Google is introducing its “Read Aloud” function using the most recent Canary release of Chrome in order to deliver its own version of a feature seen in Microsoft Edge.
The “Read Aloud” feature offered by Google and Microsoft are nearly identical, but because Chrome has a far wider user base, more people will benefit from this useful feature.
Although it is still in its very early stages, Google’s first version of the functionality, which can be used to have a web page or highlighted part of text read aloud using text-to-speech, is somewhat constrained.
Google has provided a convenient mechanism to track progress through text in addition to the option to alter the speed at which material is read aloud.
In the side panel, the text that is presently being read aloud is highlighted, while the previously read material’s font gradually ages. It is a little yet useful addition.
Even while the feature is only now accessible through Chrome’s Canary edition, it won’t be long before beta testers and eventually everyone else have access to it.
