Question 1

Is Read It To Me free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Reading web pages, PDFs, documents and email aloud is free, with no account and no word limit on the built-in voices. There is no trial that turns into a charge and no card to put on file. Premium AI voices are optional and use your own voice-API key.

Question 2

What can Read It To Me read aloud?

Accepted Answer

Articles and any web page, PDFs, Google Docs, Word files, Kindle and Google Play Books, EPUB files, email, and any text you select. If you can read it in Chrome, it can read it to you.

Question 3

Does it read PDFs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Open a PDF in Chrome or add it to the shelf, and it reads it aloud with bookmarks, contents and progress. Older reviews on the store mention that PDFs were not supported — that was an earlier version.

Question 4

Can it read a web page in my own language?

Accepted Answer

Yes. It can translate a page into your language and read the translation aloud, so you can listen to foreign articles in the language you think in. It reads in dozens of languages.

Question 5

Do I need an account?

Accepted Answer

No. Reading works with no sign-up at all. An account is only for syncing your shelf, bookmarks and quotes between computers. You can sign in with Google or a magic link to any email address.

Question 6

Is it private?

Accepted Answer

You can pick a voice that runs on your device — those are marked in the voice list, and then the text never leaves your computer. The Google voices are spoken on Google servers, the way browser speech normally works. If you switch on a cloud AI voice with your own API key, that text goes to the provider you chose.

Question 7

How is Read It To Me different from Speechify and NaturalReader?

Accepted Answer

The built-in voices are free with no word cap, you can pick one that runs on your device, there is no sign-up, and it can translate a page and read it aloud in your language. Speechify and NaturalReader put most voices and features behind a paid plan. We are smaller and we do one thing: listening to long text.

Question 8

Does it work in Edge, Opera or Yandex Browser?

Accepted Answer

Yes, on Chromium-based browsers. The built-in Google voices only exist in Chrome itself, so on other Chromium browsers the extension detects this and switches you to a voice that is available.

Question 9

Is there a mobile app?

Accepted Answer

Not yet. Read It To Me is a Chrome extension for the desktop. On a phone it will not work, and we would rather say so than take your time.

Question 10

Does it work offline?

Accepted Answer

Pick a voice that runs on your device and it keeps working without a connection. The Google voices need the internet. Translation and cloud AI voices need the internet.

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