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Listen to any web page, or text you highlight in a PDF, with neural AI voices. On-device, no subscription, no signup, no usage cap. Listen to any web page, article, or text you select (in a PDF too) with high-quality neural AI voices. Runs on your own computer, with no subscription and no usage cap. The AI voice is a one-time download you choose on first run: the full voice (about 326 MB) or a smaller one (about 163 MB). Nothing downloads until you click. What it reads: - Articles, blog posts, documentation, and emails - Any text you highlight on a page - Text you highlight in a PDF opened in the browser (right-click and choose "Read aloud") - The full page when nothing is highlighted How it works: - Click the toolbar icon (or press Alt+Shift+O), then Read This Page - Highlight some text first and the button reads just that - Or right-click highlighted text and choose "Read aloud", or right-click a sentence and choose "Read from here" - Press Alt+Shift+L to read the page or your selection, and again to stop - Choose the speed and the voice in Settings Key features: - Neural AI voice that runs entirely on your own computer - Runs on computers without a graphics card too - Unlimited reading, no daily cap, no account required - Works offline once the voice model is downloaded - Speeds of 1x, 1.5x, 2x and 3x, changed while it reads - Pause, resume and stop at any point - The sentence being read is highlighted on the page - Back and Forward skip ahead or back - Preview a voice before you pick it - Eight voices, US and UK English - Or one of your computer's own voices, with the most natural ones listed first - Pages in other languages are read by your computer's best voice for that language - The AI voice plays as loud as your computer's own voices - The voice downloads once, then loads from your computer; switch size or remove it in Settings Privacy first: - Runs on your computer. Nothing you capture is uploaded. No account, no analytics, no subscription. Every feature is free. The only paid option is Pro for everything ($39.99 one-time): one key turns on Pro in every Simple Capture extension. It adds nothing extra in AI Voice Reader. Common use cases: - Listen to a long article while you do something else - Listen to a passage of a long PDF - Have your inbox read to you while you cook or commute - Turn reading time into listening time - Rest your eyes and listen instead Works on most reading-focused web pages, and on text you highlight in PDFs opened in the browser.