It cleverly relies on the Web Speech API to deliver the speaking parts, which helps keep the code size tiny. The only thing it’s missing is an occasional shadow of static drifting across the audio.

Google has rolled out a new addition to its Chrome browser this week in the form of a new Web Speech API, allowing users to use speech when visiting supported websites using the Google Chrome browser.

While browsers are marching toward supporting speech recognition and more futuristic capabilities, web application developers are typically constrained to the keyboard and mouse. But what if we ...

Google's Text-to-Speech API competes with Amazon Web Services' Polly, which lists 54 available voices.