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Listens to the current page's article, or any selected text. Turn reading time into listening time. Orateur reads articles and selected text aloud while you stay on the original page. Listen where you are • Press play in the floating reader, or right-click and choose “Read this page”. • Select a passage and press “Listen” to hear just that text. • Open a message in Gmail to listen to its contents, including newsletters. • Send an article to the Orateur web app with the extension icon. “Listen to selection later” does the same for selected text. Keep your place Pause, resume, adjust speed and move to the previous or next paragraph from the compact reader. Follow along with paragraph highlighting and automatic scrolling. Scroll yourself and automatic scrolling pauses, leaving you in control. Interrupted readings can resume from the saved paragraph when you return to the page. Choose your voice Use the voices available in your browser and operating system, with no additional model to install. Or enable Supertonic, the optional neural speech engine. Its models download once, using approximately 400 MB of local storage. After the download, speech is generated on your device and works offline. Models can also be downloaded ahead of time from settings. Make reading yours Add personal pronunciation rules for French and English names, acronyms and specialist terms. Preview a rule before using it. Rules change what is spoken without changing the text displayed on the page. Choose a light, dark or system theme, position the reader where it suits you, and hide it on selected websites. Your settings stay local Free to use. No account is required. Reading preferences, pronunciation rules and saved progress are kept in your browser. Optional usage statistics are disabled by default; page text, titles and URLs are never included in them. Transfers to the web app happen only when you request them. Browser voice availability depends on your system and browser. Protected browser pages and some website layouts cannot be read. Privacy policy: https://github.com/ekimkael/orateur-extension/blob/main/PRIVACY.md