web-search-navigator VS read-aloud

Hi everybody! I used to use this extension for Google, and it made me faster when I search something. Since I switched to Brave Search, I miss this extension. Then I decided to add Brave Search support as it is open source, and finally it is ready to use. Features: - Up and down arrows to navigate through results. - Enter to open in current tab - Cmd + Enter to open in new tab (Ctrl+Enter for Windows) - Escape to focus on search box - Shortcuts to tabs: [A]-All, [I]-Images, [N]-News, [V]-Video - p.s. Images tab already has built-in navigation through images, so I didn't add an extra. You can use left-right, and enter keys. Extension: Web Search Navigator GitHub repository Note: Don't forget to enable Brave Search in the extension options.

GitHub repository

In my last blog post, I mentioned that my old commit in this PR was duplicate and messy. The changes I make in the new commit accomplish the same functionalities, but it improves the code to be more maintainable and understandable. For example, instead of using letters 'l', 'e', 'i', to represent the image sizes of 'large', 'medium', and 'icon', I use an array object to store the value of these 3 image sizes. It is more readable and better for trouble-shooting.

In the Hacktoberfest, I gave myself a new challenge, browser extensions. I checked many repos and worked on some issues. One of them is to add keyboard shortcuts for image size selection. In my last PR, my code works fine, but it's duplicate, long, and seems to be breakable.

I use the Read Aloud Firefox extension to read newspaper articles and the wandering inn stories. Works well for me. In the configuration there are free and premium voices. I enable Google Translate voice and increase the speed a bit.

Main repo (website there too, or search on Firefox extensions): https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud

I've already used this in the past, and it's been good: https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud Good luck!

I've tried many, but only Read Aloud competes—your input is appreciated all the same <3

Here is the discussion with the developer on GitHub who's doubling down on their agenda without addressing their deceptive practice.

I don't have a wide knowledge of FOSS speech synthesizers, but one related FOSS application I can recommend is Read Aloud. It is a browser extension for Chrome/Firefox that can use both FOSS synthesizers and external proprietary ones. You can expand voices by installing more local voices. You can for free use their "Basic" voices or pay a small fee for some of their Premium voices (if you pay for premium, as I did for 1 USD, you will get free additional characters every month. I am currently sitting with more characters than I started with). You can alternatively give API keys for Google Cloud, AWS, or IBM. If you want more quality voices.