Any word on the page,
spoken out loud.

Hover over or select any text on a webpage and hear it instantly, with IPA, pinyin, and a short meaning shown right beside the word—learn the sound and the sense as you read.

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CHROMIUM · ZIP

Install manually in a Chromium-based browser

For Chrome, Edge and other Chromium-based desktop browsers on Windows or macOS that offer Developer mode. If you can use a store, prefer the store version: it updates automatically and does not require Developer mode. These instructions do not apply to mobile browsers or Safari.

Select Download ZIP and extract it to a permanent folder. We suggest a SpeakPeek folder in your home folder: on Windows, C:\Users\<your user name>\SpeakPeek, which you can enter as the destination in Extract All; on macOS, /Users/<your user name>/SpeakPeek: double-click the ZIP, rename the extracted folder to SpeakPeek and move it to your home folder (press Shift-Command-H in Finder to open it). Do not use Downloads, a temporary folder, or a OneDrive or iCloud synced folder, because syncing can leave files online-only and break the extension. Do not delete, move or rename the folder after installation.
Open your browser’s extensions page: chrome://extensions in Chrome or edge://extensions in Edge. In other browsers, use the Extensions menu.
Turn on Developer mode on that page.
Select Load unpacked and choose the folder that directly contains the manifest.json file.
Pin SpeakPeek to the toolbar, refresh a regular webpage, then hover over or select text to test speech. Browser internal pages and some protected pages cannot run extensions.

Developer mode must stay on while you use SpeakPeek. Some browsers ask at startup whether to disable developer-mode extensions; choose to keep them, or SpeakPeek will be turned off. Computers managed by a company or school may block Developer mode.

Manual installs do not update automatically. To update, download the new ZIP, extract it over the same folder so every file is replaced, then select Reload for SpeakPeek on the extensions page. Your settings are kept. The manual install and the store version are separate extensions that do not share settings, so do not enable both.

Download the ZIP only from this site. Manually loaded extensions have no store review or signature check, and the browser still loads the files if they are changed, so do not put other files in the folder or load unknown extensions at a stranger’s request. You can check the ZIP’s SHA-256 (zip.sha256) in latest.json.

CRX package

The CRX works only in browsers that allow CRX files from outside their store. Chrome and Edge on Windows and macOS turn off such CRX installs and say the extension is not from a known source; use the ZIP method above or a store instead. If your browser allows it, turn on Developer mode and drag the downloaded .crx file onto the extensions page.

Download CRX

Official browser documentation: Chrome: Load unpacked · Edge: Sideloading · Chrome: Distribution · Edge: Self-hosting

SPEAKPEEK FEATURES

Hear the sound, see how it's said

HOVER

Hover or select to speak

Point at a word and a Speak button appears—click it or press Enter to listen. Select a passage to hear all of it, or use “Speak with SpeakPeek” in the right-click menu.

PHONETICS

IPA, pinyin, and definitions

See IPA for English and pinyin for Chinese, with a dictionary fallback for other languages. Definitions appear alongside the sound—offline Simplified Chinese for English words and phrases by default (switch to Traditional Chinese or English), with word forms resolved (went → go).

KEYBOARD

Word by word, hands on the keys

Press ⌘/Ctrl+Shift+K for keyboard mode. Move word by word with the arrow keys, build up a phrase, and speak it. Chrome and Edge let you rebind shortcuts; Safari retains its available shortcut bindings.

YOUR VOICE

Your voice, your pace

Choose any voice installed on your system and adjust speed and pitch. The interface comes in 10 languages, follows your light or dark theme, and settings sync with your browser.

SEE IT IN ACTION

Right where you already read

No copying into another tool. News, papers, textbooks, social feeds—when you meet a word you can't pronounce, just point at it.

Phonetics and a short definition beside the Speak button — Phonetics and definitions

Selecting and speaking words one by one in keyboard mode — Keyboard mode

PRIVACY BY DESIGN

No account. You control dictionary requests.

Speech uses your browser's built-in voices. SpeakPeek has no analytics or tracking. Phonetics and definitions are on by default and can be turned off anytime in the extension's popup. Chinese pinyin, Chinese definitions of English words, and most English IPA come from a dictionary built into the extension and are looked up entirely on your device. Only when you switch to English definitions, look up another language, or the built-in dictionary can't provide a word's IPA or meaning is that single word sent to public dictionary services (Free Dictionary API and Wiktionary); the services also receive normal request information such as your IP address and handle it under their own retention and privacy policies. SpeakPeek does not deliberately send the rest of the webpage.

Any word on the page,spoken out loud.