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WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader, used by 1,258 people, is not yet reviewed by Extension Auditor. It was last updated in August 2025.

WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader

WebOutLoud - Text to Speech Web Reader Edge extension security report

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Supported Languages

🇺🇸US English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Active
Version
2025.9.25.1
Size
0.62 MB
Rating
4.4/5
Reviews
5
Users
1,258
Type
Extension
Updated
Aug 25, 2025
Category
Productivity
Price
Paid
Featured
No
Visibility
Listed
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
No
This publisherTrack record
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Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author
Bret W. Lester
Website
Visit
Extensions
1
Active
1
Obsolete
0
Listed
1
Unlisted
0
Users
1,258

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Item
Type
Severity
Description
Contextual Risk Factors
Risk Factor
High
The following context increases the overall risk:• 10% increase: Early script execution enables pre-emptive content manipulation
storage
Permission
Medium
This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
activeTab
Permission
Medium
This permission grants temporary access to the current tab. Rated Medium because it can access current page content when invoked, though limited to user-initiated actions.
https://weboutloud.io/
Host
Medium
Host permission — access limited to this URL pattern.
https://wol.io.dev.weboutloud.io/
Host
Medium
Host permission — access limited to this URL pattern.
Early Content Script Execution
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension runs content scripts at document_start.
contextMenus
Permission
Low
This permission adds items to browser context menus. Rated Medium because it only modifies right-click menus without access to page content.

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About this extension

Listen to the web using text to speech. Perfect for dyslexia, low vision, students, researchers, kids, learning to read.

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The smartest website reader on The Edge Browser. WebOutLoud reads websites out loud using the high-quality native voice included with your operating system. Or choose from dozens of additional premium voices across all major languages. No text selection is required. It will automatically continue reading paragraph after paragraph. Not only that, it will highlight words as it reads them. It's simple! Just navigate to any web page and click play. Web Out Loud will read web pages using Microsoft's high quality text-to-speech synthesis technology. * It reads pretty much any webpage you can throw at it. * Highlights words and paragraphs as it reads. * Tell the app where to begin reading using "Click Assist," or enable the powerful Smart Mode to isolate readable content automatically. * Dozens of different voices to choose from in multiple languages.

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Version
Size
Verdict
Findings
Permhash
2023.2.6.1
Latest
0.61 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2023.8.10.1
0.61 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2024.2.1.1
0.61 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2024.2.21.1
0.61 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2024.7.27.1
0.61 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2024.8.9.1
0.62 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2024.10.29.1
0.62 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2024.11.29.1
0.62 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2025.2.7.1
0.62 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
2025.2.19.1
0.62 MBNot scanned—
d87958209289f3dc0155730d1696ff80d40df2a7727285e1d11dc2294e7b1b34
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