Every text-to-speech Chrome extension I tried had one of two problems. Either it sent my text to a server, or it used the browser's built-in voices that sound like a GPS from 2012.

I wanted TTS that stays on my machine and doesn't sound terrible. So I built one.

What it does

GlowReadTTS is a Chrome extension that reads text aloud using AI voices bundled directly in the extension package. No cloud, no accounts, no API keys, no network calls at all.

Two ways to use it:

Right-click mode: Select text on any webpage, right-click, choose "Read with GlowReadTTS." It reads the text aloud and highlights each sentence on the page as it goes.…