Readox
Readox is a Chrome extension that reads web pages, PDFs, selections, text files (ie markdown), and text input notes aloud with TTS. You can just play the current page, or save things to a library and queue them up. It highlights as it reads, keeps your place across items, and can OCR scanned PDFs. TTS (for text and PDF) and OCR run on-device, and it works offline after setup. I’m interested on feedback on the library collections as a "playlist-like" functionality, or if most people just want a play button for the current page. Also interested in anything that feels missing or awkward. Thanks!
Readox launched on April 28, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,538 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
What it does
Readox is a text-to-speech Chrome extension that reads web pages, PDFs, screenshots, and selections aloud right in your browser. The premium voices run on your machine, not on a server, so there are no character caps, no monthly listening limits, and your text stays local. Word highlighting tracks the current word so it's easy to follow along while reading visually. Save anything you want to hear later (articles, PDFs, LLM responses, pasted notes) into a queue and play through it like a podcast.
Read web pages, PDFs, and selected text aloud with word-by-word highlighting, OCR, and premium English voices that run on your device with unlimited premium voice usage.
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