Readox: Chrome Extension for Text-to-Speech Reading of Web Pages and PDFs

Summary

Readox is a Chrome browser extension that converts web pages, PDFs, and selected text into audio using text-to-speech technology. The tool features word-by-word highlighting, OCR capabilities for scanned documents, and premium English voices that run on-device, offering unlimited premium voice usage. The product positions itself as a reading productivity tool, enabling users to build a 'playable reading queue' of web content. It leverages on-device voice models rather than cloud-based TTS APIs,