YouTube Caption TTS

Reads YouTube captions aloud using Chrome's built-in TTS

As of May 2026, YouTube Caption TTS has 84 users and a 4.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Accessibility category.

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1 reviews
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Version
1.5
Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 29, 2026.

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May 26, 2026764.0011.5
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Permissions & access

Permissions
ttsstorage
Host access
*://www.youtube.com/*

Screenshots

YouTube Caption TTS screenshot 1

About

Real-Time Caption Reading: Automatically reads YouTube captions aloud as they appear on the screen.

YouTube Caption TTS is designed to enhance your YouTube viewing experience by reading captions aloud using Chrome's built-in Text-to-Speech (TTS) capabilities.

This can be used to effectively dub videos with multilingual captions available, supporting both pre-written or auto-generated captions.

Customizable TTS Settings:
- Voice Selection: Choose from a variety of available voices to suit your preference.
- Speech Speed Control: Adjust the speed of the speech to match your listening comfort.
- Volume Adjustment: Control the volume of the TTS output independently.

Advanced Settings:
- Overlap Time: Define how long the extension waits before interrupting ongoing speech with new captions.
- Catch-Up Factor: Adjust the reading speed when catching up to recent captions.
- Caption Visibility Control: Option to hide on-screen captions while still having them read aloud.
- Modulate Speed by Character Count: Dynamically changes the speech rate based on the length of captions.

Changelog:

V1.3
- Initial release

V1.4
- Bugfix: Initialized content script properly when storage is empty.
- Bugfix: Resolved issue where TTS wouldn't start when activated after page load.
- Bugfix: Fixed "Stop" functionality to prevent reading subsequent captions.

V1.5
- Bugfix: Incorrect first-time initialization of speech speed

Technical

Version
1.5
Manifest
V3
Size
24.93KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

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Developer ID
u41078f2c1748ebce037b32a34a9cbf8e
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jan 1, 2025
Last Updated (Store)
Jan 6, 2025
Last Scraped
May 26, 2026
Website
Support URL
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 26, 2026.