Audileo – Text to Speech (TTS) Read Aloud for Accessibility (WCAG/ADA)

Audileo TTS adds a floating play button to every page of your WordPress site, allowing visitors to listen to your content read aloud using the browser’s built-in Web Speech API.

Features

• Voice Selection – Automatically detects and ranks available voices:
  • Microsoft Edge Natural voices
  • Google voices
  • Apple system voices
  • Plus system and fallback voices
• Intelligent Content Extraction – Automatically reads only the meaningful content:
  • Skips navigation menus, sidebars, headers, footers
  • Removes ads, cookie banners, popups
  • Excludes comments, sharing buttons, related posts
  • Detects WordPress themes and picks the main content area
• Floating Player – Dark/light mode UI with:
  • Play/Pause/Stop controls
  • Speed adjustment (0.5x to 3x)
  • Pitch adjustment
  • Progress bar with time estimate
  • Voice selector dropdown with all available voices
  • Read Selection feature
• Customizable – Position, colors, size, and behavior all configurable
• Keyboard Shortcuts – Ctrl+Shift+U to toggle reading
• Mobile Responsive – Works on phones and tablets
• Accessibility – WCAG-compliant focus states, reduced motion support
• Lightweight – No external dependencies, uses the browser’s built-in Web Speech API
• Privacy – No external API calls, no data collection, GDPR compliant

How Voice Selection Works

The plugin scans all voices available in the visitor’s browser, ranks them by type, and auto-selects one:

1. Edge Natural voices – Available in Microsoft Edge and Chrome on Windows 10/11
2. Google voices – Available in Google Chrome
3. Apple voices – Available in Safari (macOS/iOS)
4. System voices – Fallback for all browsers

A suitable voice matching the page language is auto-selected and saved for future visits via browser localStorage.

Privacy

This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any data. All text-to-speech processing happens locally in the visitor’s browser using the Web Speech API. No external API calls are made. Voice preferences are stored in the visitor’s browser localStorage only.