Best alternatives to Text Reader (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Text Reader, 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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Text Reader alternatives, compared
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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- About 5.0× fewer users than Text Reader
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 6)
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OCR Image to text - Image Reader
A powerful optical character recognition (OCR) extension to capture and convert images to text
≈9K users4.4★ from 13 ratings7 permissions- About 1.8× more users than Text Reader
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 6)
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Riddr - Text to Speech reader for Chrome
Tired of reading? Riddr is a FREE TTS extension that can read your news, favorite blogs, emails, and PDFs in 50+ languages.
≈70K users3.7★ from 126 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago7 permissions- About 14× more users than Text Reader
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 6)
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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 40× more users than Text Reader
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- 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 1200× more users than Text Reader
- Rated 1.0 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 6)
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FB2 Chrome Reader
Allows you to read files with the .fb2 extension in the Chrome browser.
≈30K users3.4★ from 82 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago1 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Text Reader
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 6)
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Dark Reader
Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing.
≈7M users4.7★ from 13.2K ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago5 permissions- About 1400× more users than Text Reader
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 6)
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ADHD Reader
Helping neurodiverse population to read faster on websites
≈10K users3.3★ from 33 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Text Reader
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 6)
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Reader View
Removes clutter like buttons, backgrounds, adjusts text size, contrast, and layout for better readability
≈300K users4.7★ from 1.1K ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago6 permissions- About 60× more users than Text Reader
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
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Dyslexia Reader Chrome
Change webpage styling for better readability
≈7K users3.7★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago5 permissions- A similar number of users to Text Reader
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 6)
Text Reader alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Text Reader?
By users, the most popular alternative is Dark Reader with ≈7M users and a 4.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Text to Speech Reader.
Which Text Reader alternative has the best rating?
Reader View has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings.
Is there a Text Reader alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
FB2 Chrome Reader asks for 1 permissions, against 6 for Text Reader.
How many alternatives to Text Reader are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Text Reader 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.