Listen to articles, news, and all of your favourite websites with the Chrome Extension. NaturalReader supports most websites with standard formatting.
Please keep in mind that websites that require login to access its content may restrict third parties from accessing that content. This means that our extension may be blocked from accessing text on websites with paid subscription content or eLearning websites.
Go to the webpage you wish to read
If you have the extension pinned, click on NaturalReader's icon to launch the extension. Or, click on Chrome's Extensions icon and select NaturalReader from your list of extensions.
Click the Play button to begin listening from the start of the webpage
After pressing Play, you can click on any text on the webpage to begin reading from there.
OR USE HOTKEYS:
Go to the webpage you wish to read
Launch the extension by clicking on NaturalReader's icon from your pinned extensions or by opening Extensions and selecting NaturalReader
Press the hotkey shortcut for Read on your keyboard to begin listening:
Windows: ALT + R
Mac: ⌥ OPTION + R
Tip: You can set up a hotkey shortcut for activating the extension by going Settings > Hotkeys. By default there is no preset.
Use the extension's Highlight to Read feature to listen to only specific parts of the text. When Highlight to Read is turned on, you can highlight text from a webpage, then click on an icon to listen to the highlighted text.
Check that you have the Highlight to Read setting on by going to Settings
Select Highlight to Read from the list of settings
Click to turn the setting ON (blue) and select how many characters you'd like to be highlighted before the icon appears
Click on back ( < ) to save your settings
Now when you highlight text, click on the icon that appears to have that text read aloud
OR USE THE CONTEXT MENU
With the Highlight to Read setting turned on, go to the webpage you wish to read
Use your cursor to highlight the text you'd like to listen to
Right-click and select Read Selection
Tip: You can set up a hotkey to activate Highlight to Read by going to Settings > Hotkeys > Customize Hotkeys.
After launching the extension, you can click on any text on the webpage to start reading from there.
Go to the webpage you wish to read
Launch the extension by selecting NaturalReader from your pinned extensions or extensions list
Click on any text to start listening
Tip: Click to Read can be toggled by going to Settings > Click-to-Read