Automatik Text Reader
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 Automatik Text Reader on Firefox | |
| Developer(s) | Davide Baldini |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 20 October 2014 |
| Final release | 2.3
/ 14 March 2015 |
| Written in | JavaScript |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux, macOS |
| Available in | 6 languages |
| Type | Text To Speech |
| License | GPLv2 |
Automatik Text Reader was a free and open source add-on for Firefox providing text-to-speech functions available from the Mozilla Add-ons collection. It supports multiple languages and accents and is capable of autonomously recognizing the language of written text and activating the respective speech synthesis engine.[1] Amongst the peculiar features, the voice speed is adjustable and the text selection is automatic.[2][3] In addition to the unique features users will find that the interface is very simple to use; having only 4 buttons to operate it.[4]
Supported languages
[edit]Automatik Text Reader has support for English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Russian. The quality of the synthesis varies significantly between the languages, with English being the smoothest, most natural-sounding voice.[5]
Limitations
[edit]Being a Firefox add-on, Automatik Text Reader requires Firefox to run and cannot be installed standalone. Also, for very short texts composed of three words or less, the language detector may fail to recognize the correct language.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lee Textos Automaticamente Con Mozilla Firefox" (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Automatik Text Reader on AMO". Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ "Firefox Text To Speech Add-on For English, Italian, Spanish". 23 October 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Automatik Text Reader". addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Addon Firefox per ascoltare il testo delle pagine web" (in Italian). Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Automatik Text Reader :: Add-ons for Firefox". 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2 November 2018.