Glowtts

GlowTTS is a free, lightweight, privacy-first browser extension that turns webpages into speech. It can auto-detect article text, read selections, and help you listen to articles, news, and technical docs. The voice sounds natural and supports multiple voices.

## Key Features
- One-click reading for any webpage, including local pages
- Supports selection reading, full-page reading, and keyboard shortcuts
- Auto-detects article content so playback focuses on the real body text
- Word-by-word and sentence-level highlighting helps you follow along
- Saves speed, voice, pitch, and other preferences across pages
- Optional low-vision mode with high-contrast cues, a reading ruler, and zoomed focus support
- Modern floating control with edge docking and quick desktop right-click access
- Completely free, with no sign-up, no usage limits, and no paid tier

## Great For
- Reducing eye strain during long reading sessions
- Listening to the body text directly when browsing news, blogs, and documentation
- Getting information more efficiently while studying, commuting, or multitasking

## How To Use
- Click the floating headphone icon on the page to start playback

## Privacy
- The extension only runs when needed on pages you visit
- It does not collect unrelated data and is not used for advertising or tracking

# Changelog
## [1.4.5] - 2026-04-30
- Expanded the voice catalog to **27 high-quality Edge TTS voices**, covering Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, English (US/UK), Japanese, and Korean.
- Fixed a critical UI issue where voice selection chips and other control buttons were unresponsive due to invalid CSS selector naming in event delegation.
- Fixed a conflict where clicking the "Listen" preview button would incorrectly trigger the main reader's text-highlighting and auto-scroll logic.

## [1.4.4] - 2026-04-22
- Restored the polished floating icon styling on the main control, including the translucent glass effect, refined hover state, and cleaner docked-edge presentation.
- Restored automatic article extraction and site-specific readable-text adapters so playback can prefer article instead of raw page body text.
- Added page shortcut customization for playback, stop, panel toggle, and highlight toggle actions.

## [1.4.3] - 2026-04-18
- High-performance word-by-word highlighting (Edge-style) .
- Low-Vision Accessibility Mode including a Reading Ruler, high-contrast segment highlighting, and enlarged focus cues.
- Optimized main icon visual effects with play-state animations and added right-click context menu support on desktop for quick access to settings.

## [1.4.1] - 2026-03-24
### Changed
- Added support for English and Simplified Chinese UI.

## [1.4.0] - 2026-03-21
### Changed
- Voice management has been upgraded from simple switching to a voice catalog with ordering and persistence, making primary voices easier to find.
- The main TTS panel has been redesigned with a clearer layout for controls and status, and a dedicated Stop button now ends playback immediately.
- Dragging the floating icon to the browser edge now snaps smoothly to the side, improving window space usage.