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Best alternatives to Simple Text To Speech (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Simple Text To Speech, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Simple Text To Speech today

≈1K users2.3★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago2 permissions

Simple Text To Speech alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Text to Speech

    Text to Speech Hewizo removes ads and reads articles in over 30+ languages using state of the art AI text to speech engine TTS

    ≈8K users3.4★ from 41 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years4 permissions
    • About 8.0× more users than Simple Text To Speech
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
  2. 2

    Speech to Text

    Speech recognizer application to keep it as text.

    ≈2K users3.3★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Simple Text To Speech
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
  3. 3

    Reedr — Text-to-speech

    The simplest text-to-speech extension.

    270 users3.3★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago2 permissions
    • About 3.7× fewer users than Simple Text To Speech
  4. 4

    ReadX Text To Speech

    Text to Speech Extension

    ≈1K users4.3★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago9 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Simple Text To Speech
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
  5. 5

    Text to Speech Reader

    Use Text to Speech Reader app for seamless listening. Perfect for reading text aloud and enhancing accessibility with TTS Reader.

    ≈1K users3.9★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago7 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Simple Text To Speech
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 2)
  6. 6

    Text To Speech Reader Pro

    Convert selected text to speech with customizable voices and reading speed

    338 users4.0★ from 3 ratings5 permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than Simple Text To Speech
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
  7. 7

    Talkie: text-to-speech (TTS)

    Fast & easy text-to-speech. Read aloud from websites, PDF, email. Privacy-aware, open source code.

    ≈40K users3.6★ from 171 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions
    • About 40× more users than Simple Text To Speech
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
  8. 8

    Offline Text To Speech

    Convert your text to speech!

    ≈1K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsNo special permissions
    • A similar number of users to Simple Text To Speech
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
  9. 9

    Selection Reader (Text to Speech)

    High quality text-to-speech reader capable of seamlessly reading large amounts of text.

    ≈200K users3.7★ from 730 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago6 permissions
    • About 200× more users than Simple Text To Speech
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
  10. 10

    Out Loud - Text to Speech

    Read selected text aloud using AI Text-to-Speech

    397 users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago5 permissions
    • About 2.5× fewer users than Simple Text To Speech
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)

Simple Text To Speech alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Simple Text To Speech?

By users, the most popular alternative is Selection Reader (Text to Speech) with ≈200K users and a 3.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Text to Speech.

Which Simple Text To Speech alternative has the best rating?

Selection Reader (Text to Speech) has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 3.7 out of 5 from 730 ratings.

Is there a Simple Text To Speech alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Offline Text To Speech asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Simple Text To Speech.

How many alternatives to Simple Text To Speech are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Simple Text To Speech on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.

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