2026	182	4.00	2	1.5.0
Jun 4, 2026	204	4.00	2	1.5.0
Jun 10, 2026	211	4.00	2	1.5.0
Now	227	4.00	2	1.5.1

Changelog

Jun 10, 2026

description

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages

Stop breaking your reading flow to check pronunciation and meaning. IPA Reader combines reading, listening, translation, and practice in one workflow.
Built for academic papers, technical docs, news, and original books.

✨ Key Features:
• IPA pronunciation (American & British) for English words on web pages
• WordNet hover dictionary with 82K word definitions
• Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off
• Whole-page IPA mode — 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
• American and British accent options; adjustable speech rate
• 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
• American dictionary: 134K words (CMU)
• Enhanced British dictionary: 67K+ words (Britfone + Wiktionary)

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word — click the speaker button to hear 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+I — 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 English text
• Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle
• Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser
• Click words for dictionary lookup (WordNet)
• Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation
• Search inside PDFs
• Three themes: dark, light, sepia
• Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages and PDFs
• Learning American vs British pronunciation
• 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.

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages & PDFs

Stop breaking your reading flow to check pronunciation and meaning. IPA Reader combines reading, listening, translation, and practice in one workflow.
Built for academic papers, technical docs, news, and original books.

✨ Key Features:
• IPA pronunciation (American & British) for English words on web pages
• WordNet hover dictionary with 82K word definitions
• Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off
• Whole-page IPA mode — 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
• American and British accent options; adjustable speech rate
• 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
• American dictionary: 134K words (CMU)
• Enhanced British dictionary: 67K+ words (Britfone + Wiktionary)

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word — click the speaker button to hear 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+I — 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 English text
• Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle
• Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser
• Click words for dictionary lookup (WordNet)
• Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation
• Search inside PDFs
• Three themes: dark, light, sepia
• Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages and PDFs
• Learning American vs British pronunciation
• 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.

May 16, 2026

description

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages

✨ Key Features:
• IPA pronunciation (American & British) for English words on web pages
• WordNet hover dictionary with 82K word definitions
• Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off
• Whole-page IPA mode — 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
• American and British accent options; adjustable speech rate
• 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
• American dictionary: 134K words (CMU)
• Enhanced British dictionary: 67K+ words (Britfone + Wiktionary)

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word — click the speaker button to hear 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+I — 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 English text
• Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle
• Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser
• Click words for dictionary lookup (WordNet)
• Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation
• Search inside PDFs
• Three themes: dark, light, sepia
• Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages and PDFs
• Learning American vs British pronunciation
• 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.

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages

Stop breaking your reading flow to check pronunciation and meaning. IPA Reader combines reading, listening, translation, and practice in one workflow.
Built for academic papers, technical docs, news, and original books.

✨ Key Features:
• IPA pronunciation (American & British) for English words on web pages
• WordNet hover dictionary with 82K word definitions
• Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off
• Whole-page IPA mode — 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
• American and British accent options; adjustable speech rate
• 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
• American dictionary: 134K words (CMU)
• Enhanced British dictionary: 67K+ words (Britfone + Wiktionary)

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word — click the speaker button to hear 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+I — 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 English text
• Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle
• Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser
• Click words for dictionary lookup (WordNet)
• Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation
• Search inside PDFs
• Three themes: dark, light, sepia
• Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages and PDFs
• Learning American vs British pronunciation
• 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.

Apr 17, 2026

description

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages

✨ Key Features:
• Auto-detect English words and show IPA phonetic transcription
• American and British pronunciation support
• Whole-page IPA mode - show all transcriptions at once
• Hover tooltip with IPA and pronunciation button
• Select text to read aloud with karaoke-style word highlighting
• Instant translation of selected text (Bing & Google Translate)
• Right-click menu and keyboard shortcuts for quick access

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word - click the speaker button to hear pronunciation
• Selection speech - select text, click floating toolbar or use Alt+Shift+S
• Karaoke effect - words highlight one by one as they are spoken
• American and British accent options

🌐 Translation:
• Select any text and click translate button or press Alt+Shift+T
• Supports Bing Translate and Google Translate engines
• 108 target languages available
• Inline translation bubble with copy button

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts:
• Alt+Shift+I - Toggle IPA annotations on/off
• Alt+Shift+S - Speak selected text
• Alt+Shift+T - Translate selected text

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages
• Learning pronunciation of unfamiliar words
• Quick translation without leaving the page
• Phonetics and pronunciation practice

🔒 Privacy: No data collection. Translation text is sent to third-party APIs (Bing/Google) only when you use the translate feature.

