A report earlier this year revealed that Google Chrome will soon get its own built-in ‘Listen to this page’ TTS ability. The tool will be fitted into the three-dot overflow menu of the Google Chrome Android app. Now the US tech giant is rolling out built-in TTS ability for Google Chrome on Android devices.
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As per the info, the “Listen to this page” feature appears in the fourth section of three-dot Chrome for Android overflow between “Translate” and “Add to Home screen”.
With the built-in ‘Listen to this page’ TTS capability for Google Chrome on Android devices, you can listen to text read on a website on your Android device and manage the following things:
- You can Play, pause, rewind, or fast forward while you read.
- Change the playback speed (0.5x, 0.8x, 1x, 1.2x, 1.5x, 2x, 3x, and 4x).
- Select your preferred voice:
- Ruby: Mid-pitch, Warm
- River: Mid-pitch, Calm
- Field: Low-pitch, Bright
- Moss: Low-pitch, Peaceful
- Turn on or off text highlighting & auto-scroll.
Also, the languages available in the Listen to this page mode are Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Users can find a new ‘Listen to this page’ option on their Android devices by opening Chrome and tapping on the three-dot menu option, tapping on which opens a mini player.
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Notable points:
- You can continue browsing the current website or switch to different tabs while listening to the text.
- You can continue listening to texts even when your screen is locked.
- This feature is not yet available on all websites. When a page is not available for playback, the Listen to this page menu item will not appear in the overflow menu.
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