Speakoala

As a browser extension, Speakoala reads web pages, emails and local documents aloud, including PDF, DOCX and EPUB files.

Speakoala is an AI reading assistant and text-to-speech tool that turns written content into natural-sounding speech, so you can listen instead of staring at a screen.

It covers more than 70 languages.

Playback speed runs from 0.25x to 4x, which is a wide range for both slow study and quick skimming.

Box selection lets you drag over just the part of a page you want to hear, and word-level highlighting follows along as the voice reads, which helps if you like to listen and read at the same time.

The obvious uses are commutes, workouts and breaks, plus anyone who wants to rest their eyes from long articles and documents.