Simplified-tts-chrome_extention

A Chrome extension sample that adds a "Speak" option to the context menu and performs TTS on the selected text.

Installation

• In Chrome, go to the extensions page (chrome://extensions).
• Enable developer mode by clicking the toggle switch in the top right corner.
• Click the "Load unpacked" button and select the downloaded extension folder.

Usage

Select some text on a webpage. Right-click the selected text and choose the Speak option from the context menu. The selected text will be spoken aloud using TTS.

Development

(optional)To modify to specific language:

• On tts.js file, change line 17-19 to for example:
  chrome.tts.speak(selectedText, { 'lang':'language_format_here_example(zh-CN, en-US)', 'rate': 'speech_rate_recommend(0.8-0.9)' });

To set up a development environment for this extension:

• Load the extension in Chrome as described in the Installation section above.

Credits

• Chrome Extension APIs
• Web Speech API

This extension is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.