Read Aloud
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Read Aloud, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Read Aloud's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Free | 100,000 characters per month |
| Premium Voices - 2M | $1 a month | 2,000,000 characters · One-off purchase of fixed credits |
| Read Aloud Free Tier | Free | monthly credits for premium voices |
| Paid Credits | — | credits apply toward premium voices · One-off purchase of a fixed number of credits |
The facts
Each one read from Read Aloud's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility audience
- The listing describes the extension as useful for people who prefer listening, children learning to read, and people with dyslexia or other learning disabilities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Browsing data
- The privacy policy says Read Aloud does not track users' browsing history and requires only the minimum browser permissions needed to operate.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The listing says cloud voices may require an in-app purchase or the user's own API key.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The extension listing says Read Aloud supports 40+ languages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says standard voice synthesis runs locally and its text is not sent to the internet, while premium voice text is sent to the cloud and may be temporarily cached but is not saved to permanent storage.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Read Aloud converts webpage text to speech so users can listen to articles with one click.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reading controls
- Users can change voice, reading speed, pitch, and text highlighting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says its servers are hosted on Amazon Web Services with subnet-level firewalls and per-instance security groups with strict access permissions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to its contact form for support requests and also lists [email protected] in its terms.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported content
- The extension listing says it can read PDFs, Google Docs, Google Play Books, Amazon Kindle, and EPUB through EPUBReader.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Voice cloning
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Voices
- Available voices include built-in browser voices and cloud voices from Google Wavenet, Amazon Polly, IBM Watson, Microsoft Azure, and OpenAI.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Free usage
- The free tier provides a certain number of monthly credits for premium voices; exact credit quantities are not stated on the terms page.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- 158 Magellan Ave, San Jose, CA 95116, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- chrome_extensionchecked 22 Sep 2026
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