Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Text-To-Speech Chrome Extensions for HN

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Text-To-Speech Chrome Extensions for HN launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   WaveNet for Chrome▲79

   A wrapper for Google Cloud Text-to-Speech

   2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2CB
   Communication Board with Text-to-speech in the browser▲7

   2017 · shayc.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   JuliusJS▲94

   A speech recognition library for the web

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   I've created a Google chrome extension for HN▲6

   2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5ST
   SuperVoc Text to Speech with Google, IBM Watson, Azure and Amazon Polly▲9

   2019 · supervoc.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Honest▲65

   Chrome extension that replaces bodyshaming words on websites

   2015 · untitledscience.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Maybloc▲57

   new SOTA for speech-to-text for multi-speaker audio

   8d ago · maybloc.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Bookmark by voice Chrome extension (Google Chrome speech API demo)▲9

   2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   I Made a Chrome Extension for Vocabulary Building▲6

   2023 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Readable-HN Chrome extension▲28

    2011 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Offline Text To Speech Extension▲18

    A browser extension that converts your text to speech!

    2021 · virejdasani.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Google Tone▲3

    Chrome extension to share URLs using sound

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Web Audio Pitch Shifter for Videos – Chrome Extension▲5

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14MY
    Make your own HN in TextChannels / opinions?▲5

    2011 · textchannels.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Streamus – A Chrome extension for listening to YouTube music▲6

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Chrome extension to show beautiful transcripts on YouTube▲5

    2024 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Vocabify for Chrome▲7

    Remember the words you come across

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Audio to Text Converter▲16

    Audio to Text Converter

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Text to Read▲4

    Type text, record, or load text file and download.

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Text-to-Speech Converter▲8

    Free Text-To-speech converter

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22TE
    Text Editor for creating Voice Over Audio▲8

    2019 · play.ht · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Chrome extension to open both link and discussion in new tabs on HN▲7

    2018 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    ReadAloud▲9

    Hi HN, Dima here. Super excited to launch ReadAloud! We built a Chrome extension that brings state-of-the-art text-to-speech to your browser. (for free!) The existing options forced a bad choice: the browser's built-in voices are unlistenable, and the products with good voices charge $29/month. This price made sense when quality TTS was expensive to run—it *isn't* anymore. We’re using the latest models that work on-device. All of it works on top of a super intuitive UI that never gets in the way. Here’s a quick demo: tryreadaloud.com ReadAloud is *free forever* at up to 2x speed.…

    Jul 2026 · tryreadaloud.com · its alternatives →

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