Chrome for Android has been working by itself text-to-speech (TTS) functionality for a few months now, and Google is now rolling out “Take heed to this web page.”
This TTS is offered on most text-heavy net pages. After the positioning absolutely hundreds, “Take heed to this web page” seems within the three-dot Chrome for Android overflow between “Translate” and “Add to Residence display screen” within the fourth part of this ever-growing menu.
A miniplayer will seem on the backside of the web page with a progress indicator, play/pause, and shut button, in addition to the web page identify and web site.
Faucet to get full controls, together with a scrubber, 10-second rewind/ahead, and Playback velocity (0.5x, 0.8x, 1x, 1.2x, 1.5x, 2x, 3x, and 4x). The overflow menu enables you to activate/off “Spotlight textual content & auto scroll” and select a unique voice. There are a number of choices throughout US, UK, Indian, and Australian English. For instance:
- Ruby: Mid-pitch, Heat
- River: Mid-pitch, Calm
- Discipline: Low-pitch, Shiny
- Moss: Low-pitch, Peaceable
The management bar will stay docked as you open different tabs, whereas playback continues for those who lock your system and Chrome continues to be on the foreground. Nonetheless, closing the browser (and going again to your homescreen) will finish TTS. It ought to actually proceed within the background, like Google’s Reading mode app, however the browser remembers the place you paused upon relaunch.
In addition to the overflow menu, you’ll be able to set Take heed to this web page to be the Toolbar shortcut that seems subsequent to the Omnibox. Go to Settings > (scroll to) Superior > Toolbar shortcut for quick one-tap playback.
It’s additionally accessible in Chrome Customized Tabs.
Google has been engaged on this characteristic for a number of months now, and we’re now seeing it extra extensively roll out (server-side) with Chrome 125. Take heed to this web page shouldn’t be absolutely rolled out but, with a flag obtainable: chrome://flags/#read-aloud. Availability has picked up in latest weeks.
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