Best alternatives to Voice Type (Speech to Text) (2026)

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

Voice Type (Speech to Text): reviews, users and permissions Best Accessibility extensions

Voice Type (Speech to Text) today

≈4K users3.0★ from 53 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions

Voice Type (Speech to Text) alternatives, compared

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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 2.0× fewer users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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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
- About 2.0× more users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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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 1500× more users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Rated 1.1 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
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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 2.0× fewer users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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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
- A similar number of users to Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
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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
- About 2.5× more users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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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 10× more users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Rated 1.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (13 vs 5)
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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× fewer users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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SpeechAgent - Live Voice Typing
Speech to text converter to fill active text area with your voice using the built-in speech recognition engine of your browser
≈10K users4.0★ from 29 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions
- About 2.5× more users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Rated 1.1 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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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 150× more users than Voice Type (Speech to Text)
- Rated 1.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
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Voice Type (Speech to Text) alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Voice Type (Speech to Text)?

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 Piper Text-to-Speech Voices.

Which Voice Type (Speech to Text) alternative has the best rating?

Read Aloud TTS: Text to Speech AI Voice Generator has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings.

Is there a Voice Type (Speech to Text) alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Piper Text-to-Speech Voices asks for 1 permissions, against 5 for Voice Type (Speech to Text).

How many alternatives to Voice Type (Speech to Text) are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Voice Type (Speech to Text) 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.