Best alternatives to Speech Direct (2026)
9 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Speech Direct, 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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Speech Direct alternatives, compared
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T-Pro Speech Direct
Speech Direct browser client
≈3K usersNot rated yetUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Speech Direct
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
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Speech to text
Helps to convert speech into text
≈2K users3.3★ from 10 ratingsUpdated 21 months agoNo special permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Speech Direct
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 3)
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Direct Access
Make the cookies & RGPD banner disappear when you browse
≈20K users2.5★ from 57 ratings3 permissions- About 6.7× more users than Speech Direct
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no-direct-ip
Block directly entered, external or public IP v4 and v6 addresses
≈30K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 4+ years4 permissions- About 10× more users than Speech Direct
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Speed Dial
Speed Dial changes standard page to the new tab page with your saved bookmarks.
≈200K users4.7★ from 24.2K ratingsNot updated for 3+ years6 permissions- About 67× more users than Speech Direct
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
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Text to Speech for Google Chrome™
Want to listen to text being read out to you?
≈70K users2.9★ from 321 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago6 permissions- About 23× more users than Speech Direct
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
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Speed Dial
Speed Dial allows you to add and manage bookmarks in the New Tab page.
≈20K users4.2★ from 35 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions- About 6.7× more users than Speech Direct
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
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New Tab Redirect
Redirect the browser's new tab to a custom URL
≈3K users4.9★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Speech Direct
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Speech To Text Engine
For your browser, there's an easy-to-use speech synthesis and analysis program!
≈3K users4.5★ from 19 ratings2 permissions- A similar number of users to Speech Direct
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
Speech Direct alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Speech Direct?
By users, the most popular alternative is Speed Dial with ≈200K users and a 4.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is T-Pro Speech Direct.
Which Speech Direct alternative has the best rating?
Speed Dial has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 24.2K ratings.
Is there a Speech Direct alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Speech to text asks for 0 permissions, against 3 for Speech Direct.
How many alternatives to Speech Direct are there?
We list 9 close alternatives to Speech Direct 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.