So if you are someone who works on a computer throughout the day and have to read a lot
of content inside a browser, here is a tip that can solve your problem
I'm going to share a one tip that I have been using for a very long time to make myself
even more productive. So the thing is, you can be 2x or 3x productive if you start doing things 2x, 3x
If you have to read a lot of emails and go through a lot of things, then you can use
services like Speakify. But the problem is, Speakify is a premium service and after a certain limitation, you
have to go to the paid plan or the voice sounds like robotic
So here is a solution which is absolutely free to use. A Chrome extension called Davenet from Chrome, which can be installed from the Chrome desktop
And you will require your Google Special Text API, which is easy to get if you go through
the documentation process. It will tell you how you can get the API
Once you get the API, it has got the option to select what kind of voice you are looking
to use. For example, I have selected English language and I have selected US Neural 2J, which is
a sound which is almost like human. So all the neural voices are human-like voices and all the other options are not so human-like
But they are still better, but they are not human-like. And these neural voices, they are exactly a cache of something like 1 million characters
can be converted into 3 tiers. So it is free from Google. And after that, you will be charged for like 1 million other characters that are converted
into audio. So you will be charged like amount, but 1 million is quite enough for anyone who has
to use it for a few minutes every day. So I have set it up in a way. Let me tell you how useful it is
For example, I am on this email and this is a big email. I can use the text-to-speech service to read this email for me
So I can highlight it and then I can ask Google Chrome Davenet to start speaking
Now one thing to keep in mind that you can select the speed of the speech
You can also select the pitch, but I don't recommend that. I'll set the speech to 1.5 this way
Personally, I will be able to read speech that fast. Because my reading speed is already slower than the normal speech
So once I have set that to 1.5, I can highlight any text and then click on start speaking
So while this email is being read to me, I can go to other pages as well
Because it is not difficult to listen to something while doing something else. And if you have to read it, you will have to be focused on the particular tab where
you are reading it. But using this technique, you can also listen to the particular tab, maybe it is full of
information, maybe it is an article from my blog or any other blog. So instead of reading that, you can make Davenet Chrome speak it out for you and you
can start speaking. So you can see how useful it can be and it is free to use
I mean there is a limit of 1 million characters, but I use it extensively throughout the day
throughout the week and every month and I have never went beyond their 1 million character limit
So this is very good. So if you are looking for a way to use their API, never share your API with anyone else, use their API and use their service
This is going to make you super productive. So this is how you can use Davenet Chrome. So this is how you can use Davenet Chrome
So this is how you can use Davenet Chrome. So this is how you can use Davenet Chrome. So this is how you can use Davenet Chrome