Best alternatives to Speak It! (2026)
7 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Speak It!, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Speak It
Speak It app converts text into speech. Select text > Speak it
≈70K users2.6★ from 77 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years3 permissions- About 7.0× more users than Speak It!
- Updated less recently
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Speak Text
Speak Text converts selected text to speech. Select - Speak - Listen.
≈10K users3.0★ from 56 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- A similar number of users to Speak It!
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
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Select and Speak
Select and Speak
≈8K users3.5★ from 10 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- A similar number of users to Speak It!
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Speak It: Text to Speech & Read Aloud
Speak selected text and read aloud instantly. Text to Speech (TTS) reader with natural voices.
≈1K users4.2★ from 10 ratings4 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Speak It!
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Read It To Me: Text to Speech, Read Aloud
Read It To Me: read aloud any text. The TTS reader converts text to speech. Read It To Me is your ultimate text reader.
≈30K users4.3★ from 87 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago9 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Speak It!
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
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Text speaker
Pronounce selected text
≈1K users5.0★ from 5 ratings3 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Speak It!
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Offline Text To Speech
Convert your text to speech!
≈1K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsNo special permissions- About 10× fewer users than Speak It!
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 3)
Speak It! alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Speak It!?
By users, the most popular alternative is Speak It with ≈70K users and a 2.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Speak It.
Which Speak It! alternative has the best rating?
Read It To Me: Text to Speech, Read Aloud has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 87 ratings.
Is there a Speak It! alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Offline Text To Speech asks for 0 permissions, against 3 for Speak It!.
How many alternatives to Speak It! are there?
We list 7 close alternatives to Speak It! on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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