Read Along
Word-by-word highlight
The spoken word is painted in the page itself. Follow along without hunting for where the voice went.
Chrome · Brave · Edge
Turn any page into an audiobook.
Read Along reads the page you’re on, highlights each spoken word, and scrolls just enough to keep your place. Free, local, and quiet about it.
- Free
- No account
- No network requests
Light and dark themes
Your system voices
Why it feels different
Reading, not robotic narration.
Most read-aloud tools dump a wall of text into a voice. Read Along keeps you in the page, so your eyes and ears stay together.
Gentle auto-scroll
The page moves only when the spoken line nears the edge. Scroll yourself and it backs off for a moment.
Start anywhere
Option-click a paragraph, select a passage, or right-click and choose “Read from here.” No need to start at the top.
Any language your computer speaks
Auto picks a voice that matches the page, from Japanese to Hindi to German. Switch voices whenever you like.
Built for docs
Finds the real article and the real scroll container, including pages that scroll inside an inner pane.
Local by design
No account, no analytics, no network requests. Page text is processed in memory and never leaves your device.
A closer look
See the page, hear the page.
The controls stay out of the way until you need them. The highlight is the only thing that moves.
Private by default
Your page stays your page.
Read Along extracts the visible text in memory, speaks it with the voices already installed on your system, and throws it away when you stop. There is no server to send it to.
Read the privacy policy- No account or sign-in
- No analytics, telemetry, or advertising
- No page text transmitted or stored
- Settings stay in your browser profile
How it works
Three seconds to start.
No setup wizard, no import, no “create an account.” Open a page and press the shortcut.
Open something worth reading
An article, documentation, a blog post, a report. If the text is on the page, Read Along can usually find it.
Press ⌥⇧P
On Windows or Linux, use AltShiftP. Reading starts from the first paragraph on screen, or from wherever you click.
Listen and follow along
Adjust speed, pick a voice, or turn off Scroll along. Your choices are remembered for next time.
Tip: Option-click any paragraph to start right there. Select a passage to get a small Read selection button, or right-click and choose Read from here.
Good to know
Questions, answered.
Is it really free?
Yes. Read Along is free, with no account, subscription, or in-app purchase. It uses the speech voices already installed on your computer.
Does it work in Brave?
Yes. It was built and tested in Brave, and it also runs in Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium browsers. It will be installable from the Chrome Web Store once the listing is approved.
Does it send my reading data anywhere?
No. The extension makes no network requests. Page text is processed in memory for speech and highlighting, then discarded when you stop or leave the page. See the privacy policy for the details.
Why can’t it read Google Docs, PDFs, or browser pages?
Those views draw text into a canvas or a browser-internal viewer, so there are no page text nodes to read. Regular articles, documentation sites, and blogs work. Text inside cross-origin iframes is also out of reach.
Which voices can I use?
Any voice installed in your operating system. The Auto setting picks a voice that matches the page’s language. You can pick a specific voice from the bar at any time.
When can I install it?
Read Along has been submitted to the Chrome Web Store and is currently in review. The install link will appear here and on the store listing once it has been approved. Reviews usually take a few business days.
Ready when you are.
Read Along is in review at the Chrome Web Store. Check back soon — or read the support page for shortcuts and troubleshooting.