About Web Reader

Web Reader reads web pages aloud, right where you're reading them. It pulls the article out of the clutter, speaks it sentence by sentence, and highlights each line as it goes — so your eyes and ears stay in sync, like an audiobook for the entire web. Press play and keep browsing: the audio keeps going even after you close the popup.

It comes in two parts that share one account: a website where you can paste text or a link and listen instantly, and a Chrome extensionthat reads whatever page you're on.

There's more worth reading than there is time to sit and read it. Long articles pile up; eyes get tired; some of us simply take in more by listening. Screen readers and robotic text-to-speech have existed for years, but they tend to be clunky, hard to follow, or locked behind heavy apps. We wanted something that feels effortless — one click on any page, a voice that actually sounds human, and highlighting that keeps you from losing your place.

• Clean extraction. Web Reader finds the real article on a page and skips the menus, ads, and sidebars.
• Follow-along highlighting. The sentence being spoken lights up on the page as you listen.
• Two kinds of voice. Free browser voices run entirely on your device. Natural voices are lifelike AI voices with human-like pacing and pronunciation.
• Read at your pace. Speed up, slow down, or skip ahead by sentence — without losing your place.
• Translate, then listen. Pick a language and Web Reader translates the article and reads it to you, while highlighting the original sentence — a built-in language tutor.
• Background playback.Closing the popup or switching tabs doesn't stop the audio.

People getting through long reads while commuting, cooking, or exercising. Writers proofreading by ear. Language learners listening and reading at once. And anyone who finds reading easier to do by listening — including for dyslexia, low vision, or plain screen fatigue.

Web Reader is free to start — 3 reads a day with browser voices, no account needed. Paid plans add unlimited reads, translation, and hours of lifelike Natural AI voice each month. See the pricing page for the current tiers.

We collect as little as possible. Reading with the free browser voice happens entirely on your device — that text never leaves it. Page text is only ever sent to our server when you choose the AI voice or translation, and we don't sell your data. The details are in our Privacy Policy.