Conversion and translation of the text into speech is not a new and big thing. But in this fast-growing age of technology. When we need more productive work in a limited time period. This text to speech technology really becomes valuable.

As a matter of fact, the speech converters are evolving day by day. And their usage and our dependence on them is becoming rampant. So, everyone thinks why don't we rest our invaluable eyes. And use our ears to listen to long and giant articles. One thing that should be kept in mind. Listening contributes the most to improve your learning skill. So, these text to speech extensions facilitate you double. Apart from that, they are also very helpful and useful for visually challenged persons.

There is much text to speech services available online. But they are annoying and tedious. Because, a few of them are very difficult to handle. And they may be very expensive to purchase. Everyone can't afford them. So, Google chrome has decided to appease its users by providing robust chrome extensions for text to speech translation. They are easily available on Chrome Web Store, free of cost and easy to handle.

Here we are going to discuss a few the best text to speech chrome extensions.

SpeakIt is the best and robust extension replete with a huge variety of options. Which facilitates you by providing by default voices. And you can also get more new voices that are not present in the list. After its installation on your browser. The icon will be displayed in the top right corner. Copy the text you want to translate. Right click on the icon and click options. You will be directed to a page which is full of options. Enter your text in the text area. Select Google US English or Google UK English. Set your volume level and speaking rate. Choose a voice from the drop down menu in which you want to convert your text. Now, it has enabled you to listen to your text in the desired language and voice.

Another method you can follow. Just select your desired content and click the SpeakIt icon. It will let you listen to your content in the more convenient and helpful way. 

SoundGecko robustly enables you to listen to your text even it is your document, a web article or email. Select your content. Right click on the SoundGecko icon to translate and listen to your data. Before doing this set the SoundGeck options. First enter your email address or sign in to SoundGecko.com. Manage your extension settings and proceed further by saving these changes.

Select  your text.  After a few moments, an email of this selected item will automatically be sent to you. Which will consist of the selected portion of your content that you can read and listen to. Click the link here to proceed. The most significant and captivating feature it processes: Download the MP3 format of your data on your system by logging in here. 

Select and Speak uses iSpeech's human sounding text to speech. It lets you select text from any website and enables it to talk. Click the Select and Speak an icon and manage its options as you want. It serves you very well. And enables you to listen to your content in 40+ human-like voices. Select your desired data and right click on the icon and click play. Now, you are allowed to listen to in desired format, voice and language. 

To sum up, I can say, Text to speech technology is becoming the dire need of time. Its use is becoming rampant even by visually challenged persons or normal healthy persons. Everyone wants to rest his eyes from being ruined by reading long articles. So, they rely on their ears to listen to their content. And to improve their listening skill. So, we have discussed a few valuable Chrome extensions for this purpose. Install them on your chrome to get their benefits.