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Tired of reading? Riddr is a FREE TTS extension that can read your news, favorite blogs, emails, and PDFs in 50+ languages. Riddr, pronounced as /ห๐ฟ๐ถห๐ฑษ/ (reader), is a Google Chrome extension that converts any selected text to speech. Powered by the legendary ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐! TTS engine and state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technologies, Riddr offers the most authentic human-like voices on the market for ๐๐ฅ๐๐. Combined with its easy to use interface youโre one click away from converting your favorite e-books, online news, documents and any other form of text into speech in more than 50 languages, so you can listen instead of reading. ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ช ๐ง๐ข ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง 1. Select the text you want to read. 2. Click the Riddr icon or use a custom keyboard shortcut. 3. Listen and enjoy. ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐-๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง Built into Riddr's core is ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐!, a TTS engine that offers 50+ languages with built-in automatic language detection (https://riddr.com/faq/supported-languages), allowing seamless switching between multiple languages. Riddr also has deep integration with your favorite browser, which will allow you to interact with native, remote, or third-party TTS engines that are already available on your PC or Mac. On top of this, Riddrโs modular design and open source code allows developers around the world to expand the built-in TTS engines. For more information follow this link: https://riddr.com/developers. ๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ Riddr can read text from everywhere on the web. Read your emails, Google Drive or PDF documents before you send them. You can use Riddr to read your favorite news websites, blogs like Medium or perhaps e-books, on a daily basis, unlimited, for free. If you can see it, Riddr probably can read it, so how you use it is up to your imagination. ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ Read all the time, even if you have connectivity issues or youโre in a remote rural area. Riddrโs offline mode makes it the ideal language learning tool for schools and teachers in developing countries. โจ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ฆ One of Riddrโs unique features, besides predefined control shortcuts such as Read (๐๐น๐+๐ฅ), Pause (๐๐น๐+๐ฃ), and Stop (๐๐น๐+๐ฆ), is the ability to have multiple keyboard shortcuts linked to different TTS Engines / voices in different languages, which makes Riddr not only easy to use but also very fun. New shortcuts can be added and configured very easily via the options panel. ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก The easy to use options panel gives you huge control over your Riddr extension and gives you the ability to add your personal touch to it. Here are some of the available options: - Customize your volume level, speaking rate & voice pitch; - Predefine your preferred language; - Transcribe a list of words and specify their pronunciation (ideal for teachers and student safety); - Enable Auto-Selection Mode, which automatically extracts and reads readable text from websites; - Automatic Read Mode allows website owners to specify which content should be read upon page entry, enhancing accessibility. ๐จโ๐ป ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ If youโre interested in joining the project by developing a custom TTS engine or translating Riddr into your language, step up and join us: https://github.com/riddr/RiddR/tree/master/_locales If you like the extension, please donโt forget to rate it. ๐ For any questions or requests, feel free to check out our website or contact our support at support@riddr.com
May 19, 2025
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