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages

✨ Key Features:
• IPA pronunciation (American & British) for English words on web pages
• WordNet hover dictionary with 82K word definitions
• Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off
• Whole-page IPA mode — 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
• American and British accent options; adjustable speech rate
• 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
• American dictionary: 134K words (CMU)
• Enhanced British dictionary: 67K+ words (Britfone + Wiktionary)

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word — click the speaker button to hear 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+I — 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 English text
• Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle
• Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser
• Click words for dictionary lookup (WordNet)
• Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation
• Search inside PDFs
• Three themes: dark, light, sepia
• Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages and PDFs
• Learning American vs British pronunciation
• 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.

Apr 17, 2026

permissions

storage, tts, scripting, contextMenus

storage, tts, scripting, contextMenus, notifications, declarativeNetRequest, declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Apr 1, 2026

description

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages

✨ Key Features:
• Auto-detect English words and show IPA phonetic transcription
• American and British pronunciation support
• Whole-page IPA mode - show all transcriptions at once
• Hover tooltip with IPA and pronunciation button
• Select any English text to read aloud
• Right-click menu to speak selected text
• Learn correct pronunciation while reading

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word - click the speaker button to hear pronunciation
• Selection speech - select text, click floating button or right-click menu to read aloud
• American and British accent options

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages
• Learning pronunciation of unfamiliar words
• Improving listening and speaking skills
• Phonetics and pronunciation practice

🔒 Privacy: No data collection. All processing is local.

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages

✨ Key Features:
• Auto-detect English words and show IPA phonetic transcription
• American and British pronunciation support
• Whole-page IPA mode - show all transcriptions at once
• Hover tooltip with IPA and pronunciation button
• Select text to read aloud with karaoke-style word highlighting
• Instant translation of selected text (Bing & Google Translate)
• Right-click menu and keyboard shortcuts for quick access

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word - click the speaker button to hear pronunciation
• Selection speech - select text, click floating toolbar or use Alt+Shift+S
• Karaoke effect - words highlight one by one as they are spoken
• American and British accent options

🌐 Translation:
• Select any text and click translate button or press Alt+Shift+T
• Supports Bing Translate and Google Translate engines
• 108 target languages available
• Inline translation bubble with copy button

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts:
• Alt+Shift+I - Toggle IPA annotations on/off
• Alt+Shift+S - Speak selected text
• Alt+Shift+T - Translate selected text

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages
• Learning pronunciation of unfamiliar words
• Quick translation without leaving the page
• Phonetics and pronunciation practice

🔒 Privacy: No data collection. Translation text is sent to third-party APIs (Bing/Google) only when you use the translate feature.

Permissions & access

Permissions: storagettsscriptingcontextMenusnotificationsdeclarativeNetRequestdeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
Host access: <all_urls>

Screenshots

About

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages & PDFs

Stop breaking your reading flow to check pronunciation and meaning. IPA Reader combines reading, listening, translation, and practice in one workflow.
Built for academic papers, technical docs, news, and original books.

✨ Key Features:
• IPA pronunciation (American & British) for English words on web pages
• WordNet hover dictionary with 82K word definitions
• Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off
• Whole-page IPA mode — 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
• American and British accent options; adjustable speech rate
• 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
• American dictionary: 134K words (CMU)
• Enhanced British dictionary: 67K+ words (Britfone + Wiktionary)

🔊 Text-to-Speech:
• Single word — click the speaker button to hear 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+I — 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 English text
• Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle
• Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser
• Click words for dictionary lookup (WordNet)
• Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation
• Search inside PDFs
• Three themes: dark, light, sepia
• Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs

📚 Perfect for:
• English learners reading web pages and PDFs
• Learning American vs British pronunciation
• 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.

Technical

Version: 1.5.1
Manifest: V3
Size: 14.35MiB
Min Chrome: 88
Languages: 50
Featured: No

Metadata

ID: jpaoglankanpbjbjgpjlhkohokhephfk
Developer ID: u8c2c34d038a6033c1c5777b288cb2c74
Developer Email: [email protected]
Created: Jan 20, 2026
Last Updated (Store): Jun 9, 2026
Last Scraped: Jun 10, 2026
Website: —
Support URL: —
Privacy Policy: https://code-horse.github.io/ipa-reader-site/extension/privacy-policy