Backslash extensionText to Speech
Read the clipboard, the selection or any text aloud with Piper, eSpeak NG, Speech Dispatcher or Festival. Open it from Backslash, the keyboard-first launcher for Linux, with Super + Space.
Commands
Text to SpeechType or pick a text to read aloud: clipboard, selection, the last one
Speak ClipboardReads the copied text aloud
Speak Selected TextReads the text selected with the mouse
Speak TextReads what you type after the command
Stop SpeakingStops reading aloud
Text to Speech VoicesPick and preview the voice of each engine
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