Microsoft Edge, unlike other browsers, including Google Chrome and Firefox, does not require the installation of add-ons to read aloud the textual content of web pages, as well as PDF documents that are published online or downloaded. and then open with the browser.
Indeed, this browser built into Windows 10 and Windows 11 natively includes the function called “Read aloud”.
The Read Aloud feature in Microsoft Edge
What this function does is transform the textual information of a web page into voice, in such a way that you can listen to it instead of reading it. And in case you want to follow the reading with your eyes, the function has a function to highlight the words that it is dictating.
The Read Aloud options allow you to change the speed of the dictation to slower or faster than normal. In addition, it allows you to choose between voices with different pronunciation, determined mainly by country or geographic region. Its activation and use is very simple.
Read aloud a page with the Microsoft browser
To listen to a web page aloud with Microsoft Edge you just have to do the following.
Open a web page whose text you are interested in hearing.
Click on the Microsoft Edge settings menu (the three horizontal dots icon located at the bottom of its address bar).
Select the Read aloud option.
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