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Offline text-to-speech with word-by-word highlighting. Uses only your device's built-in voices. Spokn is a free, fully offline text-to-speech extension that reads any webpage aloud while highlighting each word as it is spoken — exactly like Speechify, but private, free, and using only your device's built-in voices. No cloud. No accounts. No internet required for reading. No data collection. How it works Click the Spokn icon in your toolbar The floating player appears at the bottom of the page Click Play — Spokn reads the entire page from the top Or click any paragraph to start reading from that point Or select text, right-click, and choose "Read selection with Spokn" Features Word-by-word highlighting — each word is highlighted as it is spoken, following your reading in real time Click any paragraph to start reading from that point Right-click → Read selection to read only the text you highlighted Floating mini-player — draggable, stays on top of everything, never gets in the way 10 highlight color themes — Yellow, Sky, Mint, Coral, Violet, Warm, Rose, Dark, Light, or None Speed control — 0.5× to 3.0× in the settings panel Pitch and volume control All system voices — uses every voice installed on your device, grouped by language Works on any webpage — articles, blogs, documentation, local HTML files, iframes Keyboard shortcuts — Alt+Shift+P to play/pause, Alt+Shift+S to stop, Alt+Shift+R to read selection Persistent settings — your voice, speed, and theme are remembered across sessions Privacy Spokn does not collect any data. It does not make any network requests. All text-to-speech processing happens entirely on your device using your operating system's built-in speech engine. No text you read is ever sent anywhere. How to add more voices Spokn uses the voices already installed on your operating system. To get more voices: Windows: Settings → Time & Language → Speech → Manage voices → Add voices https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/appendix-a-supported-languages-and-voices-4486e345-7730-53da-fcfe-55cc64300f01 macOS: System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → System Voice → Manage Voices https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-the-voice-your-mac-uses-to-speak-text-mchlp2290/mac ChromeOS: Settings → Advanced → Accessibility → Text-to-Speech → Speech engines https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9032490 After adding voices, restart Chrome and reopen the Spokn settings panel — new voices appear automatically in the Voice dropdown. Keyboard shortcuts Shortcut Action Alt+Shift+P Play / Pause Alt+Shift+S Stop Alt+Shift+R Read selected text Support If you find Spokn useful, you can support development at: https://ko-fi.com/adham_dev