Chickadee
The Story
A browser extension that reads any web page aloud in a natural voice. The speech model runs on your own computer. Nothing you read is ever uploaded.
New Introducing Paradee, a light voice that runs on any computer. Read how it was made → Any page, read aloud, locally. A browser extension that reads web pages in a natural voice. The speech model runs on your own computer, not a server. It works offline and is free. Nothing it reads is ever uploaded, and there is no account, no API key, and nothing to pay for.
Every other text-to-speech extension sends the page you're reading to a server. Chickadee doesn't. It runs Kokoro, an eighty-two million parameter speech model, right here in the browser. The words you are hearing right now were made by that model, on this machine. It is open source, and it is free forever. Kokoro downloads once, about three hundred and ten megabytes, and then it works offline. On computers without WebGPU, it uses Paradee, a much smaller model with nothing to download. Install it, open any article, and press Alt plus R.
Overview
A browser extension that reads any web page aloud in a natural voice. The speech model runs on your own computer. Nothing you read is ever uploaded.
A browser extension that reads any web page aloud in a natural voice. The speech model runs on your own computer. Nothing you read is ever uploaded.
New Introducing Paradee, a light voice that runs on any computer. Read how it was made → Any page, read aloud, locally. A browser extension that reads web pages in a natural voice. The speech model runs on your own computer, not a server. It works offline and is free. Nothing it reads is ever uploaded, and there is no account, no API key, and nothing to pay for.
Every other text-to-speech extension sends the page you're reading to a server. Chickadee doesn't. It runs Kokoro, an eighty-two million parameter speech model, right here in the browser. The words you are hearing right now were made by that model, on this machine. It is open source, and it is free forever. Kokoro downloads once, about three hundred and ten megabytes, and then it works offline. On computers without WebGPU, it uses Paradee, a much smaller model with nothing to download. Install it, open any article, and press Alt plus R.
FAQ
What is Chickadee?
A browser extension that reads any web page aloud in a natural voice. The speech model runs on your own computer. Nothing you read is ever uploaded.
Where can I access Chickadee?
Use the official product link below. It is the destination recorded for this listing.
Where should I check current pricing and availability?
Check the current product page before making a decision. The directory's pricing category is a listing field, not a live price quote or availability guarantee.
What stack is Chickadee built with?
The CompassPad entry does not list a specific stack for Chickadee.
Is Chickadee free, or does it cost money?
The CompassPad listing records Chickadee as open source. Check the repository for its current license and usage terms.
What we checked
- DISCOVEREDFound in the wild
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