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SpeakIt! – Text to speech for Chrome

Screen Reading, Chrome Browser Extensions

Tired of reading? Select text you want to read and listen to it. SpeakIt converts text into speech so you no longer need to read. With this extension users can select the text they want to read and right click to listen to it. SpeakIt is simple to use with few options but works well and is free.

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Speechify for Chrome

Screen Reading, Chrome Browser Extensions

Speechify is a text to speech extension that allows people to read books and websites out loud. App is also available.

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StayFocusd

Organization/Productivity, Chrome Browser Extensions

StayFocusd increases the user’s productivity by limiting the amount of time that they can spend on time-wasting websites.

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Strict Workflow

Organization/Productivity, Chrome Browser Extensions

Enforces a 25-minute/5-minute workflow: 25 minutes of distraction-free work, followed by 5 minutes of break. Repeat as necessary.

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Super Simple Highlighter

Organization/Productivity, Chrome Browser Extensions

This is an extension that can highlight text on a web page in a variety of styles. The highlighted text can be summarized, either as snippets or as full text. In addition, the extension remembers the location & content of each highlight, and attempts, not always successfully, to highlight the same passages of text the next time the page is loaded.

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Talkie: text-to-speech, many languages!

Screen Reading, Chrome Browser Extensions

Easy to use text-to-speak that uses voices installed on your computer. Also works in Windows 10, Windows 11, and with PDFs.

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Thesaurus: Synonym 4 Right Click

Dictionary/Reference, Chrome Browser Extensions

Thesaurus extension that adds synonyms to the right click menu. All users have to do to get the synonyms of a word is highlight it and do a mouse right click.

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WebCite

Dictionary/Reference, Chrome Browser Extensions

WebCite creates a citation for a web page by auto-filling the citation fields or typing them manually. The user can copy the citation or add it to a bibliography. The web extension also has a feature to check the site information for credibility when possible. The format for the citation can also be customized, or adapted to MLA 8, MLA 7, or APA styles.

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XTranslate

Organization/Productivity, Chrome Browser Extensions

Chrome extension for translating website text. Users can translate from 100+ languages to the user’s native language directly onto the website they are reading or place text in the extension’s drop-down window.

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