Beoardielingen foar Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader
Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader troch LSD Software
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troch b b b b bb b, 10 moannen lynThis add-on claims to have "offline" voices which are "never sent to the internet".
However if you block access to the servers it contacts using a firewall:
1) You can see tons of access sent to "support.readaloud.app" and "chart.googleapis.com"
2) The text to speech stops working entirely. It won't read at all and says "Phone not connected". You can't even use the example offline test voice in configurations panel.
How is this even remotely offline if it can't work when not connected to the internet and their servers in particular?
However if you block access to the servers it contacts using a firewall:
1) You can see tons of access sent to "support.readaloud.app" and "chart.googleapis.com"
2) The text to speech stops working entirely. It won't read at all and says "Phone not connected". You can't even use the example offline test voice in configurations panel.
How is this even remotely offline if it can't work when not connected to the internet and their servers in particular?
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- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Njaneer, 9 dagen lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 18599492, 10 dagen lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Fadil, 11 dagen lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch KadinaruDess, 11 dagen lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Dead Wolf, 13 dagen lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 12617117, 15 dagen lynFirst time user of the Read Aloud text to speech reader -- I am very impressed. I used the app to read a technical article and found the accuracy excellent. I also found the voice tone and intonation made for an exceptionally good listener experience. This is a great app and congratulations to its developers. Thank you!
- Wurdearring: 2 fan 5troch Tiffany, 16 dagen lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 13097488, 20 dagen lynAn excellent way to get good TTS voices for Firefox. For the flatpak version I had to use flatseal to add .local/share/piper to the Persistent -> Files section to allow it to save the Piper voices.
- Wurdearring: 2 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 18581980, 22 dagen lyn
- Wurdearring: 3 fan 5troch Stefan, 24 dagen lynIt's mostly great- easy to start, good customizability. Using google voices is really really nice. The only really annoying thing is I have to go into the settings to change the speed. I frequently find something going too slow or too fast for my liking, and if I could adjust that on the fly, instant 5 stars.
- Wurdearring: 2 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 15291916, ien moanne lynA screen reader that only works on some sites, and not others, has limited usefulness. Would be better if it could run here, but its options don't even show the "Run on sites with restrictions" option as it ought to.
- Wurdearring: 4 fan 5troch ryloaf, ien moanne lynI love this add-on so far. It really helps with my college courses, especially since the long texts I need to read get tiring from reading on my own. There are some issues with some pronunciation of words or speaking out the links/references, but nothing that fully interfere with what I need to read.
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch sdozachary, ien moanne lynVery excellent plugin. I wonder if it would be possible to add hover icons to Android Firefox, AND it would make it easier to use!
- Wurdearring: 4 fan 5troch ren, ien moanne lynGood add-on, lots of customization. The default voice is annoying and hard to understand (imo) but there's so many to choose from after opening up the options menu. They are all named, which makes it easier to switch between different ones if you want. There are some silly ones (like "bells" or "bubbles.") and you can adjust the speed and pitch, too.
My only complaint is that it is kinda convoluted to get it to work with PDFs, which is the main thing i was planning on using it for. I'm willing to put in the extra effort, but it is annoying. Especially because I deal with pretty severe brain fog at times, and those are the times I would want to use this. Having to take extra steps when you're already confused as a baseline... it's not fun. Simple is better. If this could be simplified or side stepped, this would get 5 stars from me. - Wurdearring: 4 fan 5troch Leon, ien moanne lynIt uses a lot of resources, but it's very good and easy to use. I choose cori-high (UK) English voice and now my PC has a distinctive posh accent :)
- Wurdearring: 3 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 18560902, ien moanne lyn
- Wurdearring: 4 fan 5troch rat, ien moanne lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 18075807, ien moanne lyn
- Wurdearring: 1 fan 5troch bartman, ien moanne lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch igorlogius, ien moanne lyn
- Wurdearring: 5 fan 5troch Firefox-brûker 17134268, ien moanne lynAdd-On works really well. You can adjust the pitch/speed of the voice and even use different voices. Get it.