Best alternatives to SpeechAgent - Live Voice Typing (2026)

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

SpeechAgent: reviews, users and permissions Best Accessibility extensions

SpeechAgent - Live Voice Typing today

≈10K users4.0★ from 29 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions

SpeechAgent alternatives, compared

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Voice Type (Speech to Text)
Voice Type lets you easily and accurately type into text boxes using your voice - completely free.
≈4K users3.0★ from 53 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions
- About 2.5× fewer users than SpeechAgent
- Rated 1.1 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
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V2T: Voice To Text
Use speech recognition to convert your voice to text on any tab without typing
≈10K users3.5★ from 36 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years3 permissions
- A similar number of users to SpeechAgent
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated more recently
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Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader
Read aloud the current web-page article with one click, using text to speech (TTS). Supports 40+ languages.
≈6M users4.1★ from 3.6K ratingsUpdated 3 days ago9 permissions
- About 600× more users than SpeechAgent
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
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Speech to Text Converter
Translate voice into text with speech to text converter. Fast audio to text transcription using automatic speech recognition.
≈6K users4.6★ from 52 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago7 permissions
- About 1.7× fewer users than SpeechAgent
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
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Read Aloud TTS: Text to Speech AI Voice Generator
Text to speech (TTS) with natural AI voices: read aloud web pages, PDFs & e-books. Free AI voice generator & text reader.
≈600K users4.3★ from 3.2K ratingsUpdated 8 days ago9 permissions
- About 60× more users than SpeechAgent
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
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Supertonic Text-to-Speech Voices
AI text-to-speech voices by Supertonic, synthesized locally in your browser
≈2K users4.5★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago1 permissions
- About 5.0× fewer users than SpeechAgent
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Piper Text-to-Speech Voices
High quality neural text-to-speech voices from Piper, synthesized locally in your browser
≈2K users3.9★ from 16 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
- About 5.0× fewer users than SpeechAgent
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Edge Text to Speech Voice Reader
Text-to-speech service leveraging the Read Aloud API from Microsoft Edge.
≈3K users3.8★ from 34 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago6 permissions
- About 3.3× fewer users than SpeechAgent
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
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Voice Out: Read Aloud Text to Speech Reader
Read aloud any webpage, PDF, Google Doc or ebook with natural AI voices. Free text to speech (TTS) in 30+ languages, 130+ voices.
≈40K users4.1★ from 189 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago13 permissions
- About 4.0× more users than SpeechAgent
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (13 vs 3)
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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
- A similar number of users to SpeechAgent
- Rated 0.6 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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SpeechAgent alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to SpeechAgent?

By users, the most popular alternative is Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader with ≈6M users and a 4.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Voice Type (Speech to Text).

Which SpeechAgent alternative has the best rating?

Speech to Text Converter has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 52 ratings.

Is there a SpeechAgent alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Supertonic Text-to-Speech Voices asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for SpeechAgent.

How many alternatives to SpeechAgent are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to SpeechAgent 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.