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Castreader Tts Reader

📦 v1.0.1
💾 3.48MiB
📅 2026-03-10
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Overview

# CastReader - TTS Reader

## Short Description (132 chars max)
Read any webpage aloud with natural text-to-speech and real-time highlight tracking. Supports 40+ languages.

## Detailed Description

Turn any webpage into a listening experience. CastReader reads web content aloud with natural-sounding text-to-speech while highlighting each word and paragraph in real time — like a smart audiobook for the entire web.

**Key Features**

- Read any webpage aloud with one click
- Real-time word and paragraph highlight tracking
- Natural-sounding voices powered by advanced TTS
- Smart content extraction — automatically finds the main article text
- "Read All" mode for pages where smart extraction doesn't fit
- Click any paragraph to jump directly to that section
- Adjustable playback speed
- Floating mini player that stays on top as you browse

**40+ Languages Supported**

CastReader supports over 40 languages including:
English, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Arabic, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, Greek, Persian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Georgian, Kazakh, Luxembourgish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Malayalam, Nepali, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Swahili, Telugu, Ukrainian, and more.

The language is automatically detected from the page content — no manual setup needed.

**Works Everywhere**

- News articles, blogs, and forums
- Documentation and knowledge bases
- Online document editors and note-taking apps
- Social media posts and discussions
- E-book readers and digital reading platforms

**How to Use**

1. Navigate to any webpage
2. Click the CastReader icon in the toolbar
3. Press "Read This Page"
4. Listen and follow along with the highlighted text

Perfect for multitasking, accessibility, language learning, proofreading, or simply resting your eyes while consuming content.

**Privacy**

CastReader only processes text when you click "Read This Page". No data is collected or stored. Audio is generated on-the-fly and not cached.

Tags

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

This extension hasn't been security-scanned yet.

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